Question 1
TACITURN:
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Correct answer: A - reserved
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TACITURN:
Correct answer: A - reserved
MAGNANIMOUS:
Correct answer: D - generous
Although the documentary was praised for its stunning photography, critics found its central argument ------- , noting that it rested on no evidence at all.
Correct answer: D - unsupported
Quantitative Comparison. Given that x is a real number, compare the two quantities. Column A: x² | Column B: x
Correct answer: D - The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Three pencils cost as much as two pens. How many pencils cost as much as twelve pens?
Correct answer: C - 18
Read the passage, then answer the question that follows. For most of the twentieth century, schoolchildren were taught that the tongue is divided into zones, each responsible for a single taste: sweet at the tip, bitter at the back, sour and salty along the sides. The diagram appeared in textbooks for decades. Its origins, however, were unremarkable. In 1901 a German researcher published a paper noting only that sensitivity to each taste varied slightly from one region of the tongue to another. When that paper was summarized in English in 1942, a psychologist rendered those modest differences as sharply bounded territories, and the tongue map was born. Later researchers established that every region of the tongue detects every basic taste; the variations the original study described were real, but slight. The map survived not because evidence supported it, but because a tidy diagram is easier to reproduce than a qualified finding. The primary purpose of the passage is to:
Correct answer: A - explain how a mistaken idea became widely accepted
Read the passage, then answer the question that follows. For most of the twentieth century, schoolchildren were taught that the tongue is divided into zones, each responsible for a single taste: sweet at the tip, bitter at the back, sour and salty along the sides. The diagram appeared in textbooks for decades. Its origins, however, were unremarkable. In 1901 a German researcher published a paper noting only that sensitivity to each taste varied slightly from one region of the tongue to another. When that paper was summarized in English in 1942, a psychologist rendered those modest differences as sharply bounded territories, and the tongue map was born. Later researchers established that every region of the tongue detects every basic taste; the variations the original study described were real, but slight. The map survived not because evidence supported it, but because a tidy diagram is easier to reproduce than a qualified finding. As used in the passage, the word "rendered" most nearly means:
Correct answer: D - depicted
A coat is marked down 20 percent. During a later sale, the reduced price is marked down an additional 25 percent. The final price is what percent of the original price?
Correct answer: C - 60%
If x² - 5x = -6, which of the following is a possible value of x?
Correct answer: C - 2
A right triangle has legs of length 9 and 12. What is the perimeter of the triangle?
Correct answer: B - 36
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