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I. Choose the most correct answer to complete the following sentences.

1. Just follow my instruction. Once you enter the room, you will see ____. You will be able to find the documents on it.
A. a Victorian small round wooden table D. a small round Victorian wooden table
B. a small Victorian round wooden table E. a small round wooden Victorian table
C. a Victorian round small wooden table

2. We’ll _________ my sister to babysit on Friday because we’ll have an important business meeting on that day.
A. have B. be having C. get D. getting E. having

3. The Acropolis is the greatest building ___________ in ancient times.

A. to be built B. to have built C. to have been built D. built E. to built

4. We were at a disadvantage ____ that we did not have a very good knowledge of the language the others were using.
A. by B. with C. in D. for E. about

5. No one wants to have extra homework tonight, _______?

A. don’t he B. do they C. does he D. doesn’t he E. will they

6. _______ with being so busy both at work and at home, she became increasingly tired and bad-tempered.
A. Where B. How C. Which D. When E. What

7. I had no sooner told her what I thought of her _______ I wished I’d held my tongue.
A. when B. that C. as D. than E. with

8. The old lady came near to_________of pneumonia but to everyone’s amazement she pulled through.
A. death B. dying C. being dead E. die E. dead

9. I had no difficulty _________ their house although they said that people often did.
A. for finding B. to find C. to finding D. in finding E. finding

10. If you can win his attention _______ for you.

A. the so much better C. so much the better E. so better the much
B. the better so much D. so the much better

11. In such a complex situation as this mistakes _______ happen occasionally.

A. bound B. are bound to C. bound to D. to bound E. are bound

12. In such a plight _______ that we had no choice but to radio for help.
A. we found ourselves C. did we find ourselves E. we did find ourselves
B. we ourselves found D. did we ourselves find

13. The ____ during an earthquake are caused by seismic waves.

A. actually vibrate C. vibrations happen E. vibrations actually
B. actual vibrations D. from the actual vibrations

14. ______ alcoholism are the slow destruction of the liver and possible death.
A. Dangerously C. The long-term effects of E. Finally that
B. The eventual effect of D. Chronic and eventual

15. On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln, speaking from notes on an old _______ the famous Gettysburg Address in
only two minutes time.
A. gave the envelope C. envelope, gave E. giving envelope
B. envelope giving D. gift of an envelope

16. The idea of inoculating people with smallpox to protect them from later attacks was introduced into Europe by ____.
A. Mary Wortley Montagu, who learned of it in Asia.
B. Mary Wortley Montagu, who learned of them in Asia.
C. Mary Wortley Montagu, who learned it of those in Asia.
D. Mary Wortley Montagu, learning of it in Asia.
E. Mary Wortley Montagu, because she learned of it in Asia.

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17. Having drafted the museum floor plan with exceptional care, ________________.
A. that the planning commission rejected his design upset the architect greatly
B. the planning commision’s rejection of his design caused the architect a great upset
C. the architect found the planning commission’s rejection of his design greatly upsetting
D. the architect was greatly upset about the planning commission rejecting his design
E. the architect’s upset at the planning commission’s rejection of his design was great

18. I can go to California or Florida. I wonder ______.

A. which is best B. which is the best C. which is good D. which is the better E. which is better

19. When this war is over, no nation will _________.

A. either be isolated in war or peace D. be isolated either in war or in peace
B. be either isolated in war or peace E. be isolated neither in war or peace
C. be isolated in neither war nor peace

20. Thanks to the prevailing westerly winds, dust ________ travels halfway across the continent to fall on the cities of the
East Coast.
A. blowing east from the drought-stricken plains
B. that, blowing east from the drought-stricken plains
C. from the drought-stricken plains and blows east
D. that is from the drought-stricken plains blowing east
E. blowing east that is from the plains that are drought-stricken

21. Americans are learning that their concept of a research worker ______ has been highly idealized and glamorized.
A. toiling alone in a laboratory and who discovers miraculous cures
B. toiling alone in a laboratory and discovers miraculous cures
C. toiling alone in a laboratory to discover miraculous cures
D. who toil alone in the laboratory and discover miraculous cures
E. has toiled alone hoping to discover miraculous cures

22. Many alcoholics attempt to conceal their problem from their fellow workers, _________.
A. but invariably failing to keep their secret
B. but they invariably fail to keep their secret
C. but fail, invariably, to keep their secret
D. who invariably fail to keep their secret
E. who they invariably fail to keep their secret form

