1.
The paragraph preceding the passage most
probably discusses
(A) the causes of schizophrenia
(B) multiple personality disorder
(C) the most common mental disorder
(D) possible cures for schizophrenia
2. Which of the following is true about
schizophrenia and multiple personality
disorder?
(A) They are relatively similar.
(B) One is a psychological disorder, while the
other is not.
(C) Many people mistake one for the other.
(D) Multiple personality disorder occurs more
often than schizophrenia.
3. "Disorder" in line 3 is closest in meaning to
which of the following?
(A) Disruption
(B) Untidiness
(C) Misalignment
(D) Disease
4. It can be inferred from the passage that a
"schism" is
(A) a division into factions
(B) mental disease
(C) a personality trait
(D) a part of the brain
5. What is NOT true about schizophrenia,
according to the passage?
(A) It is characterized by separate and distinct
personalities.
(B) It often causes withdrawal from reality.
(C) Its symptoms include illogical thought
patterns.
(D) Its victims tend to hear voices in their minds.
6. According to the passage, how do
schizophrenics generally relate to their families?
(A) They are quite friendly with their families.
(B) They become remote from their families
(C) They have an enhanced ability to
understand their families.
(D) They communicate openly with their
families.
7. It can be inferred from the passage that it
would be least common for schizophrenia
to develop at the age of
(A) fifteen
(B) twenty
(C) twenty-five
(D) thirty
8. The word "onset" in line 11 is closest in
meaning to
(A) start
(B) medication
(C) effect
(D) age
9. The word "abnormal" in line 11 is closest in 10. Where in the passage does the author
meaning to explain the derivation of the term
(A) unstable "schizophrenia"?
(B) unregulated (A) Lines 3-5
(C) uncharted (B) Lines 5-6
(D) unusual (C) Lines 9-10
(D) Lines 11-13

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1. What is the main topic of the passage? 14. The word intact in the second paragraph is
(A) The relationship between a plant’s roots closest in meaning to
and its shoots (A) mature.
(B) What can be learned by growing roots in (B) wild.
isolation (C) whole.
(C) How plants can be grown without roots (D) tiny.
(D) What elements are necessary for the
growth of plants 15. The use of the phrase comes in handy in the
second paragraph indicates that the process is…
12. The word themselves in the first paragraph (A) useful.
refers to… (B) predictable.
(A) plant physiologists. (C) necessary.
(B) solutions. (D) successful.
(C) laboratory flasks.
(D) roots.
16. It can be inferred from the passage that, in
13. According to the passage, what is ATP? the early spring, the buds of plants
(A) A biochemical process (A) “export” protein in the form of amino acids.
(B) The tip of a root (B) do not require water.
(C) A chemical compound (C) have begun photosynthesizing.
(D) A type of plant cell (D) obtain organic compounds from the roots.
17. Which of the following best describes the
organization of the passage?
(A) The results of two experiments are
compared.
(B) A generalization is made and several
examples of it are given.
(C) The findings of an experiment are
explained.
(D) A hypothesis is presented, and several
means of proving it are suggested.