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Question ID:PT57 S4 Q5 Passage:The United States government agency responsible for overseeing television and radio broadcasting, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), had an early history of addressing only the concerns of parties with an economic interest in broadcasting‚ chiefly broadcasting companies. The rig... | PT57 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q6 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic misu... | PT57 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q7 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic misu... | PT57 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q8 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic misu... | PT57 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q9 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic misu... | PT57 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q10 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic mis... | PT57 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q11 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic mis... | PT57 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q12 Passage:An effort should be made to dispel the misunderstandings that still prevent the much-needed synthesis and mutual supplementation of science and the humanities. This reconciliation should not be too difficult once it is recognized that the separation is primarily the result of a basic mis... | PT57 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q13 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q14 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q15 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q16 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q17 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q18 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q19 Passage:The following passages are adapted from critical essays on the American writer Willa Cather (1873‚ 1947).Passage AWhen Cather gave examples of high quality in fiction, she invariably cited Russian writers Ivan Turgenev or Leo Tolstoy or both. Indeed, Edmund Wilson noted in 1922 that Cath... | PT57 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q20 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q21 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q22 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q23 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q24 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q25 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q26 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q26 |
Question ID:PT57 S4 Q27 Passage:Fractal geometry is a mathematical theory devoted to the study of complex shapes called fractals. Although an exact definition of fractals has not been established, fractals commonly exhibit the property of self-similarity: the reiteration of irregular details or patterns at progressivel... | PT57 S4 Q27 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q1 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q2 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q3 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q4 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q5 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q6 Passage:Individual hour-long auditions will be scheduled for each of six saxophonists‚ Fujimura, Gabrieli, Herman, Jackson, King, and Lauder. The auditions will all take place on the same day. Each audition will begin on the hour, with the first beginning at 1 P.M. and the last at 6 P.M. The sche... | PT56 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q7 Passage:Four people‚ Grace, Heather, Josh, and Maria‚ will help each other move exactly three pieces of furniture‚ a recliner, a sofa, and a table. Each piece of furniture will be moved by exactly two of the people, and each person will help move at least one of the pieces of furniture, subject t... | PT56 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q8 Passage:Four people‚ Grace, Heather, Josh, and Maria‚ will help each other move exactly three pieces of furniture‚ a recliner, a sofa, and a table. Each piece of furniture will be moved by exactly two of the people, and each person will help move at least one of the pieces of furniture, subject t... | PT56 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q9 Passage:Four people‚ Grace, Heather, Josh, and Maria‚ will help each other move exactly three pieces of furniture‚ a recliner, a sofa, and a table. Each piece of furniture will be moved by exactly two of the people, and each person will help move at least one of the pieces of furniture, subject t... | PT56 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q10 Passage:Four people‚ Grace, Heather, Josh, and Maria‚ will help each other move exactly three pieces of furniture‚ a recliner, a sofa, and a table. Each piece of furniture will be moved by exactly two of the people, and each person will help move at least one of the pieces of furniture, subject... | PT56 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q11 Passage:Four people‚ Grace, Heather, Josh, and Maria‚ will help each other move exactly three pieces of furniture‚ a recliner, a sofa, and a table. Each piece of furniture will be moved by exactly two of the people, and each person will help move at least one of the pieces of furniture, subject... | PT56 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q12 Passage:A town has exactly two public parks‚ Graystone Park and Landing Park‚ which are to be planted with North American trees. There are exactly four varieties of trees available‚ maples, oaks, sycamores, and tamaracks. The planting of the trees must be in accord with the following:Each of th... | PT56 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q13 Passage:A town has exactly two public parks‚ Graystone Park and Landing Park‚ which are to be planted with North American trees. There are exactly four varieties of trees available‚ maples, oaks, sycamores, and tamaracks. The planting of the trees must be in accord with the following:Each of th... | PT56 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q14 Passage:A town has exactly two public parks‚ Graystone Park and Landing Park‚ which are to be planted with North American trees. There are exactly four varieties of trees available‚ maples, oaks, sycamores, and tamaracks. The planting of the trees must be in accord with the following:Each of th... | PT56 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q15 Passage:A town has exactly two public parks‚ Graystone Park and Landing Park‚ which are to be planted with North American trees. There are exactly four varieties of trees available‚ maples, oaks, sycamores, and tamaracks. The planting of the trees must be in accord with the following:Each of th... | PT56 