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Time - 25 minutes
The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take
care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.
Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write.
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You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
People talk too much about their feelings. They share their deepest secrets and innermost
thoughts on television talk shows. They write revealing autobiographies. They buy books that
advise them to tell others about their feelings. We would be far better off if we followed the
advice of Florence Nightingale, a pioneer in the field of nursing, who thought that people too
often waste their feelings by talking about them and should instead turn their feelings into
I actions that bring results.
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Assignment: Is it better for people to act on their feelings than to talk about them? Plan and write an essay in which you
develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your
reading, studies, experience, or observations.
BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET.
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knowledgeable and experienced, they eventually realize that complete

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in politics, in education, or in day-to-day events-will never really
they are encouraged to continue to hope for and fight for fairness. But
shouldn't people put their energies to better use? There will always be unfairness in life, and
becoming an adult means finding ways to make the best of this fact.
Assignment: Should people accept unfairness and find ways to make the best of it? Plan and write an essay in which you
develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your
reading, studies, experience, or observations.
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No amount of wealth can help humanity moVe forward and make progress, even under the
management of the most dedicated and socially conscious workers. Money only leads to
selfishness and becomes an irresistible temptation to its owners to abuse it. The only thing
that can lead people to praiseworthy ideas and noble deeds is to follow the example of great
individuals who put other factors before money.
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Assignment: ' Does money lead to selfishness? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this
issue. Support your position with reasoning und examples taken from your reading, studies, t:xveliew...:e,
or observations.
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care to develop' your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.
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answer sheet.
Advertisements provide information about available products and services. Many people
however, that something else is going on: advertisements try to convince people that when
buy things, they are also buying satisfaction and happiness. Advertisements merely fool
into believing that the next "new and improved" product will make their lives better, and the
result is that people are even more unhappy and dissatisfied than they would have been without
the advertisements.
Assignment: Do advertisements contribute to unhappiness and dissatisfaction? Plan and write an essay in which you develop
your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading,
studies, experience, or observations.
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SECTION 2
Time - 25 minutes
23 Questions
[ Turn to Section 2 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
4. Edgar's at having bungled the simple assignment