23. ___________, he asked Dr. Brown, the otologist, whether he should get a hearing aid.
A. Complaining that he couldn’t hear hardly anything D. Complaining that he could hear hardly anything
B. Complaining that he couldn’t hardly hear anything E. Because he couldn’t hear hardly anything
C. He complained that he couldn’t hear hardly anything

24. The year 1732 saw the first appearance of Poor Richard’s Almanac, _____ Benjamin Franklin created the character of
Poor Richard.
A. there B. in which C. in it D. which in E. that

25. The teacher suggested that Kelly ___________ experience with ESP.
A. write a composition on her D. writes a composition on her
B. to write a composition about the E. had written any compositions for her
C. wrote some compositions of her

26. Although the scientific community had hoped that the field of transplantation ______, the shortage of organ donors has
curtailed research.
A. progress B. had progressed C. would progress D. progressing E. is progressing

27. Children just love computer games, _______ many adults.

A. as do B. so C. do D. not E. like as

28. ________ extensively by persons who cannot speak or hear, American Sign Language ranks as the fourth most widely
used language in the U.S. today.
A. Relied on B. It is relied on C. Relying on it D. To rely on it E. Relying

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29. The more hemoglobin one has, the more oxygen is carried to _________ cells.
A. one B. its C. their D. one’s E. it’s

30. The cyclist _________ he crossed the main street.

A. looked with caution after D. looks cautious when
B. had looked cautiously before E. had looked cautiously than
C. was looked cautious when

II. Choose the most correct words or expressions to complete the following sentences.
31. The frightened child was kept awake by the _______ of the wind.
A. crying B. whistling C. howling D. screaming E. rustling

32. Mind your own business and stop being so ______.

A. smug B. concerned C. helpful D. demanded E. inquisitive

33. Miss Song _________ the ring given to her by her mother although it is an inexpensive one.
A. despises B. worships C. treasures D. admires E. loves

34. The maid missed a rung of the ________ and lost her balance.
A. stairs B. ladder C. scale D. escalator E. steps

35. Blood began to ________ out of the gap once the spear was pulled out from the victim’s thigh.
A. scatter B. sprinkle C. splash D. spread E. spurt

36. Sharks have neen _______ off the water of Singapore, so nobody is allowed to swim until further notice.
A. sighted B. founded C. invented D. found E. discovered

37. The remark he gave was very _____ and showed that he had been paying full attention.
A. prompt B. fast C. apt D. likely E. true

38. Your story is very _________. Please write again, paying attention to the flow of the story.
A. disjointed B. dislocated C. disrupted D. disconnected E. displaced

39. She ________ all control over the family business to her only son.
A. relayed B. siphoned C. passed D. relinquished E. surrendered

40. The report on the boy who punched his teacher has ______ the public debate on discipline in schools.
A. rekindled B. recharged C. refuelled D. reacknowledged E. revitalized

III. For each question from number 41 – 50, choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Melanie stood at the dam, (41) wrapped up in her own thoughts. All of a sudden, she heard a rumbling sound.
Immediately, she realized that something was terribly (42) amiss. She then noticed the cracks in the dam wall. Knowing
she was in danger, she raced downhill, falling thrice in panic. She edged across to the (43) brink of the (44) catapulting
water and stood there, helpless. Like a torrential flash flood, the water surged by with astonishing force. Melanie was (45)
stupefied.

41. A. obsessed B. engrossed C. fascinated D. gripped E. amazed

42. A. wrong B. muddled C. incorrect D. improper E. false
43. A. edge B. rim C. margin D. border E. lid
44. A. hurling B. gushing C. propelling D. hurtling E. flowing
45. A. amazed B. surprised C. impressed D. stunned E. shocked

In present times, laser (46) technology is used for an increasing number of cosmetic treatments. It is extremely popular
among women with problems such as acne scars, pigmentation, wrinkles or excessive body hair. How do lasers work?
They (47) emit an intense beam of light or energy with a (48) specific wavelength, which is (49) targeted at a type of
tissue in the part of the body that is being treated. When the beam of energy reaches its target, it is absorbed and converted
into heat which inactivates or destroys cells in the target area without having a (50) significant effect on the other cells
that surround it.
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46. A. expertise B. equipment C. machinery D. knowledge E. tool

