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NEW QUESTION 110
In 1755 British writer Samuel Johnson published .in acerbic letter to Lord Chesterfield rebuking his patron for neglect and declining further support. Johnson's rejection of his patron's belated assistance has often been identified as a key moment in the history of publishing, marking the end of the culture of patronage. However, patronage had been in decline for 50 years, yet would survive, in attenuated form, for another 50. Indeed.
Johnson was in 1762 awarded a pension by the Crown-a subtle form of sponsorship, tantamount to state patronage. The importance of Johnson's letter is not so much historical as emotional: it would become a touchstone for all who repudiated patrons and for all who embraced the laws of the marketplace.
Which of the following best describes the function of the highlighted phrase in the context of the passage as a whole?
- A. It suggests a motivation for Johnson's rejection of Chesterfield's patronage.
- B. It refines the notion that patrons are found primarily among the nobility.
- C. It provides a possible defense for Chesterfield's alleged neglect of Johnson.
- D. It provides information that qualifies the assertion that Johnson's letter sharply defined the end of a publishing era.
- E. It points out the most obvious implications of Johnson's letter to his patron.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 111
DRUGGIST : PHARMACY
- A. ballerina : tutu
- B. child : father
- C. hand : glove
- D. coach : team
- E. waiter : restaurant
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 112
In the 1980s the press release announcing the discovery of a new fundamental particle turned a once_______ hypothesis of interest to no more than a few hundred physicists into an undisputed fact of global significance.
- A. preeminent
- B. recondite
- C. cogent
- D. discretionary
- E. fungible
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 113 
The graphs above show the distribution of men. women, and children who visited a certain zoo in 2008 and
2009. Which of the following statements must be true?
Indicate all such statements.
- A. In 2008 the total number of women and children who visited the zoo was of the total number of people
who visited the zoo. - B. The number of children who visited the zoo in 2008 was greater than in 2009.
- C. In 2009 the number of women who visited the zoo was 20 percent greater than the number of men who visited the 200.
Answer: A,C
NEW QUESTION 114
According 10 the classical idea of space-time reality, two particles, identical or not, can be distinguished by tracing the motion of the particles along their trajectories. This idea is (1)________that the particles can be observed continuously, a belief that is (ii)________with respect to macroscopic bodies, but not with respect to free atoms. which (iii)________constant observation.
- A. warrant
- B. incompatible with the view
- C. innovative
- D. entailed by the fact
- E. tenable
- F. fortuitous
- G. abet
- H. based on the assumption
- I. elude
Answer: A,E,H
NEW QUESTION 115 
The tick marks shown on the number line are evenly spaced. Points D and E have coordinates of respectively.
The point that has a coordinate of is
- A. between points C and D
- B. between points A and B
- C. point A
- D. point C
- E. between points B and C
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 116
Charles A Lindbergh is remembered as the first person to make a nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic, in 1927. This feat, when Lindbergh was only twenty-five years old, assured him a lifetime of fame and public attention. Charles Augustus Lindbergh was more interested in flying airplanes than he was in studying. He dropped out of the University of Wisconsin after two years to earn a living performing daredevil airplane stunts at country fairs. Two years later, he joined the United States Army so that he could go to the Army Air Service flight-training school. After completing his training, he was hired to fly mail between St. Louis and Chicago. Then came the historic flight across the Atlantic. In 1919, a New York City hotel owner offered a prize of $25,000 to the first pilot to fly nonstop from New York to Paris. Nine St. Louis business leaders helped pay for the plane Lindbergh designed especially for the flight. Lindbergh tested the plane by flying it from San Diego to New York, with an overnight stop in St. Louis. The flight took only
20 hours and 21 minutes, a transcontinental record. Nine days later, on May 20,1927, Lindbergh took off from Long Island, New York, at 7:52 A M He landed at Paris on May 21 at 10:21 P M He had flown more than 3,600 miles in less than thirty four hours. His flight made news around the world. He was given awards and parades everywhere he went. He was presented with the U S Congressional Medal of Honor and the first Distinguished Flying Cross. For a long time, Lindbergh toured the world as a U S goodwill ambassador. He met his future wife, Anne Morrow, in Mexico, where her father was the United States ambassador. During the 1930s, Charles and Anne Lindbergh worked for various airline companies, charting new commercial air routes. In 1931, for a major airline, they charted a new route from the east coast of the United States to the Orient. The shortest, most efficient route was a great curve across Canada, over Alaska, and down to China and Japan. Most pilots familiar with the Arctic did not believe that such a route was possible. The Lindberghs took on the task of proving that it was. They arranged for fuel and supplies to be set out along the route. On July 29, they took off from Long Island in a specially equipped small seaplane. They flew by day and each night landed on a lake or a river and camped. Near Nome, Alaska, they had their first serious emergency. Out of daylight and nearly out of fuel, they were forced down in a small ocean inlet. In the next morning's light, they discovered they had landed on barely three feet of water. On September 19, after two more emergency landings and numerous close calls, they landed in China with the maps for a safe airline passenger route. Even while actively engaged as a pioneering flier, Lindbergh was also working as an engineer.