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q16 Passage:A town has exactly two public parks‚ Graystone Park and Landing Park‚ which are to be planted with North American trees. There are exactly four varieties of trees available‚ maples, oaks, sycamores, and tamaracks. The planting of the trees must be in accord with the following:Each of th... | PT56 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q17 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q18 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q19 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q20 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q21 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q22 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT56 S1 Q23 Passage:Five executives‚ Quinn, Rodriguez, Sasada, Taylor, and Vandercar‚ are being scheduled to make site visits to three of their company's manufacturing plants‚ Farmington, Homestead, and Morningside. Each site will be visited by at least one of the executives and each executive will visit j... | PT56 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q1 Passage:This region's swimmers generally swim during the day because they are too afraid of sharks to swim after dark but feel safe swimming during daylight hours. Yet all recent shark attacks on swimmers in the area have occurred during the day, indicating that, contrary to popular opinion, it i... | PT56 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q2 Passage:Denise: Crime will be reduced only when punishment is certain and is sufficiently severe to give anyone considering committing a crime reason to decide against doing so.Reshmi: No, crime will be most effectively reduced if educational opportunities are made readily available to everyone, ... | PT56 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q3 Passage:Acme Corporation offers unskilled workers excellent opportunities for advancement. As evidence, consider the fact that the president of the company, Ms. Garon, worked as an assembly line worker, an entry-level position requiring no special skills, when she first started at Acme. Stem:Whic... | PT56 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q4 Passage:The song of the yellow warbler signals to other yellow warblers that a particular area has been appropriated by the singer as its own feeding territory. Although the singing deters other yellow warblers from taking over the feeding territory of the singer, other yellow warblers may range ... | PT56 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q5 Passage:Chinh: Television producers should not pay attention to the preferences of the viewing public when making creative decisions. Great painters do not consider what the museum-going public wants to see.Lana: But television is expressly for the viewing public. So a producer is more like a CEO... | PT56 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q6 Passage:Dietitian: High consumption of sodium increases some people's chances of developing heart disease. To maintain cardiac health without lowering sodium consumption, therefore, these people should eat fresh, rather than canned or frozen, fruit and vegetables, since the potassium in plant foo... | PT56 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q7 Passage:Dana intentionally watered the plant every other day. But since the plant was a succulent, and needed dry soil, the frequent watering killed the plant. Therefore Dana intentionally killed the plant. Stem:Which one of the following arguments exhibits a flawed pattern of reasoning most simi... | PT56 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q8 Passage:This boulder is volcanic in origin and yet the rest of the rock in this area is sedimentary. Since this area was covered by southward-moving glaciers during the last ice age, this boulder was probably deposited here, hundreds of miles from its geological birthplace, by a glacier. Stem:Whi... | PT56 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q9 Passage:Rifka: We do not need to stop and ask for directions. We would not need to do that unless, of course, we were lost.Craig: The fact that we are lost is precisely why we need to stop. Stem:In the exchange above, the function of Craig's comment is to Correct Answer Choice:BChoice A:contradic... | PT56 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q10 Passage:Critic: The idealized world portrayed in romance literature is diametrically opposed to the debased world portrayed in satirical literature. Nevertheless, the major characters in both types of works have moral qualities that reflect the worlds in which they are presented. Comedy and tra... | PT56 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q11 Passage:Lance: If experience teaches us nothing else, it teaches us that every general rule has at least one exception.Frank: What you conclude is itself a general rule. If we assume that it is true, then there is at least one general rule that has no exceptions. Therefore, you must withdraw yo... | PT56 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q12 Passage:Throughout a certain nation, electricity has actually become increasingly available to people in urban areas while energy production has been subsidized to help residents of rural areas gain access to electricity. However, even with the subsidy, many of the most isolated rural populatio... | PT56 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q13 Passage:Heart attacks are most likely to occur on Mondays. The accepted explanation is that because Monday is the first day of the workweek, people feel more stress on Mondays than on other days. However, research shows that even unemployed retired people are more likely to have heart attacks o... | PT56 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q14 Passage:Psychologist: We asked 100 entrepreneurs and 100 business managers to answer various questions and rate how confident they were that their responses were correct. While members of each group were overconfident, in general the entrepreneurs were much more so than the business managers. T... | PT56 S2 Q14 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q15 Passage:If Agnes's research proposal is approved, the fourth-floor lab must be cleaned out for her use. Immanuel's proposal, on the other hand, requires less space. So if his proposal is approved, he will continue to work in the second-floor lab. Only those proposals the director supports will ... | PT56 S2 Q15 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q16 Passage:In order to expand its mailing lists for e-mail advertising, the Outdoor Sports Company has been offering its customers financial incentives if they provide the e-mail addresses of their friends. However, offering such incentives is an unethical business practice, because it encourages ... | PT56 S2 Q16 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q17 