47. A. shoot B. secrete C. release D. produce E. give
48. A. explicit B. precise C. detailed D. particular E. firm
49. A. pointed B. intended C. directed D. marked E. managed
50. A. major B. noteworthy C. important D. momentous E. noticeable

IV. Choose the correct word(s) to complete the following passages.

Starting a (51) _______ data entry business is easier than trying to work from job to job. Having a business means that
people will come to your business whenever they need a service you (52) ____. This also means that instead of having
to always (53) ________ for jobs on freelancing websites, you will be able to have clients come to you as needed. One
important thing to remember when starting a data entry business is that customer service is really important. It’s hard to
get anywhere in the data entry field if you don’t (54) ________ your customers with all the services they need. It’s
important that you take your time to really care for your customers completely. Once you are ready to start your data entry
business it’s time to start building a great team. You want to have a team that can do a wide range of tasks (55) ______
your business can fill customer’s needs. You want to always test your team before giving them the task of working with
a client.

51. A. complete B. half complete C. blank D. intact E. exhaustive

52. A. bid B. advance C. refuse D. offer E. pitch
53. A. assign B. apply C. after D. appeal E. demand
54. A. give B. provide C. offer D. serve E. apply
55. A. so B. that C. so that D. for E. to

In a healthy body lives a healthy brain. The health is the (56) ______ of the person’s mind and body to be free from
any illness, injury, and pain. There is saying “health is the greatest of all”. In order to stay healthy one must consume
healthy food. The food is healthy when it provides all the nutrients needed by your body to function properly. A healthy
diet helps to (57) ______ and improve overall health. It is not only responsible for providing energy but it also helps in
the growth, repair of damaged tissues by replacing them by new ones and protect us from disease.
A diet which contains all the nutrients (fats, carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals in the right (58) ______ is
called a balanced diet. It helps one to stay healthy. (59) _______ nutrients it is also needed to have sufficient intake of
water and roughage. Lack of water in the body can cause many problems like dehydration. Sometimes kidneys can also
get fail due to lack of water in the body. If the sufficient quantity of any of the nutrients is not taken, it may cause one to
suffer from its deficiency. The deficiency of any nutrient in the (60) ______ causes deficiency diseases of that nutrient.
For example, kwashiorkor is caused by the deficiency of proteins; anemia, rickets are caused by the deficiency of minerals;
diseases like beri-beri, scurvy, night blindness are caused by deficiency of vitamins.

56. A. state B. condition C. place D. situation E. media

57. A. maintain B. keep C. achieve D. stay E. get
58. A. amount B. number C. figures D. quantities E. portions
59. A. However B. But C. Besides D. Although E. While
60. A. food B. meal C. diet D. intake E. menu

V. Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage to answer questions no 61 - 66

Many great inventions are greeted with ridicule and disbelief. The invention of the airplane was no exception.
Although many people who heard about the first powered fight on December 17, 1903, were excited and impressed,
others reacted with peals of laughter. The idea of flying an aircraft was repulsive to some pecple. Such people called
Wilbur and Orville Wright, the inventors of the first flying machine, impulsive fools. Negative reactions, however, did
not stop the Wrights. Impelled by their desire to succeed, they continued their experiments in aviation.
Orville and Wilbur Wright had always had a compelling interest in aeronautics and mechanics. As young boys they
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a printing press, and operated a bicycle-repair shop In 1896, when they read about the death of Otto Lilienthal, the
brother's interest in flight grew into a compulsion.
Lilienthal, a pioneer in hang-gliding, had controlled his gliders by shifting his body in the desired direction. This idea
was repellent to the Wright brothers, however, and they searched for mone efficient methods to control the balance of
airbcrne vehicles. In 1900 and 1901, the Wrights tested numerous gliders and developed control techniques. The brothers'
inability to obtain enough lift power for the gliders almost led them to abandon their efforts.
After further study, the Wright brothers concluded that the published tables of air pressure on curved surfaces must
be wrong. They set up a wind tunnel and began a series of experiments with model wings. Because of their efforts, the
old tables were repealed in time and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces. This work,
in turn, made it possible for them to design a machine that would fly. In 1903 the Wrights built their first airplane, which
cost less than one thousand dollars. They even designed and built their own source of propulsion - a lightweight gasoline
engine. When they started the engine on December 17, the airplane pulsated wildly before taking off. The plane managed
to stay aloft for twelve seconds, however, and it flew one hundred twenty feet.
By 1905 the Wrights had perfected the first airplane thal could turn, circle, and remain airborne lor half an hour at a
time. Others had flown in balloons or in hang gliders, but the Wright brothers were the first to build a full-size machine
that could fly under its own power. As the contributors of one of the most outstanding engineering achievements in
history, the Wright brothers are accurately called the fathers of aviation.