In 1935, he and Dr. Alexis Carrel were given a patent for an artificial heart. During World War I in the
1940s, Lindbergh served as a civilian technical advisor in aviation.
Although he was a civilian, he flew over fifty combat missions in the Pacific. In the 1950s, Lindbergh helped design the famous 747 jet airliner. In the late 1960s, he spoke widely on conservation issues. He died August 1974, having lived through aviation history from the time of the first powered flight to the first steps on the moon and having influenced a big part of that history himself.
What did Lindbergh do before he crossed the Atlantic?
- A. He charted a route to China.
- B. He was responsible for the fuel supply for planes.
- C. He married Anne Morrow.
- D. He graduated from flight-training school.
- E. He acted as a technical advisor during World War II.
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 117
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D)
E)
- A. Option A
- B. Option D
- C. Option B
- D. Option C
- E. Option E
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 118
The legends of any tribe serve to explain, and even embody, its _______; by examining a people's most popular _______, one can determine the things they most deeply cherish.
- A. religion . . pastimes
- B. history . . rituals
- C. origins . . legends
- D. values . . stories
- E. beliefs . . customs
Answer: D
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The two parts of the sentence paraphrase the same idea. Therefore, the first blank should correspond to the idea of "the things they most deeply cherish" in the second half of the sentence, while the second blank should correspond to "myths." The word pair values and stories works well.
NEW QUESTION 119
While there will always be a need for social programs geared toward alleviating the poverty of individuals, the community is perhaps the more relevant level for public policy intervention, especially in rural areas. It has been recognized that social isolation within urban ghettos is a structural characteristic of urban poverty, but rural poverty is marked by physical isolation as well. This uniqueness makes rural community poverty particularly intractable, requiring policies that account for the cost of isolation. It is possible to provide vocational training for individuals anywhere, but if there are no jobs within the community for those individuals, the training is largely wasted. The current transition to a service-based economy and deregulation in transportation (resulting in disproportionately higher transportation costs for relatively isolated areas) have only exacerbated the growing social and economic distress in rural America, underscoring the need to redefine poverty and redirect the focus of our funding agencies and policy- makers in accordance with the new definition. What's needed is a more holistic view on an aggregate level, where poverty is properly seen as a condition of the local social structure, with income only one of the salient parameters.
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be the author's vocation, based solely on the information in the passage?
- A. Social activist
- B. Public health official
- C. Demographer
- D. Economist
- E. Public policy analyst
Answer: B
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Although the author's recommendation to redefine poverty, if adopted, would no doubt carry certain public health consequences, nowhere in the passage does the author incorporate public-health issues into the analysis.
NEW QUESTION 120
The village of Vestmannaeyjar, in the far northern country of Iceland, is as bright and clean and up-to-date as any American or Canadian suburb. It is located on the island of Heimaey, just off the mainland. One January night in 1973, however, householders were shocked from their sleep. In some backyards red-hot liquid was spurting from the ground.
