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Section 21<br />

Practice Test Eleven<br />

933<br />

SECTION 2<br />

Time-25 Minutes<br />

24 Questions<br />

Directions: For each of <strong>the</strong> following questions, choose <strong>the</strong> best answer and darken <strong>the</strong> corresponding oval on<br />

<strong>the</strong> answer sheet.<br />

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each<br />

blank indicating that something has been omitted.<br />

Beneath <strong>the</strong> sentence are five words or sets of words<br />

labeled (A) through (E). Choose <strong>the</strong> word or set of<br />

words that, when inserted in <strong>the</strong> sentence, best fits<br />

<strong>the</strong> meaning of <strong>the</strong> sentence as a whole.<br />

EXAMPLE:<br />

Today's small, portable computers contrast<br />

markedly with <strong>the</strong> earliest electronic computers,<br />

which were -------.<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

©®©®•<br />

1. Once an independent nation, Catalonia is now<br />

a region of Spain; never<strong>the</strong>less, it ------- a sense<br />

of------- because it continues to have its own<br />

language and culture.<br />

(A) surrenders . . rebellion<br />

(B) retains . . autonomy<br />

(C) experiences . . privilege<br />

(D) boasts . . arrogance<br />

(E) suffers . . neglect<br />

2. Finding her old dolls and toys in <strong>the</strong> attic evoked<br />

------- in <strong>the</strong> old woman as she fondly remembered<br />

her childhood.<br />

(A) gratitude<br />

(B) determination<br />

(C) regret<br />

(D) melancholy<br />

(E) nostalgia<br />

3. The two giant pandas at <strong>the</strong> National Zoo in<br />

Washington, D.C., are closely -------: scientists<br />

record <strong>the</strong>ir hormone levels daily, and 24-hour<br />

video cameras constantly ------- <strong>the</strong>ir activities.<br />

(A) praised . . record<br />

(B) monitored . . document<br />

( C) criticized . . report<br />

(D) evaluated . . approve<br />

(E) questioned . . verify<br />

4. Though Benjamin Franklin's presence at salons<br />

and dinner parties in France may have appeared<br />

------- in a time of war, he had a serious purpose;<br />

he ingratiated himself with <strong>the</strong> French court<br />

and gained its ------- <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> American cause of<br />

independence from England.<br />

(A) disrespectful . . compliments<br />

(B) frivolous . . support<br />

(C) irrelevant . . approval<br />

(D) extravagant . . permission<br />

(E) rebellious . . respect<br />

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