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PRACTICE TEST 1: DIAGNOSTIC

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Directions: In questions 1–15 each sentence has a word or phrase underlined.

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Below each sentence there are four other words or phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and

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(D). You are to choose the one word or phrase that best keeps the meaning of the

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original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.

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4. It is futile to go shopping when you don’t

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His students think he is odd.

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have any money.

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(A) dangerous

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(A) useless

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(B) friendly

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(B) brilliant

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(C) strange

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(C) idiotic

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(D) humorous

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(D) challenging

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The correct answer is (C). The 5. The actress had to raise her voice in order

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sentence, “His students think he to be audible in the balcony.

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is strange,” is closest in meaning

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(A) musical

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to, “His students think he is odd.”

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(B) dramatic

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As soon as you understand the (C) heard

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directions, begin work on the

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(D) appreciated

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problems.

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6. Dictators do not tolerate opposition of any

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1. Oil is one of the principal sources of en- (A) understand

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(B) most important (D) execute

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(C) most difficult

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7. Earthquakes occur frequently in parts of

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(D) most popular

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California.
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2. No one can survive for very long without (A) instantly

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water.
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(B) annually
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(A) reproduce
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(C) spontaneously
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(B) prosper
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(D) often
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(C) transcend
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8. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King fought

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(D) exist
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to put an end to racial segregation in the

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3. The assignment was to write a synopsis of United States.

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our favorite novel. (A) integration

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(A) evaluation (B) education

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(B) summary (C) separation

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(C) critique (D) torture

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(D) dramatization
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9. The number of illiterate young people in 13. A familiar adage says that the early bird
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her country continues to rise. gets the worm.

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(A) unable to read and write (A) proverb

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(B) without children (B) lady

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(C) sports participants (C) gentleman

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(D) wealthy (D) book

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10. Since his wound was superficial, only a 14. A television ad shows a busy baker with a
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small bandage was required. new computer that the advertiser claims
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(A) frivolous will help him “make dough.”

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(B) on the surface (A) a baking mixture

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(C) deep (B) more customers

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(D) supercilious (C) money

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(D) bread
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11. The main road will be closed until the

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blizzard ends. 15. At every faculty meeting, Ms. Volatile

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always manages to put her foot in her

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(A) snowstorm
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mouth.
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(B) hurricane
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(A) trip over her big feet

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(C) tornado
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(B) say the wrong thing

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(D) thunderstorm
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(C) move rapidly

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12. Tennis wear has become a very lucrative (D) fall asleep
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business for both manufacturers and ten-

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nis stars.
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(A) illegal
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(B) circumstantial
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(C) expansive
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(D) profitable
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