61. The idea of fying an aircraft was_________ to some pecple.

A. boring B. distasteful C. exciting D. needless E. answer not available

62. People thought that the Wright brothers had ___________.

A. acted without thinking C. been too cautious E. acted in a negative way
B. been negatively influenced D. had not given enough thought

63. The Wright's interest in flight grew into a _________.

A. financial empire C. need to act E. answer not in article
B. plan D. foolish thought

64. Lilenthal's idea about controlling airborne vehicles was _________ the Wrights
A. proven wrong by C. disliked by E. opposed by
B. opposite to the ideas of D. accepted by

65. The old tables were __________ and replaced by the first reliable figures for air pressure on curved surfaces.
A. destroyed B. canceled C. multiplied D. discarded E. not used

66. The Wrights designed and built their own source of __________.
A. force for moving forward C. turning E. none of the above
B. force for turning around D. force to going backward

Read the following passage to answer questions no 67 - 76

The following passages present two portraits of grandmothers. In Passage I Mary McCarthy shares her memories of her
Catholic grandmother, who raised McCarthy and her brother after their parents' death. In Passage 2 Caroline Heilbrun tells
of her Jewish grandmother, who died when Heilbrun was 10.

Passage 1
Luckily, I am writing a memoir and not a work of fiction, and therefore I do not have to account for my grandmother's
unpleasing character and look for the Oedipal fixation or the traumatic experience which would give her that clinical
authenticity that is nowadays so desirable in portraiture. I do not know how my grandmother got the way she was; I assume,
from family photographs and from the inflexibility of her habits, that she was always the same, and it seems as idle to inquire
into her childhood as to ask what was ailing Iago or look for the error in toilet-training that was responsible for Lady Macbeth.
My grandmother's sexual history, bristling with mortality in the usual style of her period, was robust and decisive: three tall,
handsome sons grew up, and one attentive daughter. Her husband treated her kindly. She had money, many grandchildren,
and religion to sustain her. White hair, glasses, soft skin, wrinkles, needlework - all the paraphernalia of motherliness were
hers: yet it was a cold, grudging, disputatious old woman who sat all day in her sunroom making tapestries from pattern,
scanning religious periodicals, and setting her iron jaw against any infraction of her ways.
Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant trait in my grandmother's nature. An aggressive churchgoer, she was quite
without Christian feeling; the mercy of the Lord Jesus had never entered her heart. Her piety was an act of war against the
Protestant ascendancy. The religious magazines on her table furnished her not with food for meditation but with fresh pretexts
for anger; articles attacking birth control, divorce, mixed marriages, Darwin, and secular education were her favorite reading.
The teachings of the Church did not interest her except as they were a rebuke to others; "Honor thy father and thy mother", a
commandment she was no longer called upon to practice, was the one most frequently on her lips. The extermination of
Protestantism, rather than spiritual perfection, was the boon she prayed for. Her mind was preoccupied with conversion; the
capture of a soul for God much diverted her fancy-it made one less Protestant in the world. Foreign missions, with their
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overtones of good will and social service, appealed to her less strongly; it was not a harvest of souls that my grandmother had
in mind.
This pugnacity of my grandmother's did not confine itself to sectarian enthusiasm. There was the defence of her furniture
and her house against her, the imagined encroachments of visitors. With her, this was not the gentle and tremulous
protectiveness endemic in old ladies, who fear for the safety of their possessions with a truly touching anxiety inferring the
fragility of all things from the brittleness of their old bones and hearing the crash of mortality in the perilous tinkling of a tea-
cup. My grandmother's sentiment was more autocratic: she hated having her chairs sat in or her lawns stepped on or the water
tuned on in her basins, for no reason at all except pure officiousness; she even grudged the mailman his daily promenade up
her sidewalk. Her home was a center of power, and she would not allow it to be derogated by easy or democratic usage. Under
her jealous eye, its social properties had atrophied, and it functioned in the family structure simply as a political headquarters.
The family had no friends, and entertaining was held to be a foolish and unnecessary courtesy as between blood relations.
Holiday dinners fell, as a duty, on the lesser members of the organization: the daughters and daughters-in-law (converts from
the false religion) offered up Baked Alaska on a platter like the head of John the Baptist, while the old people sat enthroned at
the table, and only digestive processes acknowledged, with rumbling, enigmatic salvos, the festal day.