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank was clear from his trembling lips and averted eyes.
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A (A) smugness (B) cunning (C) satisfaction
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when (D) chagrin (E) stealth
inserted in the sentence, fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole. 5. While many educators have hailed the new
documentary about climate change as a for
Example:
teachers interested in engaging their students on
Hoping to the dispute, negotiators proposed the issue, such enthusiasm is far from -------.
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both
(A) windfall .. unclear
labor and management.
(B) hindrance .. unanimous
(A) enforce .. useful (C) harbinger .. uninformed
(B) end .. divisive (D) boon. universal
(C) overcome .. unattractive (E) prerequisite. unsubstantiated
CD) extend. satisfactory
(E) resolve .. acceptable
• 6. Fermat's last theorem has been called the most
problem in all mathematics: for over 350 years, the
conjecture ------- mathematicians, until it was finally
1. Dave Anderson, founder of a national restaurant chain, proven in 1995.
promotes -------, encouraging others to start their own
businesses. (A) intricate .. marginalized
(B) arduous .. assuaged
(A) marketability (B) philanthropy (C) facile .. beleaguered
(C) appropriation (D) entrepreneurship (D) banal .. beguiled
(E) connoisseurship (E) vexing .. stymied
2. The English monarch Elizabeth I may have wanted the 7. The lifestyle of modern-dance pioneer Isadora
miniature portraits of herself and her disgraced mother Duncan was considered -------, since it was marked
kept secret, since they were ------- her . by unconventional behavior and attitudes.
(A) concealed within (B) carved upon (A) equestrian (B) abstemious (C) innocuous
(C) displayed beside (D) sheltered from (D) perfunctory (E) bohemian
(E) different from
8. The normally ------- Mr. Bell was uncharacteristically
3. Aware that his party's ------- was a direct result ------- in discussing the film in an interview last week.
of its distasteful policies, the candidate espoused a
kinder, more -------, political platform. (A) buoyant .. upbeat
(B) voluble .. cryptic
(A) affable .. malicious (C) ebullient .. effusive
(B) miserly .. acrimonious (D) inscrutable .. guarded
(C) harsh .. benevolent (E) loquacious .. garrulous
(D) amiable .. pragmatic
(E) altruistic .. humane
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Each passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied
in each passage and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage. Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage.
After Ruma's father retired, he began to travel, sending During the early development of a new idea, scientists
Ruma succinct, impersonal postcard accounts of the things behave rather like artists, driven by temperament. We start
he had seen and done: "Yesterday the Uffizi Gallery. off with a hunch, a feeling, even a desire that the world
Line Today a walk to the other side of Arno." Occasionally Line be one way, and then we proceed from that presentiment,
5 there was a sentence about the weather. But there was 5 often sticking with it long after the data suggest we may
never a sense of her father's presence in those places. be leading ourselves and others down a blind alley.
It was a one-sided correspondence; his trips were brief What saves us is that experiment acts as the ultimate
enough so that there was no time for Ruma to write back. referee, settling all disputes. No matter how strong our
It was only in his closing that he acknowledged any hunch is, at some point we will have to prove it with facts.
10 personal connection between them. "Be happy, love Baba," 10 Otherwise our hunch, no matter how strongly held, will
he them, as if the attainment of happiness were as remain just that.
simple as that.
11. In the first two sentences (lines 1-6), scientists are
9. The primary function of the passage is to presented as all of the following EXCEPT
(A) describe a pattern of behavior (A) predisposed
(B) identify a growing conflict (B) determined
(C) portray an uncommon event (C) inherently logical
(D) condone an instance of neglect (D) somewhat idiosyncratic
(E) analyze a fundamental motivation (E) overly zealous
10. Lines 10-12 (" 'Be ... that") would best be 12. In context, the reference to "the ultimate referee"
characterized as a (lines 7-8) serves to emphasize the need for
(A) harsh judgment of a blunt command (A) agility
(B) total mockery of a nostalgic sentiment (B) objectivity
(C) straightforward reading of an ironic comment (C) commitment
(D) wistful recollection of an old-fashioned attitude (D) artistry
(E) mild criticism of a commonplace expression (E) conflict
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Questions 13-23 are based on the following passage. book on my way to the yard. Absorbed as he was in
ananging and rearranging the tiny furniture, he didn't
En this passage, a Hispanic American writer reflects on notice my quick exit.
three she received one day as a child. Almost 20 years passed before I found out why the
55 hanging-doll episode had been so significant for my parents.
When I was seven, my parents gave me a doll, a doll's By then I was a parent myself. After recounting the episode
house, and a book, The Arabian Nights, which came amid my father's and my laughter, my mother confessed that
wrapped in red tissue paper which I used as a book cover. all those years she had been afraid I would turn out to be an
ine I was just getting ready to read when my mother walked unnatural mother. She was delighted that I had turned out to
S into my room. 60 be a most loving and understanding mother to my son.
"Isn't your doll just beautiful?" my mother asked. I My mother often recalls the incident of the hanging doll
looked at the doll-I'll have to call her "She" because I and thanks God aloud for making me a good parent. Then
never gave her a name. She was a fair celluloid creature she as she inventories my vicissitudes in life, pointing
with blue eyes that matched her ruffled dress. I puckered out that with my education I might have been a rich dentist
10 my lips and raised my eyebrows, not really knowing how 65 instead of a poor poet. I look back at that same childhood
to let my mother down easily. incident, recall my third gift, the book in red tissue paper,