Flaming "skyrockets" shot up and over the houses. The island's volcano, Helgafell, silent for seven thousand years, was violently erupting! Luckily, the island's fishing fleet was in port, and within twenty-four hours almost everyone was ferried to the mainland. But then the agony of the island began in earnest. As in a nightmare, fountains of burning lava spurted three hundred feet high. Black, baseball-size cinders rained down. An evilsmelling, eye-burning, throat-searing cloud of smoke and gas erupted into the air, and a river of lava flowed down the mountain. The constant shriek of escaping steam was punctuated by ear- splitting explosions. As time went on, the once pleasant village of Vestmannaeyjar took on a weird aspect.
Its street lamps still burning against the long Arctic night, the town lay under a thick blanket of cinders. All that could be seen above the ten-foot black drifts were the tips of street signs. Some houses had collapsed under the weight of cinders; others had burst into flames as the heat ignited their oil storage tanks. Lighting the whole lurid scene, fire continued to shoot from the mouth of the looming volcano. The eruption continued for six months. Scientists and reporters arrived from around the world to observe the awesome natural event. But the town did not die that easily. In July, when the eruption ceased, the people of Heimaey Island returned to assess the chances of rebuilding their homes and lives. They found tons of ash covering the ground. The Icelanders are a tough people, however, accustomed to the strange and violent nature of their Arctic land. They dug out their homes. They even used the cinders to build new roads and airport runways. Now the new homes of Heimaey are warmed from water pipes heated by molten lava.
The color of the hot liquid was ...
- A. gray
- B. orange
- C. black
- D. yellow
- E. red
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 121 
- A. The quantities are equal;
- B. The quantity in Column A is greater;
- C. The quantity in Column B is greater;
- D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Answer: D
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If P <0 such that P+Q > 0, then Quantity A < Quantity B . On the other hand, if P+Q < 0, then Quantity A = Quantity B.
NEW QUESTION 122
The Trojan War is one of the most famous wars in history. It is well known for the ten year duration, for the heroism of a number of legendary characters, and for the Trojan horse. What may not be familiar, however, is the story of how the war began. According to Greek myth, the strife between the Trojans and the Greeks started at the wedding of Peleus, King of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea nymph. All of the gods and goddesses had been invited to the wedding celebration in Troy except Eris, goddesses of discord. She had been omitted from the guest list because her presence always embroiled mortals and immortals alike in conflict. To take revenge on those who had slighted her, Eris decided to cause a skirmish. Into the middle of the banquet hall, she threw a golden apple marked "for the most beautiful." All of the goddesses began to haggle over who should possess it.
The gods and goddesses reached a stalemate when the choice was narrowed to Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Someone was needed to settle the controversy by picking a winner. The job eventually fell to Paris, son of King Priam of Troy, who was said to be a good judge of beauty. Paris did not have an easy job. Each goddess, eager to win the golden apple, tried aggressively to bribe him. "I'll grant you vast kingdoms to rule, "promised Hera. "Vast kingdoms are nothing in comparison with my gift," contradicted Athena. "Choose me and I'll see that you win victory and fame in war." Aphrodite outdid her adversaries, however. She won the golden apple by offering Helen, Zeus' daughter and the most beautiful mortal, to Paris. Paris, anxious to claim Helen, set off for Sparta in Greece. Although Paris learned that Helen was married, he accepted the hospitality of her husband, King Menelasu of Sparta, anyway. Therefore, Menelaus was outraged for a number of reasons when Paris departed, taking Helen and much of the king's wealth back to Troy. Menelaus collected his loyal forces and set sail for Troy to begin the war to reclaim Helen.
Athena ___ Hera, promising Paris victory and fame in war.
- A. agreed with
- B. denied the statement of
- C. restated the statement
- D. questioned the statement
- E. defeated
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 123
Since scientific truths must be discovered, and since many, probably most, are far from (i)_________. Futile investigations are (ii)_________. Thus, the path to the truth is decidedly a (iii)_________one.
