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Practice Part 1
Practice Part 1
Practice Part 1
SECTION 2
This section is designed to measure your ability to 2. The celesta, an orchestral percussion
recognize language that is appropriate for standard instrument, resembles
written English. There are two types of questions in
(A) a small upright piano @
this section, with special directions for each type.
(B) how a small upright piano
Structure (C) a small upright piano is
(D) as a small upright piano
DIRECTIONS
Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. 3. Thomas Paine, , wrote Common Sense, a
Beneath each sentence you will see four words or pamphlet that identified the American colonies
phrases, marked (A), (B), (C), and (D). Choose the with the cause of liberty.
one word or phrase that best completes the (A) writer of eloquent
sentence. Then, on your answer sheet, find the
(B) whose eloquent writing
number of the question and fill in the space that
(C) an eloquent writer @
corresponds to the letter of the answer you have
(D) writing eloquent
chosen. Fill in the space so that the letter inside the
oval cannot be seen.
4. Although beavers rarely remain submerged for
1. Amanda Way’s career as a social reformer more than two minutes, they can stay
in 1851 when, at an antislavery meeting underwater fifteen minutes before
in Indiana, she called for a state woman’s having to surface for air.
rights convention. (A) as long
(B) as long as @
(A) begin (C) so long
(B) began @ (D) so long that
(C) have begun
(D) to have begun 5. Protein digestion begins in the stomach
ends in the small intestine.
(A) while (C) directs it
(B) and/
(D) that directs/
(C) how
(D) because 11. 363 miles between the cities of Albany
and Buffalo in New York State, the
6. When natural gas burns, its into atoms Eric Canal helped link the Atlantic Ocean with
of carbon and hydrogen. the Great Lakes.
(A) hydrocarbon molecules, breaking up (A) The extension of
(B) broke up by hydrocarbon molecules (B) The extension
(C) hydrocarbon molecules break up / (C) Extending
(D) broken up hydrocarbon molecules (D) Extends
7. ballet dancers learn five basic 12. The chief sources of B12, a water-soluble
positions for the arms and feet. vitamin stored in the body, include
(A) All of meat, milk and eggs.