PAT
Pass-world Admission Test
The PAT contains a total of 100 questions and consists of three sections.
The total time allotted is 120 minutes.
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
QUANTITATIVE REASONING [40 questions / 60 minutes]
CRITICAL REASONING [10 questions / 15 minutes]
VERBAL REASONING [50 questions / 45 minutes]
Right answer: +3 points
Wrong answer: -1 point
No answer:
0 point
SECTION 1: QUANTITATIVE REASONING
Please answer the 40 following questions in 60 minutes
For each question, only one answer is correct.
1. Calculus and problem solving
1. A and B are two integers. If A x B = 36 and A2 – B3 = 17, then A + B equals:
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 22
2. The third of 921 equals:
(A) 321
(B) 341
(C) 97
(D) 37
3. If X = 2/3 and Y = 3/5 then (X – Y)/(X + Y) =?
(A) 1/19
(B) 3/8
(C) 12/23
(D) 11/4
4. 13 + 12 + 11 + 10 + 9 + 8 + 7 + 6 + 5 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 =?
(A) 81
(B) 88
(C) 85
(D) 91
5. Z, X and Y are integers.
(Z – 1)(X+Y) – (1 – Z)(Y – X) =?
(A) 2Y(Z – 1)
(B) Z2 – 1
(C) Y2 – X2
(D) 0
6. The volume of a small box equals B cm3. What is the volume of a box whose length, width
and height are double those of the first box (in cm 3)?
(A) 2B
(B) 4B
(C) 6B
(D) 8B
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7. Which of the following is the greatest?
0.00003
0.0007
0.0008
(B)
0.0005
0.007
0.0008
0.006
(D)
0.0005
(A)
(C)
8. The amount of money (in dollars) which the owner of a used car must pay for insurance
is equal to the number obtained by multiplying the length of the car (in cm) by the number
of car doors, divided by the age of the car (in years). If we know how much Mark paid for
his car insurance, which of the following additional information regarding Mark’s car would
enable us to determine how old his car is?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The length of the car
The number obtained by multiplying the number of doors by the length of the car
The sum of number of doors and the length of the car
None of the above
9. ABCD is a square whose side is 20 meters long. AFC is an arc of a circle whose center
is D (see figure).
What is the area of the shaded region (in square meters)?
(A) 400 – 200
(B) 200 – 100
(C) 100 – 200
(D) 200 – 200
10. A cyclist traveling toward Paris at a speed of 20 mph (miles per hour) left Rouen at 14:00.
Another cyclist traveling towards Paris at a speed of 25 mph left Rouen at 14:30. At what
time will the second cyclist catch up with the first cyclist?
(A) 16:00
(B) 16:15
(C) 16:30
(D) 16:45
11. R, S, T and U are letters representing digits, so that RSTU is a four-digit number.
Given: R x RS = TU
If we divide RSTU by the number RS, what three-digit number will be obtained?
(A) 101
(B) 1RS
(C) 11R
(D) 10R
12. 20% of water in a pool evaporates each day. At the beginning of the day, the pool was
full, and at the end of the day, 8 m3 of water had to be added to fill it up again.
How much water does the pool hold (in m3)?
(A) 16
(B) 20
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(C) 32
(D) 40
13. Given: J, K and L are consecutive integers, 0 < J < K < L
What does the expression
(L  K)
x(L  J) equal?
(K  J)
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) -1
(D) -2
14. 3,600 immigrants land at Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport every 24 hours. Each plane
that lands carries 450 immigrants. How many planes land per hour, on the average?
(A) 1/3
(B) 1/2
(C) 3/2
(D) 5/3
15. If A and B are consecutive integers, the sum A2 + B2 + A + B is always:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
odd
even
divisible by 3
none of the above answers is correct
16. What is the ration between the volume of the shaded object and the volume of the cube
in the figure knowing that AB = BC?
(A) 1/2
(B) 2/3
(C) 3/5
(D) 3/4
17. The area of a circle is 16 cm2 greater than the area of a square whose side is 3 cm long.
What is the radius of the circle (in cm)?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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
5

5

5

18. Mr. Chang has two types of nuts. Type X costs 0.9 dollars per kg and type Y costs 0.6
dollars per kg. He would like to produce a nut mixture that would weigh 50 kg and cost 36
dollars. How many kg of type X nuts should Mr. Chang put in the mixture?