- A. sinuous
- B. progressive
- C. potentially useful
- D. hie vi table
- E. intuitively obvious
- F. routinelv acelauned
- G. clandestine
- H. ne eligible
- I. auspicious
Answer: A,E,H
NEW QUESTION 124
American history scholars generally attribute formation of the League of Indian Nations to Degandawida, who convinced the warring and fiercely autonomous Iroquois nations to embrace his radical idea for a league by tying it to familiar Iroquois customs and institutions. He associated the notion of peace and partnership with the Iroquois custom by which the families of slain warriors adopted war prisoners into the tribe. He invoked unquestioned social institutions as symbols, comparing the League to the traditional Iroquois clan in which several families share a "Longhouse" and likening the Great Council, comprised of representatives from each nation, to the Longhouse's ever-burning Council Fire. And he assigned to each nation specific duties in order to assuage its fear of losing national identity. (For instance, he assigned to the Onondagas, who were centrally positioned geographically, the role of perpetual hosts.) Perhaps most persuasive, however, was how Degandawida's League replicated the power structure of the traditional Iroquois clan. Each of the five Iroquois nations was comprised of matriarchal totemic clans in which the chiefs were men, the clan heads were women, and the chief's children were considered members of his wife's clan. Degandawida determined that the heads of each nation should select their League representatives, thereby effectively precluding the possibility of League representatives passing their power on to their sons, as well as decreasing the likelihood that a pro-war representative would be appointed. Iroquois unification under the League lasted about two centuries, when disagreement as to whether to become involved in the American Revolutionary war divided the Iroquois. The revolutionaries' success and their subsequent encroachment upon Iroquois lands forced many Iroquois to resettle in Canada, while those who remained behind lost respect from other Indian nations. The introduction of distilled spirits led to widespread alcoholism and, in turn, to a rapid decline of the culture and population.
The Quakers' influence impeded, yet in another sense contributed, to this decline. By establishing schools for the Iroquois and by introducing them to modern technology for agriculture and husbandry, the Quakers instilled some hope for the future yet undermined their sense of national identity. Ironically, it was the alcoholic halfbrother of Seneca, Cornplanter, the most outspoken proponent among the Iroquois for assimilation of white customs and institutions, who revived the Iroquois culture. Around 1800, Handsome Lake, a former member of the Great Council, established a new religion among the Iroquois that tied the more useful aspects of Christianity to traditional Indian beliefs and customs. Lake's teachings quickly became firmly entrenched among the Iroquois, sparking reunification and renewed confidence while also curbing rampant alcoholism. Lake's influence is still evident today: many modern- day Iroquois belong both to his religion and to one or another Christian sect.
Among the following reasons, it is most likely that the author considers Handsome Lake's leading a revival of the Iroquois culture "ironic" (line 68) because
- A. his religious beliefs conflicted with traditional Iroquois beliefs
- B. he was a former member of the Great Council
- C. he was related by blood to a chief proponent of assimilation
- D. he was alcoholic
- E. he was not a full-blooded relative of Seneca Cornplanter
Answer: C
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In the final paragraph's first sentence, the author tells us that Cornplanter was an outspoken proponent of assimilation. The next sentence suggests in context that Handsome Lake was related to Cornplanter as a halfbrother. The fact that Lake was responsible for the Iroquois reasserting their national identity is ironic, then, in light of Lake's blood relationship to Cornplanter.
NEW QUESTION 125
Even detractors who warn of its potential for abuse agree that genetic engineering, if used _______, can reduce the incidence of the sort of physical deformities that any society would want to eliminate.
- A. premeditatedly
- B. discriminately
- C. illicitly
- D. recklessly
- E. biologically
Answer: B
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The missing word must contrast with the notion of abuse of genetic engineering, while at the same time be consistent with the desirable goal of reducing the incidence of deformities. Only choice D accomplishes both. To use the technology discriminately would be to conscientiously apply it only toward certain ends (such as reducing deformities) and not toward others (such as creating a master race that dominates others).
NEW QUESTION 126
Hong Kong prospered as the center of trade with China, _______ until it fell to the Japanese in 1941.
- A. retreating
- B. succeeding
- C. languishing
- D. flourishing
- E. increasing
Answer: D
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In this sentence, the missing word should continue in the same direction as the first. You're looking for a word that is consistent with and that complements prospered. You can easily eliminate choices C and (D), both of which contradict the first clause. (Languish means "weaken.") Choice A makes for a vague sentence: What was Hong Kong increasing? Choice B also makes for a vague sentence: What was Hong Kong succeeding in? That leaves choice (E).Flourishing means "thriving or growing" - a good complement to the idea of prospering. So choice E provides the best completion.
