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NEW QUESTION 145
Great achievers are by nature (i) _______, and therefore tend to be dissatisfied and discontent with their accomplishments - no matter how great. Perhaps the (ii) _______ modern example of this phenomenon was the eminent physicist Albert Einstein, whose theoretical breakthroughs in physics only raised new theoretical (iii) _______, which Einstein himself recognized and spent the last twenty years of his life struggling unsuccessfully to solve.
- A. paradigmatic
- B. dilemmas
- C. unrivaled
- D. perpetually malcontent
- E. insatiably ambitious
- F. challenges
- G. most illustrious
- H. concepts
- I. tenaciously obsessive
Answer: D,E,F
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Great achievers nevertheless driven to top their latest accomplishments would aptly be described as insatiably ambitious; that is, never satisfied with their achievements. The second sentence discusses a classic, or model, example of the phenomenon described in the first sentence. The word paradigmatic means "classic or model," so it's perfect for blank (ii). The passage's final phrase provides the key to filling in blank (iii). What someone might struggle to solve is a problem or puzzle, which is exactly what the word dilemma means.
NEW QUESTION 146
CLOISTERED:
- A. dispersed
- B. extraverted
- C. extrapolated
- D. savvy
- E. gregarious
Answer: E
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CLOISTERED means "secluded or hidden away from the world." A good antonym is gregarious, which means "living in a community."
NEW QUESTION 147
Suburbanization arguably ushered in numerous changes in (he way many people in the United States lived: the suburbs_________a society based on unprecedented consumption and intense privacy.
- A. represented
- B. engendered
- C. validated
- D. affirmed
- E. inaugurated
- F. enlivened
Answer: C,D
NEW QUESTION 148
RECTITUDE:
- A. intellectual uncertainty
- B. difference of opinion
- C. ethical dilemma
- D. moral weakness
- E. lack of self-confidence
Answer: D
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RECTITUDE means "moral virtue or strength." Choice D provides an ideal antonym.
NEW QUESTION 149
The first person in the group starts off by naming anything that is geographical. It could be a city, state, country, river, lake, or any proper geographical term. For example, the person might say,"Boston." The second person has ten seconds to think of how the word ends and come up with another geographical term starting with that letter. The second participant might say, "Norway," since the geographical term has to start with "N." The third person would have to choose a word beginning with " Y." If a player fails to think of a correct answer within the time limit, that player is out of the game. The last person to survive is the champion.
Before you choose your own word, think about how ...
- A. smart you are
- B. long the last word is
- C. the last word ends
- D. the last word starts
- E. the spelling of the first word
Answer: C
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NEW QUESTION 150
SILVER : METAL ::
- A. sediment : rock
- B. sand : glass
- C. helium : gas
- D. gold : alloy
- E. plastic : container
Answer: C
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This is an "example of" analogy. SILVER is a type of METAL, and helium is a type of gas.
NEW QUESTION 151
In 1892 the Sierra Club was formed. In 1908 an area of coastal redwood trees north of San Francisco was established as Muir Woods National Monument. In the Sierra Nevada mountains, a walking trail from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney was dedicated in 1938. It is called John Muir Trail. John Muir was born in 1838 in Scotland. His family name means "moor," which is a meadow full of flowers and animals. John loved nature from the time he was small. He also liked to climb rocky cliffs and walls. When John was eleven, his family moved to the United States and settled in Wisconsin. John was good with tools and soon became an inventor. He first invented a model of a sawmill. Later he invented an alarm clock that would cause the sleeping person to be tipped out of bed when the timer sounded. Muir left home at an early age.
He took a thousand-mile walk south to the Gulf of Mexico in 1867 and 1868. Then he sailed for San Francisco. The city was too noisy and crowded for Muir, so he headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.
When Muir discovered the Yosemite Valley in the Sierra Nevadas, it was as if he had come home. He loved the mountains, the wildlife, and the trees. He climbed the mountains and even climbed trees during thunderstorms in order to get closer to the wind. He put forth the theory in the late 1860's that the Yosemite Valley had been formed through the action of glaciers. People ridiculed him. Not until 1930 was Muir's theory proven correct. Muir began to write articles about the Yosemite Valley to tell readers about its beauty. His writing also warned people that Yosemite was in danger from timber mining and sheep ranching interests. In 1901 Theodore Roosevelt became president of the United States.
He was interested in conservation. Muir took the president through Yosemite, and Roosevelt helped get legislation passed to create Yosemite National Park in 1906.
