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Section 41<br />

Practice Test One<br />

67<br />

SECTION 4<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. The ability to walk is acquired very early in life<br />

through observation; infants become ------- by<br />

------- <strong>the</strong>ir parents.<br />

(A) socialized . . overcoming<br />

(B) dominant . . obeying<br />

(C) vocal . . mimicking<br />

(D) adept . . imitating<br />

(E) agile . . following<br />

2. The chanting crowds of angry protestors turned<br />

<strong>the</strong> dedication ceremony of <strong>the</strong> controversial new<br />

building into a ------- ra<strong>the</strong>r than a celebration.<br />

(A) colossus<br />

(B) milestone<br />

(C) debacle<br />

(D) consecration<br />

(E) fabrication<br />

3. The damage caused by <strong>the</strong> rampant corruption was<br />

-------; <strong>the</strong> company's reputation was nearly ------­<br />

be<strong>for</strong>e anyone realized it was having an effect.<br />

(A) manifest . . eradicated<br />

(B) nefarious . . polarized<br />

( C) insidious . . destroyed<br />

(D) methodical . . amalgamated<br />

(E) obvious . . stagnated<br />

4. To be able to ------- more smoothly <strong>the</strong> individual<br />

facts of <strong>the</strong> case, <strong>the</strong> prosecutor spent a great deal<br />

of time simply ------- <strong>the</strong>m, instead of analyzing<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir importance to his argument.<br />

(A) syn<strong>the</strong>size . . regurgitating<br />

(B) recite . . memorizing<br />

(C) denounce . . falsifying<br />

(D) acquire . . misinterpreting<br />

(E) disregard . . recalling<br />

5. Because Ben had been known <strong>for</strong> being ------- in<br />

college, his <strong>for</strong>mer classmates were surprised to<br />

hear that his colleagues at work found him ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

lazy.<br />

(A) indiscriminate<br />

(B) enigmatic<br />

(C) VIcanous<br />

(D) rancorous<br />

(E) assiduous<br />

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