"This doll is different," my mother explained, trying to and I, too, take inventory of the experiences that have made
talk me into playing with it. "She says 'Mommy. '" me who and what I am. I pause to marvel at life's wondrous
The noises She made sounded more like a cat' s cries ironies.
IS than a baby's babbles. Thinking that the doll needed love,
I hugged her tightly for a long time. Useless, I said to myself
13. The mother's question in line 6 is best described as
finally. I decided to play with the doll's house. But since
reananging the tiny furniture seemed to be the only activity (A) an attempt to shape her daughter's reaction
possible, I lost interest. I caught sight again of the third of (B) an expression of her daughter's appreciation
20 my gifts, The Arabian Nights, and I began to read it. From (C) a justification of her daughter's tastes
lhal moment, the book was my constant companion. CD) a recognition of her daughter's anxieties
Every day, after doing my homework, I climbed our (E) a desire to share her daughter's wonder
guava tree. Nestled among its branches, I read and reread
the stories in The Arabian Nights to my heart's content. 14. The word "She" in line 8 conveys the idea that the
2S My mother became concerned as she noticed that I wasn't
(A) girl and the doll had something in common
playing with either the doll or the little house. She wouldn't
(B) girl's parents believed that girls should play
have dreamed of asking me to give up my reading session,
with dolls
but she began to insist that I take the doll up the tree with me.
(C) mother's gift was immediately appreciated
Trying to read on a branch fifteen feet off the ground
,0 while holding on to the silly doll was not easy. After nearly
(D) girl did not care much for the doll
mother had chosen a name for the doll
falling off twice, I devised a way to please my mother and
my neck intact. I tied one end of a long vine around
15. In lines 15-16, the statement "Thinking ... time" adds
the doll's neck and the opposite one around the branch.
to the characterization of the girl primarily by
This way I could let the doll hang in midair while I read.
,S I always looked out for my mother, though. I sensed that (A) underscoring her anger at her mother
my playing with the doll was of great importance to her. (B) focusing on her rebellious attitude
So every time I heard her coming, I lifted the doll up and (C) demonstrating her sympathetic nature
hugged her. The smile in my mother's eyes told me my plan (D) revealing her secret plans for the doll
worked. (E) exposing her deception
10 The inevitable happened one afternoon. Totally absorbed
in the reading, I did not hear my mother calling me. When I
looked down, I saw my mother staring at the dangling doll.
Fearing the worst of scoldings, I climbed down in a flash,
reaching the groundjust as my mother was untying the doll.
1S To my surprise, she did not scold. She kept on staring at the
doll, then she glanced at me.
The next day, my father same home early and suggested
that he and I play with the doll's house. Soon I was bored,
but my father seemed to be having so much fun I didn't have
;0 the heart to tell him. Quietly I slipped out, picking up my
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16. The most direct result of the condition imposed by the 19. Ultimately, the family looks back on the doll incident as
mother in line 28 ("but she ... with me") is that the
(A) humorous
(A) doll brings the mother and daughter closer together (B) educational
(B) doll becomes a nuisance to the girl (C) senseless
(C) girl fears that her friends will ridicule her CD) traumatic
CD) girl begins to feel like a hypocrite (E) embarrassing
(E) girl damages a new possession
20. ' In the last paragraph, the mother and the daughter assess
17. The intended result of the plan referred to in the daughter's life in which of the following ways?
lines 32-34 ("I tied ... I read") was that the
(A) The mother is satisfied now that the daughter has
(A) girl would play with the doll a career, while the daughter is pleased to have
(B) girl would risk hurting herself made her mother happy at last.
(C) girl would please her mother (B) Both mother and daughter agree that the daughter's
(D) girl would demonstrate her achievements are unsatisfactory.
independence publicly (C) The mother wishes that the daughter were rich,
(E) mother would be distracted while the daughter wishes that she had been
allowed more freedom as a child.
18. Which of the following strategies do the parents use to (D) The mother frets about her daughter's choices in
influence the girl? life, while the daughter values their
consequences.
(A) Cajolery and play
(E) The mother rejects her daughter's lifestyle, while
(B) Lectures and stories
the daughter longs to be accepted by her mother.
(C) Manipulation and discipline
(D) Deception and argument
21. The final paragraph makes which point about the "third
(E) Affection and bribery
gift" referred to in line 667
(A) Gifts can be given over and over.
(B) Gifts can have unexpected consequences.
(C) Gifts are commemorations of special events.
CD) Gifts can compensate for earlier disappointments.
(E) Gifts are a means of expressing complex feelings.
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22. Which of the passage best illustrates the 23. The author's account of a childhood episode reveals
"ironies" refelTed to in line 69 ? that, as a young girl, she viewed her parents as
people who
(A) That the author has herself now become a mother
(B) That the author's father was as concerned by the were easily discouraged by obstacles
incident as was her mother (B) might withdraw their love at any moment
(C) That the father was comfortable playing with toys (C) were unconcerned by contradictions in their
traditionally meant for behavior
CD) That the author was influenced most by the gift CD) required constant reassurance of their superiority
least valued by her mother ' (E) had emotional needs that must be protected
(E) That the author became a poet instead of a dentist
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SECTION 4
Time - 2S minutes
18 Questions
Turn to Section 4 (page 5) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: This section contains two types of questions. You have 25 minutes to complete both types. For questions 1-8, solve
each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding circleon the answer sheet. You may
use any available space for scratch work.
1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