NEW QUESTION 127
Kirk sent $54 to the newspaper dealer for whom he delivers papers, after deducting a 10% commission for himself. If newspapers sell for 40 cents each, how many papers did Kirk deliver?
- A. 0
- B. 1
- C. 2
- D. 3
- E. 4
Answer: E
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$54 is 90% of what Kirk collected. Express this as an equation:
Kirk collected $60. If each paper sells for 40 cents, the number of paper Kirk sold is:
NEW QUESTION 128 
- A. The quantities are equal;
- B. The quantity in Column B is greater;
- C. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
- D. The quantity in Column A is greater;
Answer: D
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To add two fractions having a common denominator, you add numerators - not denominators. Hence,
.You'll find that it's impossible to equate with and so the two quantities cannot be equal.
Since x >0, you can cancel across columns, leaving an inequality in which Quantity Quantity B:
NEW QUESTION 129
The appropriateness of_________with those to whom one owes loyalty is evident in the Confucian view that rulers who are not living up to their roles should be urged to rectify their behavior.
- A. commiserating
- B. remonstrating
- C. collaborating
- D. sympathizing
- E. expostulating
- F. negotiating
Answer: F
NEW QUESTION 130
The Andean cordillera is made up of many interwoven mountain ranges, which include high intermundane plateaus, basins, and valleys. The Northern Andes contain several broad ecosystems falling into four altitudinal belts. Its northern subregion is distinguished by higher humidity and by greater climatic symmetry between eastern and western flanks. The Central Andes are characterized by a succession of agricultural zones with varied climatic conditions along the mountains' flanks and by large, highaltitude plateaus, variously called puna or altiplano, which do not occur in the Northern Andes. The soil fertility of the northern altiplano is generally good. The western Central Andean ranges are relatively arid with desert- like soils, whereas the eastern ranges are more humid and have more diverse soils. The eastern slopes of the Central Andes in many ways are similar to the wet forests of the Northern Andes. Unlike the Northern Andes, however, these slopes have a dry season. In regions of gentle topography, such as the Amazon basin, regional climatic variation can be determined from a few widely spaced measurements. Regional projections in the Andean cordillera are quite difficult by comparison. For example, while air temperature generally decreases with increasing altitude, variability of mountain topography can produce much lower than expected air temperatures. Nevertheless, some general climatic patterns are discernible. For example, with increasing distance south of the equator the seasonality of precipitation increases, whereas the total annual amount generally decreases. Humidity commonly increases with increasing altitude, but only to some intermediate altitude, above which it declines. The variability of mountain terrain also affects precipitation, such that conditions of extreme wetness and aridity may exist in close proximity. Related to this temperature gradient is a pattern of greater rainfall at the valley heads, and less rain at lower altitudes, resulting in part from mountain rainshadow effect. The weather patterns of the Andean cordillera and Amazon basin in general reflect movements of highand low-pressure cells associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low-pressure trough that moves further north and south on a seasonal basis.
Precipitation is high throughout the year in the highlands and on the coast in the Northern Andes. Coastal aridity increases south of central Ecuador, culminating in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. In the Central Andes, highland precipitation is seasonal, and amounts are approximately half those measured in the Northern Andes. The aridity of the Central Andean coastal zone is the result of the drying effect of the cold Pacific Humboldt current and the southern Pacific high-pressure cell. Much of the southern portion of the Central Andes in Bolivia is also arid. The dry season causes soil moisture deficits and diminished stream flow part of each year.
The passage is primarily concerned with
- A. describing the climate and topography of various regions of the Andeancordillera
- B. examining the effects of topography on the climate and vegetation of the Andeancordillera
- C. providing alternative explanations for the climatic diversity among different regions of the Andeancordillera
- D. discussing the factors affecting the climate of the Andeancordillera
- E. comparing the climate and topography of the Northern Andes to those of the CentralAndes
Answer: D
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Most of the passage - the entire second and third paragraphs - is concerned with examining the factors affecting the climate of various portions of the Andeancordillera. The first paragraph provides a framework for this discussion by describing the climate and topography of the various regions.
NEW QUESTION 131
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