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(A) 10
(B) 20
(C) 30
(D) 40
19. In a French B-School, 65% of the total number of students watches the news on television,
40% read a newspaper and 25% both read a newspaper and watch the news on
television. What percentage of the students does not watch the news on television and
do not read newspaper?
(A) 0%
(B) 10%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%
20. Given: X + Y = 45 and X = 2Y
4X + 2Y =?
(A) 90
(B) 120
(C) 150
(D) 180
21. If water from a hose fills a pool at the rate of Y cubic meters per hour, and the volume of
the pool is P cubic meters, how many hours will it take to fill the pool?
(A) Y x P
(B) Y/P
(C) P/Y
(D) 1/(Y x P)
22. A particular book has between 5 and 14 words per line, and an average of 10 words per
line. The book has an average of 10 lines per page. What is the average number of words
per page?
(A) Exactly 100
(B) Exactly 95
(C) Less than 95
(D) More than 100
23. If X = 2 and U = 9 then 33 x U-1 + X2 =?
(A) 10
(B) 13
(C) 9
(D) 7
24. 25 adults and children went to a restaurant for a lunch. The cost of the lunch is $11.95 for
adults and $3.95 for children. If the total bill was $266.75, how many adults attended the
lunch?
(A) 4
(B) 46
(C) 21
(D) 11
25. Andrew starts a new job, with a goal of doubling his old average commission of $400. He
takes a 10% commission, making commissions of $100, $200, $250, $700 and $1000 on
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his first 5 sales. If Andrew made two sales on the last day of the week, how much would
Andrew have had to sell in order to meet his goal?
(A) $14,800
(B) $22,500
(C) $28,800
(D) $33,500
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26. 3 workers can fill a tank in 4, 5, or 6 minutes, respectively. How many tanks all 3 workers
working together can fill in 3 minutes?
(A) 1/3
(B) 13/40
(C) 19/30
(D) 37/60
27. Anna is 4 times as old as Brandon. In 6 years, Brandon will be twice as old as Charlie. If,
4 years from now, Anna will be 36 years old, how old will Charlie be in 6 years?
(A) 12
(B) 4
(C) 7
(D) 9
28. There are 3 tennis clubs in town: club A, club B and club C. Club A has 300 members,
club B has 400, and club C has 450. 30 people belong to both clubs A and B, 40 to both
clubs A and C, and 50 to both clubs B and C. 20 people are members of all 3 clubs. How many
people belong to at least 1 tennis club in town?
(A) 500
(B) 700
(C) 850
(D) 1050
29. A theatre earned €15,000 in ticket revenue by selling 180 tickets. There are two types of
tickets: type A and type B. They sold 25% more type B tickets than type A tickets. If the
revenue from type A tickets represents a third of total ticket revenue, what is the price of
a type B ticket?
(A) €100
(B) €115
(C) €125
(D) €140
30. ABCD is a parallelogram with an area of S cm2. E, F, G, and H are the midpoints of the
sides of the parallelogram (see figure).
What is the size of the shaded region (in cm 2)?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
S/6
S/5
S/4
S/3
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2. Data sufficiency
Directions: Each of the following Data Sufficiency problems contains a question followed by two
statements, numbered (1) and (2). You need not solve the problem; rather you must decide
whether the information given is sufficient to solve the problem.
The correct answer to a question is:
(A) If statement (1) ALONE is sufficient to answer the question but statement (2) alone is not
sufficient;
(B) If statement (2) ALONE is sufficient to answer the question but statement (1) alone is not
sufficient;
(C) If the two statements TAKEN TOGETHER are sufficient to answer the question, but NEITHER
statement ALONE is sufficient;
(D) If EACH statement ALONE is sufficient to answer the question;
(E) If the two statements TAKEN TOGETHER are still NOT sufficient to answer the question.
31. Is the integer Y odd or even?
(1) Y2 is odd
(2) 2Y is even
32. What is A + B + C?
(1) A + B = 3
(2) A + C = 2
33. It takes 4 hours to travel from Paris to Lyon and back to Paris. How long will it take to
travel from Paris to Lyon?