Passage:Glen: An emphasis on law's purely procedural side produces a concern with personal rights that leads to the individual's indifference to society's welfare. Law's primary role should be to create virtuous citizens.Sara: But such a role would encourage government to decide which modes of ... | PT56 S2 Q17 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q18 Passage:Some credit card companies allow cardholders to skip payments for up to six months under certain circumstances, but it is almost never in a cardholder's interest to do so. Finance charges accumulate during the skipped-payment period, and the cost to the cardholder is much greater in the... | PT56 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q19 Passage:None of the students taking literature are taking physics, but several of the students taking physics are taking art. In addition, none of the students taking rhetoric are taking physics. Stem:Which one of the following statements follows logically from the statements above? Correct An... | PT56 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q20 Passage:Psychologist: Psychotherapists who attempt to provide psychotherapy on radio or television talk shows are expected to do so in ways that entertain a broad audience. However, satisfying this demand is nearly always incompatible with providing high-quality psychological help. For this rea... | PT56 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q21 Passage:Tania: A good art critic is not fair in the ordinary sense; it is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a truly unbiased opinion. Since art is a passion, good criticism of art cannot be separated from emotion. Monique: Art is not simply a passion. The best art cri... | PT56 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q22 Passage:The writing styles in works of high literary quality are not well suited to the avoidance of misinterpretation. For this reason, the writing in judicial decisions, which are primarily intended as determinations of law, is rarely of high literary quality. However, it is not uncommon to f... | PT56 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q23 Passage:Ecologist: Without the intervention of conservationists, squirrel monkeys will become extinct. But they will survive if large tracts of second-growth forest habitat are preserved for them. Squirrel monkeys flourish in second-growth forest because of the plentiful supply of their favorit... | PT56 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q24 Passage:Over 40,000 lead seals from the early Byzantine Empire remain today. Apart from the rare cases where the seal authenticated a document of special importance, most seals had served their purpose when the document was opened. Lead was not expensive, but it was not free: most lead seals wo... | PT56 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT56 S2 Q25 Passage:Farmer: In the long run, it is counterproductive for farmers to use insecticides. Because insects' resistance to insecticides increases with insecticide use, farmers have to use greater and greater amounts of costly insecticides to control insect pests. Stem:Which one of the following m... | PT56 S2 Q25 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q1 Passage:Anna: Did you know that rainbows always occur opposite the sun, appearing high in the sky when the sun is low, and low in the sky when the sun is high? The Roman scholar Pliny the Elder claimed that this was so, in the first century A.D.William: His claim cannot be correct. After all, Pli... | PT56 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q2 Passage:Shareholder: The company's current operations are time-proven successes. The move into food services may siphon off funds needed by these other operations. Also, the food service industry is volatile, with a higher inherent risk than with, for instance, pharmaceuticals, another area into ... | PT56 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q3 Passage:Mariah: Joanna has argued that Adam should not judge the essay contest because several of his classmates have entered the contest. However, the essays are not identified by author to the judge and, moreover, none of Adam's friends are classmates of his. Still, Adam has no experience in cr... | PT56 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q4 Passage:The manufacturers of NoSmoke claim that their product reduces smokers' cravings for cigarettes. However, in a recent study, smokers given the main ingredient in NoSmoke reported no decrease in cravings for cigarettes. Thus, since NoSmoke has only two ingredients, if similar results are fo... | PT56 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q5 Passage:Gardener: Researchers encourage us to allow certain kinds of weeds to grow among garden vegetables because they can repel caterpillars from the garden. While it is wise to avoid unnecessary use of insecticides, the researchers' advice is premature. For all we know, those kinds of weeds ca... | PT56 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q6 Passage:Executive: We recently ran a set of advertisements in the print version of a travel magazine and on that magazine's website. We were unable to get any direct information about consumer response to the print ads. However, we found that consumer response to the ads on the website was much m... | PT56 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q7 Passage:Conservation officers justified their decision to remove a pack of ten coyotes from a small island by claiming that the coyotes, which preyed on wild cats and plover, were decimating the plover population and would soon wipe it out. After the coyotes were removed, however, the plover popu... | PT56 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q8 Passage:Economist: During a recession, a company can cut personnel costs either by laying off some employees without reducing the wages of remaining employees or by reducing the wages of all employees without laying off anyone. Both damage morale, but layoffs damage it less, since the aggrieved h... | PT56 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q9 Passage:There are far fewer independent bookstores than there were 20 years ago, largely because chain bookstores prospered and multiplied during that time. Thus, chain bookstores' success has been to the detriment of book consumers, for the shortage of independent bookstores has prevented the va... | PT56 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q10 Passage:Concert promoter: Some critics claim that our concert series lacks popular appeal. But our income from the sales of t-shirts and other memorabilia at the concerts is equal to or greater than that for similar sales at comparable series. So those critics are mistaken. Stem:The concert pro... | PT56 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q11 Passage:The