Although Muir won many conservation battles, he lost a major one. He fought to save the Hetch Valley, which people wanted to dam in order to provide water for San Francisco.
In the late 1913 a bill was signed to dam the valley. Muir died in 1914. Some people say losing the fight to protect the valley killed Muir.
What did John Muir do soon after he arrived in San Francisco?
- A. He ran outside during an earthquake.
- B. He began to write articles about the Sierra Nevadas.
- C. He wrote short stories for the local newspaper.
- D. He put forth a theory about how Yosemite was formed.
- E. He headed inland for the Sierra Nevadas.
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 152 
The sequence a1, a2, a3 ,,,,an is defined by
- A. Quantity B is greater.
- B. The two quantities are equal.
- C. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
- D. Quantity A is greater.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 153
In the United States, the extent of adult illiteracy at the workplace has been obscured by adequate employment for adults with few or no literacy skills, too-simple definitions of literacy, faulty survey methods, and a stigma associated with illiteracy that keeps many people from admitting illiteracy or seeking help in overcoming it. With today's increasingly rapid technological advances and increased foreign competition, however, U.S. businesses are growing more and more aware of the extent and the costs of illiteracy in the work force. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics warns that the U.S. labor-force entrants in the years ahead may not have the skills that employers need - that new jobs in the service industries, where most job growth is projected to occur, will demand much higher literacy skill levels than today's service jobs, and few new jobs will be created for those who cannot read and follow directions, fill out forms and communicate by e-mail with coworkers, and perform simple arithmetical computations applying the basic rules of mathematics.
It can be inferred from the passage that
- A. workplace literacy programs are generally ineffective
- B. solving workplace problems usually requires face-to-face communication
- C. workers today should learn to speak more than one language
- D. adding numbers is a type of literacy skill
- E. government projections about the future job market are unreliable
Answer: D
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In the passage, the author mentions arithmetic skills along with reading and writing skills in describing the sorts of "literacy skills" that future jobs will require, and the passage also mentions that U.S. businesses must teach their new and current workforce members.
NEW QUESTION 154
INFLATE : BIGGER
- A. diminish : smaller
- B. fluctuate : longer
- C. revere : lower
- D. meditate : higher
- E. elongate : shorter
Answer: A
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NEW QUESTION 155
The heart of the restorationist critique of environmental preservationism is the claim that it rests on an unhealthy dualism that conceives nature and humankind as radically distinct and opposed to each other.
The crucial question about the restorationist outlook has to do with the degree to which the restorationist program is itself faithful to its first principle - that nature and humanity are fundamentally united rather than separate. Rejecting the old domination model, which sees humans as over nature, restoration theory champions a model of community participation. Yet some of the descriptions of what restorationists are actually up to - for example, Turner's description of humans as "the lords of creation," or Jordan's statement that "the fate and well being of the biosphere depend ultimately on us and our relationship with it" - do not cohere well with the community-participation model. Another holistic model - namely, that of nature as an organism - might be more serviceable to the restorationists. As with the community model, the "organic" model pictures nature as a system of interconnected parts. A fundamental difference, however, is that in an organism the parts are wholly subservient to the life of the organism.
Which of the following best expresses the function of the first paragraph in relation to the second one?
- A. To introduce opposing viewpoints, which are then evaluated
- B. To identify a problem with a school of thought, which is then explored in detail
- C. To provide an historical backdrop for a discussion of a modern-day issue
- D. To establish the parameters of an ensuing debate
- E. To discuss a secondary issue as a prelude to a more detailed examination of a primary issue
Answer: B
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In the first paragraph, the author refers to the "crucial question" about, or key problem with, the restorations' program, which the author then elucidates in the second paragraph.
NEW QUESTION 156
Recent studies of the gender gap in the history of United States politics tend to focus on candidate choice rather than on registration and turnout. This shift in focus away from gender inequality in political participation may be due to the finding in several studies of voting behavior in the United States that since
1980. differences in rates of registration and voting between men and women are not statistically significant after controlling for traditional predictors of participation. However. Fullerton and Stern argue that researchers have overlooked the substantial gender gap in registration and voting in the South. While the gender gap in participation virtually disappeared outside the South by the 1950s, substantial gender differences persisted in the South throughout the 1950s and 1960s, only beginning to decline in the 1970s.
The author of the passage cites "several studies of voting behavior in the United States" to
- A. suggest that a particular area of study has not been very productive
- B. suggest that rates of change in political participation have moderated
- C. provide a possible explanation for a propensity among certain researchers
- D. speculate about the implications of a change
- E. indicate an area of research that is particularly promising
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 157
Although its gray text blocks and black-and-white illustrations give it a sober mien, this one-stop resource can take the place of a dozen less_________texts.