(1) It takes 25% more time to travel from Paris to Lyon than it does to travel from Lyon to
Paris.
(2) Auxerre city is midway between Paris and Lyon, and it takes 2 hours to travel from
Paris to Auxerre city and back to Paris.
34. Is A > B
(1) (A + B)2 > 0
(2) A is positive
35. 50 students have signed up for at least one of the French courses and Spanish courses.
How many of the 50 students are taking French but not Spanish?
(1) 16 students are taking French and Spanish.
(2) The number of students taking French but not Spanish is the same as the number of
students taking Spanish but not French.
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36. What was Mr. Villeneuve income in 2010?
(1) His total income for 2008, 2009 and 2010 was €120,000.
(2) He made 20% more in 2009 than he did in 2008.
37. If Q, R, and S are digits, is Q+R+S a multiple of 8?
(A digit is one of the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
(1) The three digit number QRS is a multiple of 8.
(2) Q x R x S is a multiple of 8.
38. Mark and Nancy can each perform a certain task in m hours and n hours, respectively. Is
m < n?
(1) Twice the time it would take both Mark and Nancy to perform the task together, each
working at their respective constant rates, is greater than m.
(2) Twice the time it would take both Mark and Nancy to perform the task together, each
working at their respective constant rates, is less than n.
39. Is D positive?
(1) D2 + 3D = 4
(2) D > - 2
40. Did it take a certain bicycle less than 3 hours to travel 9 kilometers?
(1 kilometer = 1000 meters).
(1) The bicycle’s average speed over the 9 kilometers was greater than 55 meters per minute.
(2) The bicycle’s average speed over the 9 kilometers was less than 60 meters per minute.
STOP!
You may check your work on this section only.
Do not go on the next section until you are told to do so.
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PAT 2015
Pass-world Admission Test
The PAT contains a total of 100 questions and consists of three sections.
The total time allotted is 120 minutes.
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
QUANTITATIVE REASONING [40 questions / 60 minutes]
CRITICAL REASONING [10 questions / 15 minutes]
VERBAL REASONING [50 questions / 45 minutes]
Right answer: +3 points
Wrong answer: -1 point
No answer:
0 point
SECTION 2: CRITICAL REASONING
Please answer the 10 following questions in 15 minutes
For each question, only one answer is correct.
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1. Questions 41-44 refer to the following text and the accompanying figure:
“PASS-PASS” is a game played by a single player.
The player has 16 tiles. One of the 8 letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H appears on each file. Each letter
appears on exactly two tiles, so that the player actually has 8 pairs of identical tiles.
At the start of each game, the tiles are laid out in 7 adjacent stacks in the following manner:
The player sees only those letters on the tiles at the top of the stacks, and has no information
about the other tiles. The object of the PASS-PASS game is to remove all of the tiles. One or two
tiles may be removed during each move according to the following rules:
A. When the tiles at the top of two of the stacks have the same letter - these two tiles may
be removed, and removing only one of them is forbidden.
B. When the letters G or H are on a tile at the top of a stack, and cannot be removed
according to rule A - they can be removed alone.
If no legitimate move can be made, i.e. a move in accordance with the rules, the game ends.
Note: Each question refers to a different game, in which the tiles are in a different order.
41. At a certain stage in the game, the stacks look like this:
Which letter must have appeared on the tile that was on top of stack 4 at the start
of the game?
(A) E
(B) D
(C) G
(D) F
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42. At the start of the game the stacks look like this:
After several moves, the stacks look like this:
Which letter appeared on the tile that was in the middle of stack 3 at the start of the
game?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
A
F
H
G
43. At a certain stage in the game the stacks look like this:
Which of the following sentences must be correct?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
The letter on the tile at the bottom of stack 2 is A or F
The letter on the tile at the bottom of stack 3 is G
No further moves can be made at the stage of the game described above
Another 4 moves are needed in order to remove all of tiles
44. At a certain stage in the game the stacks look like this:
Which of the following letters, if it appears on the tile at the bottom of stack 5, will
necessarily prevent the possibility of removing all the tiles?
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(A) H
(B) F
2. Critical reasoning
(C) B
(D) None of the above.
45. “The highway leads to Grenoble. We arrived in Grenoble, hence we came on the
highway”.
Which of the following arguments is parallel to the above argument in its logical
structure?