sun emits two types of ultraviolet radiation that damage skin: UV-A, which causes premature wrinkles, and UV-B, which causes sunburn. Until about ten years ago, sunscreens protected against UV-B radiation but not against UV-A radiation. Stem:Which one of the following is best suppor... | PT56 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q12 Passage:Advice columnist: Several scientific studies have shown that, when participating in competitive sports, those people who have recently been experiencing major stress in their lives are several times more likely to suffer serious injuries than are other participants in competitive sports... | PT56 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q13 Passage:Tent caterpillars' routes between their nests and potential food sources are marked with chemical traces called pheromones that the caterpillars leave behind. Moreover, routes from food sources back to the nest are marked more heavily than are merely exploratory routes that have failed ... | PT56 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q14 Passage:Many movies starring top actors will do well at the box office because the actors are already well known and have a loyal following. Movies starring unknown actors are therefore unlikely to do well. Stem:The flawed reasoning in the argument above is most similar to that in which one of ... | PT56 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q15 Passage:As part of a new trend in the writing of history, an emphasis on the details of historical events and motivations has replaced the previous emphasis on overarching historical trends and movements, with the result that the latter are often overlooked. In consequence, the ominous parallel... | PT56 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q16 Passage:Therapist: The ability to trust other people is essential to happiness, for without trust there can be no meaningful emotional connection to another human being, and without meaningful emotional connections to others we feel isolated. Stem:Which one of the following, if assumed, allows ... | PT56 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q17 Passage:Of all the Arabic epic poems that have been popular at various times, only Sirat Bani Hilal is still publicly performed. Furthermore, while most other epics were only recited, Sirat Bani Hilal has usually been sung. The musical character of the performance, therefore, is the main reason... | PT56 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q18 Passage:Fund-raiser: A charitable organization rarely gives its donors the right to vote on its policies. The inability to directly influence how charities spend contributions makes potential donors feel less of an emotional connection to the charity. Thus, most charities could probably increas... | PT56 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q19 Passage:Leslie: I'll show you that your quest for the treasure is irrational. Suppose you found a tablet inscribed, "Whoever touches this tablet will lose a hand, yet will possess the world." Would you touch it?Erich: Certainly not.Leslie: Just as I expected! It is clear from your answer that y... | PT56 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q20 Passage:Newspaper article: People who take vitamin C supplements tend to be healthier than average. This was shown by a study investigating the relationship between high doses of vitamin C and heart disease, which showed that people who regularly consume high doses of vitamin C supplements have... | PT56 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q21 Passage:George: Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, hardly anyone learned ballroom dancing. Why is it that a large number of people now take ballroom dancing lessons?Boris: It's because, beginning in 1995, many people learned the merengue and several related ballroom dances. Because these dan... | PT56 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q22 Passage:On the basis of relatively minor morphological differences, some scientists suggest that Neanderthals should be considered a species distinct from Cro-Magnons, the forerunners of modern humans. Yet the fact that the tools used by these two groups of hominids living in different environm... | PT56 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q23 Passage:A summer day is "pleasant" if there are intermittent periods of wind and the temperature stays below 84°F (29°C) all afternoon. A summer day with high humidity levels is "oppressive" either if the temperature stays above 84°F (29°C) all afternoon or if there is no wind. Stem:Which o... | PT56 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q24 Passage:The local radio station will not win the regional ratings race this year. In the past ten years the station has never finished better than fifth place in the ratings. The station's manager has not responded to its dismal ratings by changing its musical format or any key personnel, while... | PT56 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT56 S3 Q25 Passage:Chef: This mussel recipe's first step is to sprinkle the live mussels with cornmeal. The cornmeal is used to clean them out: they take the cornmeal in and eject the sand that they contain. But I can skip this step, because the mussels available at seafood markets are farm raised and the... | PT56 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT56 S4 Q1 Passage:With his first published works in the 1950s, Amos Tutuola became the first Nigerian writer to receive wide international recognition. Written in a mix of standard English, idiomatic Nigerian English, and literal translation of his native language, Yoruba, Tutuola's works were quick to be ... | PT56 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT56 S4 Q2 Passage:With his first published works in the 1950s, Amos Tutuola became the first Nigerian writer to receive wide international recognition. Written in a mix of standard English, idiomatic Nigerian English, and literal translation of his native language, Yoruba, Tutuola's works were quick to be ... | PT56 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT56 S4 Q3 Passage:With his first published works in the 1950s, Amos Tutuola became the first Nigerian writer to receive wide international recognition. Written in a mix of standard English, idiomatic Nigerian English, and literal translation of his native language, Yoruba, Tutuola's works were quick to be ... | PT56 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT56 S4 Q4 Passage:With his first published works in the 1950s, Amos Tutuola became the first Nigerian writer to receive wide international recognition. Written in a mix of standard English, idiomatic Nigerian English, and literal translation of his native language, Yoruba, Tutuola's works were quick to be ... | PT56 S4 Q4 |
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