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Question ID:PT10 S2 Q18 Passage:In a game, “words” (real or nonsensical) consist of any combination of at least four letters of the English alphabet. Any “sentence” consists of exactly five words and satisfies the following conditions: The five words are written from left to right on a single line in alphabetical order... | PT10 S2 Q18 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q19 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q19 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q20 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q20 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q21 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q21 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q22 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q22 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q23 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q23 |
Question ID:PT10 S2 Q24 Passage:A soloist will play six different guitar concertos, exactly one each Sunday for six consecutive weeks. Two concertos will be selected from among three concertos by Giuliani— H, J, and K; two from among four concertos by Rodrigo— M, N, O, and P; and two from among three concertos by Vival... | PT10 S2 Q24 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q1 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q1 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q2 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q2 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q3 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q3 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q4 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q4 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q5 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q5 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q6 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q6 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q7 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q7 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q8 Passage:Oil companies need offshore platforms primarily because the oil or natural gas the companies extract from the ocean floor has to be processed before pumps can be used to move the substances ashore. But because processing crude (unprocessed oil or gas on a platform rather than at facilitie... | PT10 S3 Q8 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q9 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan paintings... | PT10 S3 Q9 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q10 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan painting... | PT10 S3 Q10 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q11 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan painting... | PT10 S3 Q11 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q12 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan painting... | PT10 S3 Q12 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q13 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan painting... | PT10 S3 Q13 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q14 Passage:To critics accustomed to the style of fifteenth-century narrative paintings by Italian artists from Tuscany, the Venetian examples of narrative paintings with religious subjects that Patricia Fortini Brown analyzes in a recent book will come as a great surprise. While the Tuscan painting... | PT10 S3 Q14 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q15 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q15 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q16 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q16 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q17 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q17 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q18 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q18 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q19 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q19 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q20 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q20 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q21 Passage:Currently, legal scholars agree that in some cases legal rules do not specify a definite outcome. These scholars believe that such indeterminacy results from the vagueness of language: the boundaries of the application of a term are often unclear. Nevertheless, they maintain that the sys... | PT10 S3 Q21 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q22 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q22 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q23 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q23 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q24 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q24 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q25 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q25 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q26 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q26 |
Question ID:PT10 S3 Q27 Passage:Years after the movement to obtain civil rights for black people in the United States made its most important gains, scholars are reaching for a theoretical perspective capable of clarifying its momentous developments. New theories of social movements are being discussed, not just among ... | PT10 S3 Q27 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q1 Passage:A physician who is too thorough in conducting a medical checkup is likely to subject the patient to the discomfort and expense of unnecessary tests. One who is not thorough enough is likely to miss some serious problem and therefore give the patient a false sense of security. It is diffic... | PT10 S4 Q1 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q2 Passage:A physician who is too thorough in conducting a medical checkup is likely to subject the patient to the discomfort and expense of unnecessary tests. One who is not thorough enough is likely to miss some serious problem and therefore give the patient a false sense of security. It is diffic... | PT10 S4 Q2 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q3 Passage:People often pronounce a word differently when asked to read written material aloud than when speaking spontaneously. These differences may cause problems for those who develop computers that recognize speech. Usually the developers “train” the computers by using samples of written materi... | PT10 S4 Q3 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q4 Passage:One of the requirements for admission to the Lunnville Roller Skating Club is a high degree of skill in roller skating. The club president has expressed concern that the club may have discriminated against qualified women in its admissions this year. Yet half of the applicants admitted to... | PT10 S4 Q4 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q5 Passage:When girls are educated in single-sex secondary schools, they tend to do better academically than girls who attend mixed-sex schools. Since Alice achieved higher grades than any other woman in her first year at the university, she was probably educated at a single-sex school. Stem:Which o... | PT10 S4 Q5 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q6 Passage:In the past century, North America has shifted its main energy source first from wood to coal, then from coal to oil and natural gas. With each transition, the newly dominant fuel has had less carbon and more hydrogen than its predecessor had. It is logical to conclude that in the future ... | PT10 S4 Q6 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q7 Passage:X: Since many chemicals useful for agriculture and medicine derive from rare or endangered plant species, it is likely that many plant species that are now extinct could have provided us with substances that would have been a boon to humanity. Therefore, if we want