(A) If the test takes place on time, then we will reach the plane on time. The test took
place on time; hence we reached the train on time.
(B) If the subsidy is cancelled, taxes will go up. Taxes went up; hence the subsidy was
cancelled.
(C) If all those who are invited show up, then the party will be a success. The party was
a success; hence some of those who were invited did not show up.
(D) If sufficient funds are invested in the research, then it will be completed within a year.
Sufficient funds were not invested in the research; hence it was not completed within
a year.
46. Psychologists treating smokers who wish to stop smoking have reported a low
success rate. Surveys by the Ministry of Health have revealed that a significant
percentage of smokers who wished to stop smoking have succeeded in doing so.
How can the apparent contradiction between the findings be resolved?
(A) The results reported by the psychologists were included in the Ministry of Health
survey
(B) The habit of smoking can be overcome through great willpower
(C) The people included in the Ministry of Health survey failed in the attempt to stop
smoking on their own
(D) People who successfully stopped smoking on their own were not included in the
psychologists’ report
47. Given: There are drivers and they are all artists.
What additional data is sufficient to infer the conclusion: “All drivers love
shopping”?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Some of those who love shopping are artists
All of those who love shopping are artists
There is no artist who does not love shopping
There is no one who loves shopping who is not an artist
48. A study revealed that:
A. All yellow flowers wither quickly and have a nice smell
B. All flowers that are not yellow like sunshine and grow only in coastal cities
Based on this study, which of the following is impossible?
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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
A flower that does not wither quickly and does not like sunshine
A flower that is not yellow and withers quickly
A yellow flower that has a nice smell and does not like sunshine
A flower that does not wither quickly and likes sunshine
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49. Five rooms are connected by an intercom in such a way that –
- room C has a direct connection to room B and room A.
- room D has a direct connection to room B and room E.
- there are no other direct connections between rooms.
Assuming that a connection is always made in the shortest possible way, which of
the following messages will pass through the greatest number of rooms?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
A message from room C to room D
A message from room A to room D
A message from room B to room A
A message from room E to room B
50. The board of directors has 3 members: Ray, Ben and Dina.
Decisions are reached by the following rules:
A. Abstaining from voting is not allowed.
B. When there is a consensus, the unanimous position is adopted.
C. If there is no consensus (that is, there is a majority and a minority), the proposal
voted for by the minority is adopted.
Ray voted for a trip to Russia. Dina is opposed to it. How must she vote in order for
her position to be adopted?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
She has to vote for the proposal in any event
She has to vote against the proposal in any event
She has to vote the way Ben votes
She has to vote differently from Ben
STOP!
You may check your work on this section only.
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Do not go on the next section until you are told to do so.
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PAT 2015
Pass-world Admission Test
The PAT contains a total of 100 questions and consists of three sections.
The total time allotted is 120 minutes.
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
QUANTITATIVE REASONING [40 questions / 60 minutes]
CRITICAL REASONING [10 questions / 15 minutes]
VERBAL REASONING [50 questions / 45 minutes]
Right answer: +3 points
Wrong answer: -1 point
No answer:
0 point
SECTION 3: VERBAL REASONING
Please answer the 50 following questions in 45 minutes
For each question, only one answer is correct.
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1. Reading comprehension
First text:
The European Union is not the only institution that prefers faceless technocrats to people
with star power. The corporate world is increasingly rejecting imperial chief executives in
favor of anonymous managers — bland and boring men and women who can hardly get
themselves noticed at cocktail parties, let alone stop the traffic in Moscow and Beijing.
Some of the world’s most powerful bosses are striking mainly for their blandness. Watch
the parade of chief executives who appear on CNBC every day, or drop in to a highpowered conference, and you begin to wonder whether cloning is more advanced than
scientists are letting on.
It is true that there are a few more women and members of ethnic minorities at the top of
companies than there used to be. But physical diversity has not translated into cultural
diversity or intellectual vitality. Almost without exception, today’s bosses spout the same
tired old management clichés — about the merits of doing well by doing right, the
importance of valuing your workers, the virtues of sustainability and so forth.
