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Section 51<br />

Practice Test Eleven<br />

951<br />

SECTION 5<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 />

1.<br />

(A) effective<br />

(B) invented<br />

(C) useful<br />

(D) destructive<br />

(E) enormous<br />

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Because he was usually so -------, Mr. Harris<br />

shocked his students with his violent reaction to<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir minor misbehavior in class.<br />

(A) knowledgeable<br />

(B) articulate<br />

(C) trustworthy<br />

(D) insistent<br />

(E) tranquil<br />

2. Because Phillis Wheatley exposed <strong>the</strong> injustices of<br />

slavery in her poems, some of which were written<br />

as early as <strong>the</strong> 17 60s, she is believed to be in <strong>the</strong><br />

------- of American abolitionists.<br />

(A) vanguard<br />

(B) service<br />

(C) rear<br />

(D) favor<br />

(E) realm<br />

3. The earth hosts a ------- of insects-a number so<br />

large that it is easy to imagine <strong>the</strong> planet's surface<br />

as a heaving mass of tiny life.<br />

(A) dearth<br />

(B) rehash<br />

(C) profusion<br />

(D) moderation<br />

(E) jumble<br />

4. The observation that a significant percentage of <strong>the</strong><br />

population did not ------- <strong>the</strong> Black Plague has led<br />

scientists to study <strong>the</strong> descendants of <strong>the</strong> survivors<br />

in hopes of discovering a gene that provided -------.<br />

(A) fear . . immortality<br />

(B) recognize . . health<br />

(C) struggle with . . strength<br />

(D) contract . . immunity<br />

(E) believe in . . responsibility<br />

5. Although Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady<br />

Stanton came from ------- backgrounds, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

overcame <strong>the</strong>ir differences in a ------- ef<strong>for</strong>t to<br />

secure <strong>for</strong> women <strong>the</strong> right to vote.<br />

(A) conventional . . failed<br />

(B) diverse . . joint<br />

(C) discordant . . beleaguered<br />

(D) dignified . . frivolous<br />

(E) similar . . united<br />

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