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SECTION 9
Time — 20 minutes
19 Questions
Turn to Section 9 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the -corresponding circle on the answer sheet.
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole.
3. Although polls indicated that many in the country
believed in adopting a stricter immigration
policy, the party platform
such a move as
dangerously xenophobic.
Example:
4. Stranded on a narrow ridge of rock, the mountain
climber realized it would take some
footwork to
herself from this precarious
situation.
the dispute, negotiators proposed
Hoping to
a compromise that they felt would be ------ to both
labor and management.
(A) enforce .. useful
(B) end . . divisive
(C) overcome .. unattractive
(D) extend .. satisfactory
(E) resolve .. acceptable
weakness .. provide
eagerness .. celebrate
bewilderment .. enervate
proliferation .. offer
burgeoning .. deter
2. Domesticated dogs often replicate the dominance
rituals of wild canines, playfully stalking and
attacking their fellow pets to establish their own
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
adroit .. extricate
lucrative .. disengage
disingenuous .. beguile
capricious .. ameliorate
compensated .. circumvent
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of cable television news is so far-reach1. The
ing that movie, music, and even comedy channels
news programs and investigative reporting.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(A) bolstered (B) repudiated (C) lauded
(D) inspired (E) reiterated
5. Few people in modem society understand the
ongoing significance of the
: even in a world
dominated by air travel, the task of unloading
goods from ocean freighters remains important to
international trade.
(A) stevedore (B) quartermaster (C) captain
(D) nomad (E) apothecary
6. The toy store tried every form of
to bring
customers into the store: coupons, free candy, gift
giveaways, and even employees dressed as popular
action figures.
(A) overthrow (B) inducement (C) freedom
(D) frugality (E) inflation
weakness
inanity
obscurity
liberation
ascendancy
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1. D The first blank here needs a word like "spread"
or something else that suits the clue farreaching; based on this word, (A), (B), and (C)
can be eliminated. To support the notion that
these shows are present everywhere, the second
word needs to mean something like "have" or
"provide." (D) is the best answer.
2. E Because domesticated dogs imitate the
dominance rituals of wild animals, they must
do so to establish their own dominance.
Ascendancy in (E) is the only synonym
for dominance among the answer choices
provided; (E) is the best answer.
3. B The best phrase for the blank is "disapproved
of," based on the word dangerously; and the
word although sets up a contrast with the
fact that many...believed. Because we are
looking for a word like "disapproved," we can
eliminate (A), (C), (D), and (E). Repudiated
means "to emphatically reject as untrue," and is
closest in meaning.
4. A The clue for the second blank is precarious
situation, so we expect that the climber would
want to "remove" herself from such a spot.
Eliminate (C), (D), and (E). For the first blank
you are left with two choices: lucrative, which
means "profitable," and adroit, which means
"skillful." Some skillful footwork would save
her, so eliminate (B).
5. A The clue in the sentence is unloading goods
from ocean freighters. A stevedore unloads
goods from a ship; (A) is the best answer.
6. B The missing word needs to mean something
like "bribe" or "attraction"; (B) is the only
answer choice with a meaning close to "bribe"
or "attraction," and therefore is the best
answer.
7. A The passage states that political parties sprang
up as soon as the military relinquished its
control, but not before. (B) is incorrect because
the author's tone toward the neighborhood
president is positive. (C), (D), and (E) are not
supported by the passage.
8. A Charter refers to the constitution of the
neighborhood association. (B), (C), and (E)
are trap answers, because they sound like legal
documents, but they are not supported by the
passage.
9. E A central theme of the passage is the
president's role in effecting positive change for
the neighborhood. (A) and (D) are incorrect
because they are not supported by the passage.
(B) is extreme in its use of adoration. (C) is
negative; the author does not have a negative
attitude toward the Vila Brasil president.
10. E The residents agreed to the government's
demands and moved. (A) and (D) are negative,
nearly opposite in meaning to agreed. (B) does
not make sense in context.
11. E
The passage states that Duque didn't offer help
because there were no votes at stake. (A), (B),
(C), and (D) are not supported by the passage.
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