Passage 2
My grandmother, one of Howe's sustaining women, not only ruled the household with an arm of iron, but kept a
store to support them all, her blond, blue-eyed husband enjoying life rather than struggling through it. My grandmother was
one of those powerful women who know that they stand between their families and an outside world filled with temptations
to failure and shame. I remember her as thoroughly loving. But there can be no question that she impaired her six daughters
for autonomy as thoroughly as if she had crippled them - more so. The way to security was marriage; the dread that stood in
the way of this was sexual dalliance, above all pregnancy. The horror of pregnancy in an unmarried girl is difficult, perhaps,
to recapture now. For a Jewish girl not to be a virgin on marriage was failure. The male's rights were embodied in her lack of
sexual experience, in the knowledge that he was the first, the owner.
All attempts at autonomy had to be frustrated. And of course, my grandmother's greatest weapon was her own
vulnerability. She had worked hard, only her daughters knew how hard. She could not be comforted or repaid - as my
mother would feel repaid-by a daughter's accomplishments, only by her marriage.

67. McCarthy's attitude toward her grandmother is best described as

A. tolerant B. appreciative C. indifferent D. nostalgic E. sardonic

68. The word "idle" means

A. slothful B. passive C. fallow D. useless E. unoccupied

69. According to McCarthy, a portrait of a character in a work of modern fiction must have
A. photographic realism C. sympathetic attitudes E. historical accuracy
B. psychological validity D. religious qualities

70. McCarthy's primary point in describing her grandmother's physical appearance is best summarized by which of the
following axioms?
A. Familiarity breeds contempt. D. There's no smoke without fire.
B. You can't judge a book by its cover. E. Blood is thicker than water.
C. One picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

71. By describing the typical old woman's fear for the safety of her possessions McCarthy emphasizes that
A. her grandmother feared the approach of death
B. old women have dangerously brittle bones
C. her grandmother possessed considerable wealth
D. her grandmother had different reasons for her action
E. visitors were unwelcome in her grandmother's home

72. The word "properties" means

A. belongings B. aspects C. holdings D. titles E. acreage

73. Heilbrun is critical of her grandmother primarily because

A. she would not allow her husband to enjoy himself D. she discouraged her daughters' independence
B. she could not accept her own vulnerability E. she physically injured her children
C. she fostered a sense of sexual inadequacy

74. In stating that her grandmother's greatest weapon was her own vulnerability, Heilbrun implies that her grandmother got
her way by exploiting her children's
A. sense of guilt C. feeling of indifference E. lack of experience
B. innocence of evil D. abdication of responsibility

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75. Each passage mentions which of the following as being important to the writer's grandmother?
A. governing the actions of others D. marrying off her daughters
B. contributing to religious organizations E. being surrounded by a circle of friends
C. protecting her children's virtue

76. McCarthy would most likely react to the characterization of her grandmother, like Heilbrun's grandmother, as one of the
"sustaining women" by pointing out that
A. this characterization is not in good taste
B. the characterization fails to account for her grandmother's piety
C. the details of the family's social life support this characterization
D. her grandmother's actual conduct is not in keeping with this characterization
E. this characterization slightly exaggerates her grandmother's chief virtue

Read the following passage to answer questions no 77 - 80

Passage 1
Exquisitely adapted for life in one of Earth's harshest environments, polar bears can survive for 20 years or more on the Arctic
Circle's glacial ice. At home in a waste where temperatures reach us 50 degrees Fahrenheit, these largest members of the bear
family are a striking example of a natural selection at work. With two layers of fur over a subcutaneous layer of blubber, polar
bears are well adapted to resist heat loss. Their broad snowshoe-like paws and sharp, curved claws enable them to traverse
the ice with ease. Formidable hunters, these monarchs of the icy waste even possess the capacity to scent prey from a distance
of 20 miles.