to ensure that chemical... | PT10 S4 Q7 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q8 Passage:X: Since many chemicals useful for agriculture and medicine derive from rare or endangered plant species, it is likely that many plant species that are now extinct could have provided us with substances that would have been a boon to humanity. Therefore, if we want to ensure that chemical... | PT10 S4 Q8 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q9 Passage:There is relatively little room for growth in the overall carpet market, which is tied to the size of the population. Most who purchase carpet do so only once or twice, first in their twenties or thirties, and then perhaps again in their fifties or sixties. Thus as the population ages, co... | PT10 S4 Q9 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q10 Passage:Decision makers tend to have distinctive styles. One such style is for the decision maker to seek the widest possible input from advisers and to explore alternatives while making up his or her mind. In fact, decision makers of this sort will often argue vigorously for a particular idea, ... | PT10 S4 Q10 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q11 Passage:The foreign minister of Zeria announced today that her country was severing diplomatic relations with Nandalo because of Nandalo’s flagrant violations of human rights. But Zeria continues to maintain diplomatic relations with many countries that the minister knows to have far worse human... | PT10 S4 Q11 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q12 Passage:The foreign minister of Zeria announced today that her country was severing diplomatic relations with Nandalo because of Nandalo’s flagrant violations of human rights. But Zeria continues to maintain diplomatic relations with many countries that the minister knows to have far worse human... | PT10 S4 Q12 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q13 Passage:Few politicians will support legislation that conflicts with their own self-interest. A case in point is August Frenson, who throughout his eight terms in office consistently opposed measures limiting the advantage incumbents enjoy over their challengers. Therefore, if such measures are ... | PT10 S4 Q13 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q14 Passage:In a learning experiment a researcher ran rats through a maze. Some of the rats were blind, others deaf, others lacked a sense of smell, and others had no sensory deficiencies; yet all the rats learned the task in much the same amount of time. Of the senses other than sight, hearing, and... | PT10 S4 Q14 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q15 Passage:New legislation would require a seven-day waiting period in the sale of handguns to private individuals, in order that records of prisons could be checked and the sale of handguns to people likely to hurt other people thereby prevented. People opposed to this legislation claim that priso... | PT10 S4 Q15 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q16 Passage:The Gulches is an area of volcanic rock that is gashed by many channels that lead downhill from the site of a prehistoric glacier to a river. The channels clearly were cut by running water. It was once accepted as fact that the cutting occurred gradually, as the glacier melted. But one g... | PT10 S4 Q16 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q17 Passage:The Gulches is an area of volcanic rock that is gashed by many channels that lead downhill from the site of a prehistoric glacier to a river. The channels clearly were cut by running water. It was once accepted as fact that the cutting occurred gradually, as the glacier melted. But one g... | PT10 S4 Q17 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q18 Passage:Advertisement: Attention pond owners! Ninety-eight percent of mosquito larvae in a pond die within minutes after the pond has been treated with BTI. Yet BTI is not toxic to fish, birds, animals, plants, or beneficial insects. So by using BTI regularly to destroy their larvae, you can gre... | PT10 S4 Q18 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q19 Passage:Many people change their wills on their own every few years, in response to significant changes in their personal or financial circumstances. This practice can create a problem for the executor when these people are careless and do not date their wills: the executor will then often know ... | PT10 S4 Q19 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q20 Passage:Some flowering plant species, entirely dependent on bees for pollination, lure their pollinators with abundant nectar and pollen, which are the only source of food for bees. Often the pollinating species is so highly adapted that it can feed from—and thus pollinate—only a single species ... | PT10 S4 Q20 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q21 Passage:The proper way to plan a scientific project is first to decide its goal and then to plan the best way to accomplish that goal. The United States space station project does not conform to this ideal. When the Cold War ended, the project lost its original purpose, so another purpose was qu... | PT10 S4 Q21 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q22 Passage:Only an expert in some branch of psychology could understand why Patrick is behaving irrationally. But no expert is certain of being able to solve someone else’s problem. Patrick wants to devise a solution to his own behavioral problem. Stem:Which one of the following conclusions can be ... | PT10 S4 Q22 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q23 Passage:Throughout European history famines have generally been followed by periods of rising wages, because when a labor force is diminished, workers are more valuable in accordance with the law of supply and demand. The Irish potato famine of the 1840s is an exception; it resulted in the death... | PT10 S4 Q23 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q24 Passage:When the rate of inflation exceeds the rate of return on the most profitable investment available, the difference between those two rates will be the percentage by which, at a minimum, the value of any investment will decline. If in such a circumstance the value of a particular investmen... | PT10 S4 Q24 |
Question ID:PT10 S4 Q25 Passage:Philosopher: The eighteenth-century thesis that motion is absolute asserts that the change in an object’s position over time could be measured without reference to the position of any other object. A well-respected physicist, however, claims that this thesis is incoherent. Since a thesis... | PT10 S4 Q25 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q1 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q1 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q2 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q2 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q3 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q3 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q4 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q4 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q5 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q5 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q6 Passage:Many argue that recent developments in electronic technology such as computers and videotape have enabled artists to vary their forms of expression. For example, video art can now achieve images whose effect is produced by “digitalization”: breaking up the picture using computerized inform... | PT9 S1 Q6 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q7 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exer... | PT9 S1 Q7 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q8 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exer... | PT9 S1 Q8 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q9 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exer... | PT9 S1 Q9 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q10 