2. All numbers used are real numbers.
3. Figures that accompany problems in this t.est are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems.
They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not
drawn to scale. All figures lie in a plane unless ot,herwise indicated.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function I is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which
lex) is a real number.
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~ The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is ! 80.
1. Eric planted a tree that was 30 inches tall, and it grew 2. If p - 3 is an even integer, then p could be which of
at a constant rate of 20 inches per year for the next the following?
10 years. Which of the following represents the height,
in inches, of the tree t years after it was planted, for all (A)
values of t between 0 and 10 ? (B) 0
(C) 1
(A) 30 + 20t (D) 2
(B) 50 + t (E) 4
(C) 50 + lOt
(D) 600 +t
(E) 600t
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JANE'S TELEVISION VIEWING PER DAY 4. In the xy-plane, the point (3, 0) is the center of a circle
that has a radius of 3. Which of the following is NOT
Monday !:J !:J t=J a point on the circle?

(A) (6,0)
Tuesday 158111bal (B) (6, -3)
Wednesday 'g~' I:J I!~ggl (C) (3,3)

(D) (3,-3)
Thursday !::I (E) (0,0)
Saturday ?
Sunday ?
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3. The pictogram above shows the number of hours

Jane watched television each day over the first 5 days j(x) = 2x - 6
in a week. The average (arithmetic mean) number 2
of hours of television that Jane watched per day for g(x) = x - 3x - 4
the 7 days is 3. Which of the following are possible
numbers of hours of television that Jane watched 5. The functions j and g are defined above. What is the
on Saturday and Sunday, respectively? value of j(7) - g(3) ?
(A) 2 hours and 4 hours
(A) 0
(B) 3 hours and 2 hours
(B) 2
(C) 3 hours and 4 hours
(D) 3 hours and 5 hours
(C) 4
(D) 10
(E) 6 hours and 3 hours
(E) 12
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6. The first term of a certain sequence is -2 and the x x+y
8. If - = k and k > 0, what is - - in terms of k ?
Y x
second term is -4. term after the second term is
(A) k- 1
obtained by di viding the sum of the previous two terms k
k +1
by 2. For v"'<UllIJlv, the third term of the sequence is (B)
k
-3. What is the sixth term of this 1
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(A) -3
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(C) -
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(B) 45
(C) 50
(D) 55
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Each of the remai ning 10 questions requires you to solve the problem and enter your answer by marking the circles
in the special grid, as shown in the examples below. You may use any available space for scratch work.
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9. By Saturday afternoon, 375 tickets had been sold 10. The sum of five adjacent nonoverlapping angles
for a Saturday evening performance at a theater with is 180°. Four of the angles each have a measure of xo,
a capacity of 500 seats. After those 375 tickets were and the remaining angle measures 128°. What is the
sold, half the members of a group of 210 people each value of x?
purchased a ticket. If no other tickets were sold prior to
the performance, how many tickets remained unsold at
the time of the performance?
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11. For three positive prime numbers a, b, and c, 13. The product of 3,5, and 7 is equal to one-half the sum
ab = 33 and be = 21. What is the value of abc? of 20 and x. What is the value of x?
14. On the number line, what is one possible number that

is less than 5 units from both 1 and 10 ?
NUMBER OF CARS SOLD
Salesperson
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A B C D
, Blue 9 8
iRed 10 8
Black 6
Total 21 70
12. On the basis of the information in the incomplete table

above, how many red cars did Salesperson B sell?
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15. A triangular region was cut from a rectangular piece

of paper as shown above. What is the perimeter, in
inches, of the resulting pentagon?
17. The circle graph above shows the distribution of

responses to a survey in which a group of people were
asked how often they visit a certain weather Internet
site. What fraction of those surveyed reported that they
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What is the value of b ?
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What is the possible value of x y?
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SECTION 5
Time - 25 minutes
25 Questions
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.
3. Many important inventions are the,result