- A. educational
- B. comprehensive
- C. appealing
- D. exhaustive
- E. original
- F. interesting
Answer: B,D
NEW QUESTION 158
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the atom. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women.
Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in physics. Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in
1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. espondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress. Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.
Even though she became fatally ill from working with radium, Marie Curie was never ____.
- A. troubled
- B. worried
- C. disturbed
- D. sorrowful
- E. disappointed
Answer: E
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NEW QUESTION 159
The victory of the small Greek democracy of Athens over the mighty Persian empire in 490 B C is one of the most famous events in history. Darius, king of the Persian empire, was furious because Athens had interceded for the other Greek city-states in revolt against Persian domination. In anger the king sent an enormous army to defeat Athens.
He thought it would take drastic steps to pacify the rebellious part of the empire. Persia was ruled by one man. In Athens, however, all citizens helped to rule. Ennobled by this participation, Athenians were prepared to die for their city-state. Perhaps this was the secret of the remarkable victory at Marathon, which freed them from Persian rule. On their way to Marathon, the Persians tried to fool some Greek city- states by claiming to have come in peace. The frightened citizens of Delos refused to believe this. Not wanting to abet the conquest of Greece, they fled from their city and did not return until the Persians had left. They were wise, for the Persians next conquered the city of Etria and captured its people. Tiny Athens stood alone against Persia. The Athenian people went to their sanctuaries. There they prayed for deliverance. They asked their gods to expedite their victory. The Athenians refurbished their weapons and moved to the plain of Marathon, where their little band would meet the Persians. At the last moment, soldiers from Plataea reinforced the Athenian troops. The Athenian army attacked, and Greek citizens fought bravely. The power of the mighty Persians was offset by the love that the Athenians had for their city. Athenians defeated the Persians in archery and hand combat.
Greek soldiers seized Persian ships and burned them, and the Persians fled in terror.
Herodotus, a famous historian, reports that 6400 Persians died, compared with only 192 Athenians.
The Athenians were ___by some soldiers who arrived from Plataea.
- A. captured
- B. held
- C. strengthened
- D. welcomed
- E. answer not available
Answer: C
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NEW QUESTION 160 
- 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: A
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The price of 100 apples (4 bags of 25) is $28 (4 x $7), the same as the price for 100 pears. In other words, the price of apples is the same as the price of pears. Accordingly, to compare the two quantities you can simply compare the total numbers of fruit pieces. You can see that the totals are the same: 178 + 461.
Hence, the two quantities are equal.
NEW QUESTION 161
In the sixteenth century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king's favor. After he was dismissed from service to the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future Emperor Charles V of Spain.
A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships. More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America. Finally they found the passage they sought near a latitude of 50 degrees S Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today we know it as the Strait of Magellan. One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. Those who remained crossed the meridian we now call the International Date Line in the early spring of 1521 after ninety eight days on the Pacific Ocean. During those long days at sea, many of Magellan's men died of starvation and disease. Later Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and seventeen sailors under the command of the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the edge.
The passage was found near 50 degrees S of ___.
- A. Greenwich
- B. The equator
- C. Spain
- D. Portugal
- E. Madrid
Answer: B
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NEW QUESTION 162
Personality is rooted as deeply in the need for _______, or at least personal interaction, as _______ well- being is rooted in chemical needs.
- A. affection . . social
- B. hope . . biological
- C. love . . physical
- D. self-respect . . bodily
- E. companionship . . natural
Answer: C
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The first missing word should convey an idea that fits the concept of "personal interaction"; the second missing word should describes the kind of "well-being" that would have a "chemical" basis. Only the word pair love and physical fits both requirements.
NEW QUESTION 163
Laws protecting intellectual properly are intended to stimulate creativity, yet some tonus of creative work have never enjoyed legal protection-a situation that ought to be of great interest. If we see certain forms of creative endeavor (1)_________as a result of uncontrolled copying, we might decide tot (ii )_________intellectual property law. Conversely, if unprotected creative work (iii)_________in the absence of legal rules against copying, we would do well to know how such flourishing is sustained.
- A. relax
- B. manages to thrive
- C. extend
- D. proliferating
- E. declines in originality
- F. jettison
- G. languishing
- H. openly invites imitation
- I. diversifying
Answer: B,E,G
NEW QUESTION 164
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