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exe... | PT9 S1 Q10 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q11 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exe... | PT9 S1 Q11 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q12 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exe... | PT9 S1 Q12 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q13 Passage:During the 1940s and 1950s the United States government developed a new policy toward Native Americans, often known as “readjustment.” Because the increased awareness of civil rights in these decades helped reinforce the belief that life on reservations prevented Native Americans from exe... | PT9 S1 Q13 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q14 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q14 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q15 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q15 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q16 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q16 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q17 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q17 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q18 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q18 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q19 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q19 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q20 Passage:Direct observation of contemporary societies at the threshold of widespread literacy has not assisted our understanding of how such literacy altered ancient Greek society, in particular its political culture. The discovery of what Goody has called the “enabling effects” of literacy in con... | PT9 S1 Q20 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q21 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q21 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q22 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q22 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q23 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q23 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q24 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q24 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q25 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q25 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q26 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q26 |
Question ID:PT9 S1 Q27 Passage:The English who in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries inhabited those colonies that would later become the United States shared a common political vocabulary with the English in England. Steeped as they were in the English political language, these colonials failed to observe that t... | PT9 S1 Q27 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q1 Passage:Crimes in which handguns are used are more likely than other crimes to result in fatalities. However, the majority of crimes in which handguns are used do not result in fatalities. Therefore, there is no need to enact laws that address crimes involving handguns as distinct from other crime... | PT9 S2 Q1 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q2 Passage:Tall children can generally reach high shelves easily. Short children can generally reach high shelves only with difficulty. It is known that short children are more likely than are tall children to become short adults. Therefore, if short children are taught to reach high shelves easily, ... | PT9 S2 Q2 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q3 Passage:Balance is particularly important when reporting the background of civil wars and conflicts. Facts must not be deliberately manipulated to show one party in a favorable light, and the views of each side should be fairly represented. This concept of balance, however, does not justify concea... | PT9 S2 Q3 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q4 Passage:Data from satellite photographs of the tropical rain forest in Melonia show that last year the deforestation rate of this environmentally sensitive zone was significantly lower than in previous years. The Melonian government, which spent millions of dollars last year to enforce laws agains... | PT9 S2 Q4 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q5 Passage:Advertisement: Northwoods Maple Syrup, made the old-fashioned way, is simply tops for taste. And here is the proof: in a recent market survey, 7 out of every 10 shoppers who expressed a preference said that Northwoods was the only maple syrup for them, no ifs, ands, or buts. Stem:Of the fo... | PT9 S2 Q5 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q6 Passage:In the summer of 1936 a polling service telephoned 10,000 United States voters and asked how they planned to vote in the coming presidential election. The survey sample included a variety of respondents—rural and urban, male and female, from every state. The poll predicted that Alfred Land... | PT9 S2 Q6 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q7 Passage:Waste management companies, which collect waste for disposal in landfills and incineration plants, report that disposable plastics make up an ever-increasing percentage of the waste they handle. It is clear that attempts to decrease the amount of plastic that people throw away in the garba... | PT9 S2 Q7 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q8 Passage:Most of the ultraviolet radiation reaching the Earth’s atmosphere from the Sun is absorbed by the layer of stratospheric ozone and never reaches the Earth’s surface. Between 1969 and 1986, the layer of stratospheric ozone over North America thinned, decreasing by about 3 percent. Yet, the ... | PT9 S2 Q8 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q9 Passage:The number of aircraft collisions on the ground is increasing because of the substantial increase in the number of flights operated by the airlines. Many of the fatalities that occur in such collisions are caused not by the collision itself, but by an inherent flaw in the cabin design of m... | PT9 S2 Q9 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q10 Passage:The number of aircraft collisions on the ground is increasing because of the substantial increase in the number of flights operated by the airlines. Many of the fatalities that occur in such collisions are caused not by the collision itself, but by an inherent flaw in the cabin design of ... | PT9 S2 Q10 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q11 Passage:Recently discovered fossil evidence casts doubt on the evolutionary theory that dinosaurs are more closely related to reptiles than to other classes of animals. Fossils show that some dinosaurs had hollow bones—a feature found today only in warm-blooded creatures, such as birds, that have... | PT9 S2 Q11 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q12 Passage:Purebred dogs are prone to genetically determined abnormalities. Although such abnormalities often can be corrected by surgery, the cost can reach several thousand dollars. Since nonpurebred dogs rarely suffer from genetically determined abnormalities, potential dog owners who want to red... | PT9 S2 Q12 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q13 Passage:Criticism that the press panders to public sentiment neglects to consider that the press is a profit-making institution. Like other private enterprises, it has to make money to survive. If the press were not profit-making, who would support it? The only alternative is subsidy and, with it... | PT9 S2 Q13 |
Question ID:PT9 S2 Q14 Passage:Lucien: Public-housing advocates claim that the many homeless people in this city are proof that there is insufficient housing available to them and therefore that more low-income apartments are needed. But that conclusion is absurd. Many apartments in my own building remain unrented and ... | PT9 S2 Q14 |
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