The women who were profiled in a recent article in the Financial Times about the “top 50
women in world business” were every bit as adept with the cliché as their male
colleagues. The fashion for faceless chief executives is part of an understandable
reaction against yesterday’s imperial bosses. Some broke the law and helped inspire a
dramatic tightening of government regulation, in the form of the Sarbanes-Oxley
legislation. Others paid themselves like superstars but delivered dismal results. The
turbulent business climate is another factor that encourages today’s chief executives to
keep their heads down. Their average tenure has declined from ten years in the 1970s to
six years today, and boards are becoming ever more likely to sack bosses if they get out
of line, particularly in Europe. The financial crisis has also produced a wave of popular
fury about over-paid executives and their unaccountable ways. In this sort of climate it is
not just the paranoid, but the faceless, who survive.
Facelessness — or at least humility — is also the height of fashion among management
consultants and business gurus. Corporate headhunters are helping firms find “humble”
bosses: the boss of Japan Airlines, for example, travels to work on the bus and pays
himself less than his pilots.
Yet there is surely a danger of taking all this too far. A low profile is no guarantee against
corporate failure. In general, the corporate world needs its flamboyant visionaries and
raging egomaniacs rather more than its humble leaders and corporate civil servants.
Think of the people who have shaped the modern business landscape, and “faceless”
and “humble” are not the first words that come to mind. The best ambassadors for
business are the outsized figures who have changed the world and who feel no need to
apologize for themselves or their calling. There is no long-term comparative advantage
in being forgettable.
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Questions (51 to 60):
51. The corporate world…
(A) is well-known for the number of cocktail parties it holds
(B) is getting involved in traffic management programmes in some major business
capitals
(C) now prefers discrete leaders to charismatic CEOs
(D) is peopled with underpaid executives
52. The term “bland” here means:
(A) flavorless
(B) dull
(C) incompetent
(D) mediocre
53. Scientists…
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
are taken to task for hiding information about the advances in cloning
are providing insight into how clones are produced
are suspected of being involved in illegal activity
have nothing to do with the appointment of CEOs
54. The term “spout” is here closest in meaning to:
(A) value
(B) extol
(C) extort
(D) repeat
55. Top businesswomen tend to:
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
differentiate themselves from their male colleagues
espouse similar values to those voiced by their male counterparts
come up with the same explanations and arguments as their male counterparts
abide by the same rules as their male colleagues
56. Some of the best-paid CEOs…
(A) produced outstanding results
(B) made considerable profits for
their businesses
(C) befriended superstars
(D) were responsible for substantial
losses
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57. CEOs today are…
(A) keeping a low profile
(B) attracting a lot of international
interest
(C) focusing on the fundamentals
(D) getting back down to serious
work
58. The term “tenure” is closest in meaning to:
(A) tenancy
(B) mandate
(C) period in office
(D) length of employment
59. In Europe, bosses who do not toe the line risk being…
(A) licensed
(B) limed
(C) fired
(D) thanked
60. The term “calling” is closest in meaning to:
(A) vocation
(B) commitment
(C) devotion
(D) charisma
Second text:
In the heady progressive years of the early 20th century, few things were more alluring than the
promise of scientific knowledge. In a world struggling with rapid industrialization, massive
immigration, and chaotic urban growth, science and technology seemed to offer solutions to
almost every problem. Newly created state colleges and universities devoted themselves almost
entirely to scientific, technological, and engineering fields. Many Americans came to believe that
scientific certainty could solve not only scientific problems, but could also reform politics,
government, and business. Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of
many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world. In the
aftermath of World War II, the academic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies,
which seemed to many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy and to resist
tyranny. American scholars fanned out across much of the world—with support from the Ford
Foundation, the Fulbright program, and the U.S. Information Agency—to promote the teaching of
literature and the arts in an effort to make the case for democratic freedoms.
In the America of our own time, the great educational challenge has become an effort to
strengthen the teaching of what is now know as the STEM disciplines (science, technology,
engineering, and math). There is considerable and justified concern that the United States is falling
behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines. India, China, Japan,
and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership.
At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities—while still popular in elite colleges and
universities—have experienced a significant decline. Humanistic disciplines are seriously
underfunded, not just by the government and the foundations but by academic institutions
themselves. Humanists are usually among the lowest-paid faculty members at most institutions
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and are often lightly regarded because they do not generate grant income and because they
provide no obvious credentials for most nonacademic careers.