Passage 2
Top predator of the arctic ecosystem, the polar bear preys on beluga whales, narwhals, musk oxen, walruses, hares, geese, and
seals. In the mid-twentieth century this fearsome killer became the prey of even more deadly killers, trophy hunters and
commercial hide hunters who came close to decimating the polar bear population. For a time, the 1973 signing of the
international Polar Bear Agreement, which prohibited the capture and killing of polar bears and protected their habitats,
reduced the danger of polar bear extinction. Today, however, polar bears face a new threat, as increasing arctic pollution fouls
their environment with chemical toxins.

77. In the final sentence of Passage 1, "capacity" most nearly means

A. ability B. stature C. quantity D. spaciousness E. intelligence

78. Unlike Passage 2, Passage 1 is concerned primarily with the

A. harsh living conditions in the Arctic Circle D. physical characteristics of polar bears
B. polar bear's effect on its environment E. mechanics of natural selection
C. increasing decline of the polar bear population

79. Unlike the author of Passage 1, the author of Passage 2 does which of the following?
A. proposes a solution C. quotes an authority E. establishes a time frame
B. explains a study D. poses a question

80. Which generalization about polar bears is supported by both passages?

A. They are vulnerable to chemical toxins. D. They move at a rapid rate.
B. They are well adapted to a changing environment. E. They are threatened by other predators.
C. They are notable predators

Read the following passage to answer questions no 81 - 85

The near-legendary history of the American West might have been quite different had the Mexican not brought cattle-
raising to New Mexico and Texas. The Spanish style of herding cattle on open ranges was different from the style of other
Europeans, particularly the English. The American rancho was possible because of the lack of enough water for normal
agricultural practices, and because of the easy availability of large amounts of land. This land- extensive form of cattle-raising
required different techniques and brought forth the vaquero, the cowboy (from the Spanish vaca, cow) who tended the widely-
scattered herds of Spanish longhorn cattle. Because of the American penchant to be considered the inventors of nearly
everything, the wide- open style of cattle-ranching was appropriated from the Mexican originators. As popular a folk-hero as
the American cowboy is, he owes his development to the Spanish and the Mexicans, not the English. It is quite probable, as
McWilliams asserts, that "with the exception of the capital required to expand the industry, there seems to have been nothing
the American rancher or cowboy contributed to the development of cattle-raising in the Southwest."
Other contributions of the Mexican cowboy were: the western-style saddle with a large, ornate horn; chaparejos, or
chaps; lazo, lasso; la reata lariat, the cinch; the halter; the mecate, or horse-hair rope; chin strap for the hat, feed bag for the
horse; ten-gallon hat (which comes from mistranslation of a Spanish phrase "su sombrero galoneado" that really meant a
"festooned" or "galooned" hat). Cowboy slang came from such words as: juzgado, hoosegow; ranchero, rancher, estampida:
calabozo, calaboose; an pinto for a painted house.

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Just as the Mexican association for the protection of the rights of sheepherders gave rise to the American Sheepman's
Association, the Spanish system of branding range animals and registering these brands became standard practice among
Anglo stockmen. The idea of brands originated in North Africa and was brought to Spain by the Moors, along with their stocky
ponies. The Mexican brands are of great antiquity, having been copied from earlier Indian signs which include symbols of the
sky-sun, moon, and stars. Hernando Cortez is said to have been the first to use a brand on the continent.

81. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A. How to Herd Cattle D. Hispanic Contributions to Western Ranching
B. The American Cowboy: A Romantic Figure E. Spanish Influence on American Culture.
C. Farming Practices in Europe and America

82. It can be inferred that American ranches developed in the West rather than the East because
A. more Spanish-speaking people lived in the West
B. there was more money available in the West
C. people in the East were more bound by tradition
D. many jobless men in the East wanted to become cowboys
E. there was more unsettled land available in the West

83. The author gives examples of cowboy slang in order to

A. arouse the reader's interest
B. show that he is familiar with the subject
C. prove that many cowboys lacked education
D. point out the differences between America's East and West
E. demonstrate how these terms originated

84. According to the author, which of the following did Mexicans contribute to ranching?
I. Money to buy ranches II. Methods of handling animals III. Items of riding equipment
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. II and III only

85. Which of the following best describes the development of this passage?
A. Major points, minor points D. Cause, effects
B. Statement of problem, examples, proposed solution E. Comparison, contrast
C. Introduction, positive factors, negative factors

