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Section 71<br />

Practice Test Eleven<br />

961<br />

SECTION 7<br />

Time-20 Minutes<br />

19 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 band has courted controversy be<strong>for</strong>e in<br />

order to get attention, and <strong>the</strong> ------- lyrics on<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir new album demonstrate that <strong>the</strong>y found <strong>the</strong><br />

strategy -------.<br />

(A) sedate . . plausible<br />

(B) vacuous . . rewarding<br />

( C) belligerent . . counterproductive<br />

(D) scandalous . . effective<br />

(E) provocative . . comparable<br />

2. James Joyce regarded ------- as central to <strong>the</strong> creative<br />

process, which is evident in <strong>the</strong> numerous scribbled<br />

edits that cover even his supposedly final drafts.<br />

(A) contrivance<br />

(B) revision<br />

( C) inspiration<br />

(D) obsession<br />

(E) disavowal<br />

3. Fans who believe that <strong>the</strong> players' motivations are<br />

not ------- would be ------- to learn that <strong>the</strong>y now<br />

charge <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir signatures.<br />

(A) self-serving . . vindicated<br />

(B) venal . . chagrined<br />

(C) altruistic . . surprised<br />

(D) atypical . . disillusioned<br />

(E) tainted . . gratified<br />

4. Though <strong>the</strong> film ostensibly deals with <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>me<br />

of-------, <strong>the</strong> director seems to have been more<br />

interested in its absence-in isolation and <strong>the</strong><br />

longing <strong>for</strong> connection.<br />

(A) reliance<br />

(B) fraternity<br />

( C) socialism<br />

(D) privation<br />

(E) levity<br />

5. Lee's ------- response to <strong>the</strong> teacher's inquiry<br />

earned her an unpleasant trip to <strong>the</strong> principal's<br />

office<br />

6.<br />

(A) reactionary<br />

(B) inveterate<br />

(C) pecuniary<br />

(D) flippant<br />

(E) lax<br />

Gertrude Stein championed many ------- artists<br />

of her time because she appreciated <strong>the</strong> new and<br />

experimental nature of <strong>the</strong>ir art.<br />

(A) avant-garde<br />

(B) competitive<br />

(C) impugned<br />

(D) dilatory<br />

(E) mannered<br />

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