There is no doubt that American education should be training more scientists and engineers and
should be teaching scientific literacy to everyone else. Much of the hand-wringing among
politicians about the state of American universities today is focused on the absence of "real world"
education—which to a large degree means preparation for professional and scientific careers.
But the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is
false. Our society could not survive without scientific and technological knowledge. But we would
be equally impoverished without humanistic knowledge as well. Science and technology teach us
what we can do. Humanistic thinking can help us understand what we should do.
The humanities are not simply vehicles of aesthetic reward and intellectual inspiration, as valuable
as those purposes are. Science and technology aspire to clean, clear answers to problems (as
elusive as those answers might be). The humanities address ambiguity, doubt, and skepticism—
essential underpinnings in a complex and diverse society and a turbulent world.
Questions (61-70)
61. The heady progressive years of the early 20th century were a time of:
(A) frenetic intellectual activity
(B) avant-garde radicalism
(C) excitement and progress
(D) innovation and change
62. The Depression and the World Wars meant that people’s confidence in science was:
(A) confirmed
(B) shaken
(C) stimulated
(D) wiped out
63. Humanistic studies were readily embraced in the…
(A) chaos and devastation of the
post-war years
(B) new hope that emerged after the
war
(C) turbulent run-up to the second
World War
(D) upheaval of the war years
64. “Fanned out” is closest in meaning to:
(A) wilted
(B) discovered
(C) spread
(D) ventilated
65. Today, the US is…
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
lagging behind other countries in the STEM disciplines
strengthening the teaching of the STEM disciplines
investing abroad in the STEM disciplines
seizing world leadership in the STEM disciplines
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66. Humanists are often…
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
considered with great respect by their peers
looked down upon and scorned by other academics
thought to be intellectual lightweights by their colleagues
regarded as bright and enlightened by all
67. The term “credentials” is closest in meaning to:
(A) achievements
(B) qualifications
(C) identity
(D) training
68. Politicians are…
(A) washing their hands of all interest in American universities
(B) exasperated about the state of American universities
(C) congratulating themselves on the technological advances made in American
universities
(D) keen to publicize the progress made by American universities
69. The reason the humanities should be studied is primarily…
(A) ethical
(B) practical
(C) technological
(D) scientific
70. The term “underpinnings” is closest in meaning to:
(A) foundations
(B) props
(C) grounding
(D) supports
2. Grammar & vocabulary
71. We ________ the guitar for three hours.
(A) have been playing
(B) are playing
(C) were playing
(D) play
72. What do you do? I am a doctor. I ________ since 2003.
(A) am
(B) was
(C) have been working
(D) had been
73. He ________ alone for a long time. Then he decided to have children.
(A) has been living
(B) was living
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(C) is living
(D) lived
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74. I ________ to London tomorrow. I will therefore not be in my office.
(A) go
(B) went
(C) am going
(D) will have gone
75. Never put _______ to tomorrow what you can do today.
(A) off
(B) down
(C) up
(D) away
76. She thanked him _______ her a hand.
(A) to have given
(B) she would give
(C) to giving
(D) for giving
77. He said that when he _______ to Strasbourg, he would visit us.
(A) comes
(B) come
(C) is coming
(D) would come
78. Anne is looking forward _______ her old friend Ben.
(A) meeting
(B) to meeting
(C) to meet
(D) of meeting
79. If you are interested _______ listening to good jazz music, just _______ me know!
(A) in / have
(B) by / let
(C) by / have
(D) in / let
80. This prominent professor has _______ important _______ on heart attacks throughout
his career.
(A) led / searches
(B) conducted / research
(C) had / search
(D) carried / searches
81. Life _______.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
is getting more and more expensive
is getting all the most expensive
is getting so the more expensive
is getting most and most expensive
82. She expected me to tell her what she _______.
(A) is to do
(B) is do
(C) is not doing
(D) wouldn’t do
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83. Believe me John; these two last days have been terrible for us. You just can’t imagine
what we have been _______.
(A) going up
(B) going down
(C) going through
(D) going bad
84. My best friend fortunately talked me _______ buying the villa. And he was right… I
definitely would have done a poor investment.
(A) with
(B) not
(C) out of
(D) of
85. _______ flourishing business he’s running!