Read the following passage to answer questions no 86 - 90

When you first saw a piece of African art, it impressed you as a unit; you did not see it as a collection of shapes or forms.
This, of course, means that the shapes and volumes within the sculpture itself were coordinated so successfully that the viewer
was affected emotionally.
It is entirely valid to ask how, from a purely artistic point of view, this unity was achieved. And we must also inquire
whether there is a recurrent pattern or rules or a plastic language and vocabulary which is responsible for the powerful
communication of emotion which the best African sculpture achieves. If there is such a pattern or rules, are these rules applied
consciously or instinctively to obtain so many works of such high artistic quality?
It is obvious from the study of art history that an intense and unified emotional experience, such as the Christian credo
of the Byzantine or 12th or 13th century Europe, when expressed in art forms, gave great unity, coherence, and power to art.
But such an integrated feeling was only the inspirational clement for the artist, only the starting point of the creative act. The
expression of this emotion and its realization in the work could be done only with discipline and throughout knowledge of
the craft. And the African sculptor was a highly trained workman. He started his apprenticeship with a master when a child,
and he learned the tribal styles and the use of the tools and the nature of woods so thoroughly that his carving became what
Boas calls "motor action." He carved automatically and instinctively.
The African carver followed his rules without thinking of them; indeed, they never seem to have been formulated in
words. But such rules existed for accident and coincidence cannot explain the common plastic language of African sculpture
There is too great a consistency from one work to another. Yet, although the African, with amazing insight into art, used these
rules, I am certain that he was not conscious of them. This is the great mystery of such a traditional art: talent, or the ability
certain people have, without conscious effort, to follow the rules which later the analyst can discover only from the work of
art which has already been created.

86. The author is primarily concerned with

A. discussing how African sculptors achieved their effects
B. listing the rules followed in African art
C. relating African art to the art of 12th- or 13th- century Europe
D. integrating emotion and realization
E. expressing the beauty of African art

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87. According to the passage, one of the outstanding features of African sculpture is
A. its subject matter C. the training of the artists E. its emphasis on movement
B. the feelings it arouses D. its strangeness

88. The word "plastic" means

A. synthetic B. linguistic C. consistent D. sculptural E. repetitive

89. According to the information in the passage, an African carver can be best compared to a
A. chef following a recipe
B. fluent speaker of English who is just beginning to study French
C. batter who hits a homerun in his or her first baseball game
D. concert pianist performing a well-rehearsed concerto
E. writer who is grammatically expert but stylistically uncreative

90. Which of the following titles best summarizes the content of the passage?
A. The Apprenticeship of the African Sculptor D. Analyzing African Art
B. The History of African Sculpture E. The Unconscious Rules of African Art
C. How African Art Achieves Unity

Read the following passage to answer questions no 91 – 95

The matron had given her leave to go out as soon as the women's tea was over and Maria looked forward to her
evening out. The kitchen was spick and span: the cook said you could see yourself in the big copper boilers. The fire was nice
and bright and on one of the side-tables were four very big barmbracks. These barmbracks seemed uncut; but if you went
closer you would see that they had been cut into long thick even slices and were ready to be handed round at tea. Maria had
cut them herself.
Maria was a very, very small person indeed but she had a very long nose and a very long chin. She talked a little
through her nose, always soothingly: "Yes, my dear" and "No, my dear." She was always sent for when the women quarrelled
over their tubs and always succeeded in making peace. One day the matron had said to her:
“Maria, you are a veritable peace-maker!"
And the sub-matron and two of the Board ladies had heard the compliment. And Ginger Mooney was always saying
what she wouldn't do to dummy who had charge of the irons if it wasn't for Maria. Everyone was so fond of Maria.
When the cook told her everything was ready she went into the women's room and began to pull the big bell. In a few
minutes the women began to come in by twos and threes, wiping their steaming hands in their petticoats and pulling down
the sleeves of their blouses over their red steaming arms. They settled down before their huge mugs which the cook and the
dummy filled up with hot tea, already mixed with milk and sugar in huge tin cans. Maria superintended the distribution of
the barmbrack and saw that every woman got her four slices. There was a great deal of laughing and joking during the meal.
Lizzie Fleming said Maria was sure to get the ring and, though Fleming had said that for so many Hallow Eves, Maria had to
laugh and say she didn't want any ring or man either: and when she laughed her grey-green eyes sparkled with disappointed
shyness and the tip of her nose nearly met the tip of her chin. Then Ginger Mooney lifted her mug of tea and proposed Maria's
health while all the other women clattered with their mugs on the table, and said she was sorry she hadn't a sup of porter to
drink it in. And Maria laughed again till the tip of her nose nearly met the tip of her chin and till her minute body nearly shook
itself asunder because she knew that Mooney meant well though, of course, she had the notions of a common woman.