(A) How
(B) How a
(C) What a
(D) What
3. Restatements
For each of the 5 following questions, select the answer that best expresses the meaning of
the original sentence (here, in bold type)
86. Most people want more than they can afford to buy.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Most people can afford to buy more than they really need.
In order to buy the things they want, people need money.
People buy many things, but cannot pay for all of them.
Most people do not have enough money to buy everything they want.
87. The rise in popularity of the English novel was largely due to the success of two
nineteenth-century novelists: Dickens and Hardy.
(A) Two nineteenth-century English authors, Dickens and Hardy, were successful at
writing novels only because of their popularity.
(B) During the nineteenth century, two English novelists, Dickens and Hardy, gained
popularity because of their novels.
(C) It was mostly because of Dickens and Hardy, two writers in the nineteenth century
that the English novel gained popularity.
(D) The rising of the English novel helped increase the popularity of two nineteenthcentury writers: Dickens and Hardy.
88. Throughout history there have been many different notions about which types of
behavior constitute insanity.
(A) Different types of insanity have always been part of people’s behavior.
(B) Throughout history, certain types of behavior have always been considered insane.
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(C) People have a long history of insanity, which has not always been well understood.
(D) There have always been different ideas about what can be considered insane.
89. Many scientific discoveries are attributed to famous scientists who, in the majority
of cases, merely completed a process that was already developing, and which,
sooner or later, would have been completed by others.
(A) People often credit famous scientists, who in most cases were only completing a
process already begun, with discoveries that would eventually have been made by
others.
(B) In the majority of cases, even famous scientists attribute their discoveries to
processes that were begun, but not necessarily completed by others.
(C) Sooner or later, the discoveries made by famous scientists are recognized as being
the result of a long process of development usually begun, and sometimes even
completed, by others.
(D) In most cases, scientists become famous for making a particular discovery, rather
than for completing work on processes that were begun and developed by others.
90. Many nations are involved in improving public education.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Nations should work together on the issue of public education.
The purpose of public education is to improve the nation.
Improving public education is something many nations are working towards.
Public education is necessary for the improvement of many nations.
4. Analogies
Each of the following questions contains a pair of words in bold type.
Find the relationship between the meanings of these two words, and then choose from among the
possible answers the one in which the relationship between the two words is most similar to the
relationship you have found.
Please note that the order of the words in each pair is significant.
91. SPEECH : ACCENT
(A) FURNITURE : ARMCHAIR
(B) SONG : REFRAIN
(C) SLEEP : DREAM
(D) FRUIT : COLOR
92. INVESTIGATION : INFORMATION
(A) MINING : ORE
(B) PULLING : ROPE
(C) KNEADING : DOUGH
(D) DRAWING : WELL
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93. FISH : AQUARIUM
(A) LION : JUNGLE
(B) COW : BARN
(C) TREE : FOREST
(D) NOSE : FACE
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94. FORTRESS : HOUSE
(A) ARMOR : TURTLE
(B) TANK : CAR
(C) GARDEN : MEADOW
(D) AIRPLANE : BIRD
95. CLEARING THE THROAT : ATTENTION
(A) EXCELLING : ARROGANCE
(B) REPRIMANDING : DISTURBANCE
(C) APOLOGIZING : FORGIVENESS
(D) MEMORIZING : WISDOM
96. DAY : MORNING
(A) WEEK : DAY
(B) JUBILEE : PERIOD
(C) YEAR : WINTER
(D) TIME : HOUR
97. FOUNDATIONS : BUILDING
(A) RHYMES : POEM
(B) ASSUMPTIONS : THEORY
(C) RAILWAY CARS : TRAIN
(D) WATCH HANDS : WATCH
98. GROAN : PAIN
(A) BLOW : INJURY
(B) SWEATING : EXCITEMENT
(C) TREMBLING : SHIVER
(D) DISAPPOINTMENT : DESPAIR
99. TOURIST : IMMIGRANT
(A) CLERK : MANAGER
(B) GUEST : HOST
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(C) RENTER : BUYER
(D) CITIZEN : RESIDENT
FLOCK : SHEEP
(A) SAND : GRAINS
(B) STABLE : HORSES
(C) SQUADRON : AIRPLANES
(D) STRAINER : HOLES
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