91. The author's primary purpose in the second paragraph is to

A. introduce the character of a spinster D. illustrate the value of peace-makers in society
B. describe working conditions in a public institution E. create suspense about Maria's fate
C. compare two women of different social classes

92. The language of the passage most resembles the language of

A. a mystery novel C. a fairy tale E. a sermon
B. an epic D. institutional board reports

93. It can be inferred from the passage that Maria would most likely view the matron as which of the following?
A. A political figurehead C. A demanding taskmaster E. a benevolent superior
B. An inept administrator D. An intimate friend

94. We may infer from the care with which Maria has cut the barmbracks that
A. she fears the matron D. it is a dangerous task
B. she is in a hurry to leave E. she takes pride in her work
C. she expects the Board members for tea

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95. It can be inferred from the passage that all the following are characteristic of Maria EXCEPT

A. a deferential nature C. respect for authority E. reluctance to compromise

B. eagerness for compliments D. dreams of matrimony

Read the following passage to answer questions no 96 - 100

Newman promised himself to pay Madamoiselle Noemie another visit at the Louvre. He was curious about the progress
of his copies, but it must be added that he was still more curious about the progress of the young lady herself. He went one
afternoon to the great museum, and wandered through several of the rooms in fruitless quest of her. He was bending his steps
to the long hall of the Italian masters, when suddenly he found himself face to face with Valentin de Bellegarde. The young
Frenchman greeted him with ardor, and assured him that he was a godsend. He himself was in the worst of humors and he
wanted someone to contradict.
“In a bad humor among all these beautiful things?” said Newman. “I thought you were so fond of pictures, especially the
old black ones. There are two or three here that ought to keep you in spirits.”
“Oh, today,” answered Valentin, “I am not in a mood for pictures, and the more beautiful they are, the less I like them.
Their great staring eyes and fixed positions irritate me. I feel as if I were at some big, dull party, in a room full of people I
shouldn’t wish to speak to. What should I care for their beauty? It's a bore, and, worse still, it's a reproach. I have a great many
ennuis; I feel vicious."
"If the Louvre has so little comfort for you, why in the world did you come here?" Newman asked.
“That is one of my ennuis. I came to meet my cousin-a dreadful English cousin, a member of my mother's family-who is
in Paris for a week with her husband, and who wishes me to point out the principal beauties.' Imagine a woman who wears a
green crepe bonnet in December and has straps sticking out of the ankles of her interminable boots! My mother begged I would
do something to oblige them. I have undertaken to play valet de place this afternoon. They were to have met me here at two
o'clock, and I have been waiting for them twenty minutes. Why doesn't she arrive? She has at least a pair of feet to carry her. I
don't know whether to be furious at their playing me false, or delighted to have escaped them."
“I think in your place I would be furious," said Newman, "because they may arrive yet, and then your fury will still be of
use to you. Whereas if you were delighted and they were afterwards to turn up, you might not know what to do with your
delight."
“You give me excellent advice, and I already feel better. I will be furious: I will let them go to the deuce and I myself will
go with you-unless by chance you too have a rendezvous."

96. The passage indicates that Newman has gone to the Louvre in order to
A. meet Valentin C. explore Paris E. see Mademoiselle Noemie
B. look at the paintings D. keep an appointment

97. According to the passage, Valentin is unhappy about being at the Louvre because he
A. hates the paintings of the Italian masters D. feels that beauty should be that of nature
B. has accidentally met Newman in the long hall E. is supposed to guide his cousin through it
C. wishes to be at a party

98. It can be inferred from the passage that Valentin is expressing his annoyance by
A. walking out of the Louvre in a fit of temper D. criticizing the paintings
B. making insulting remarks about a woman E. refusing to do as his mother wishes
C. not accepting Newman's advice

99. With which of the following statements would Valentin most likely agree?
I. Clothes make the man. II Blood is thicker than water. III. Better late than never.
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only E. I, II, and III

100. Newman's role in the conversation is that of

A. a heckler B. a gossiper C. a confidant D. an enemy E. a doubter

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