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank
of -------; for example, Chinese alchemists
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath
accidentally discovered gunpowder while
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A
trying to create ------- that would make their
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when
emperor immortal.
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the
sentence as a whole. (A) perseverance .. a balm
(B) serendipity .. an elixir
Example:
(C) expedience .. a toxin
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed (D) happenstance .. a bane
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both (E) fortitude .. a potion
4. A notorious -------, the critic struck readers as being
(A) enforce .. useful more concerned with the ------- of his own literary
(B) end .. divisive performance than with the book being reviewed.
(C) overcome .. unattractive
(D) extend .. satisfactory (A) narcissist .. success
(E) resolve .. acceptable 0®®®. (B)
(C)
pragmatist .. scope
egoist .. condemnation
(D) misanthrope .. inadequacy
1. Dana's colleagues complained that she was both (E) adversary .. consistency
------- and -------: she spoke condescendingly and
talked about herself too much. 5. That bison congregate in large herds suggests that they
are ------- animals, yet individually they appear -------,
(A) sympathetic .. disagreeable
seemingly indifferent to their circumstances.
(B) proud .. attentive
(C) timid .. dejected (A) fastidipus .. tractable
(D) patronizing .. boastful (B) taciturn .. impassive
(E) enthusiastic .. overbearing (C) ubiquitous .. finicky
(D) gregarious .. stolid
2. The ------- of new orders meant that enough work had (E) companionable .. skittish
arrived to keep everyone at the plant working overtime.
(A) influx (B) instigation (C) abeyance
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The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may also
be based on the relationship between the passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is or implied in the
passages and in any introductory material that may be provided.
Questions 6-9 are based on the following passages. 6. The author of Passage 2 would most likely argue that
the "outlook" mentioned in line 8, Passage 1, is
Passage 1 (A) rare except among avid readers

(8) common among residents of small towns
The world has always been a large place, but in some (C) insincere in its apparent optimism
senses it has become much smaller than it was. As recently (D) self-deluding and dangerous
as the late nineteenth century, the great science fiction (E) shared by relatively few people
Une writer Jules Verne wrote the then-unbelievable novel
5 Around the World in Eighty Days. Today we can physically
7. The author of Passage 1 would most likely
circumnavigate the world in one day and electronically the attitude characterized in lines 17-23, Passage 2
orbit the planet in just eight seconds. A truly global ("For ... else"), as
outlook is feasible now because of recent developments
in transportation and communications. People all over the (A) parochial
10 world have enthusiastically adopted these innovations to (8) comforting
reach out and touch others, both physically and (C) inspiring
electronically, around the (D) auspicious
(E) reckless
Passage 2
Our world, seemingly global, is in reality a planet 8. The last sentence of each passage makes use of
of thousands of the most varied and never intersecting (A) a reference to communication
15 provinces. A trip around the world is a journey from
(8) an image of fellowship
backwater to backwater, each of which considers itself, in (C) an example of innovation
its isolation, a shining star. For most people, the real world (D) a metaphor for proximity
ends on the threshold of their house, at the of the,ir (E) an allusion to history
village, or, at the very most, on the border of their valley.
20 That which is beyond is unreal, unimportant, and even
9. Which of the following best describes the relationship
useless, whereas that which we have at our fingertips,
between the two passages?
in our field of vision, expands until it seems an entire
universe, overshadowing all else. (A) They criticize similar developments.
(8) They illustrate antithetical attitudes.
(C) They have compatible agendas.
(D) They draw the same conclusion using different
research methods.
(E) They both examine in the perception of
. an issue over time.

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Questions 10-15 are based on the following passage. He said, "There's just a zoo of beasts out there, roaming the
solar system. While it's tremendous fun discovering these
The follmving passage is adaptedfrom a 1987 book on 50 little planets, the real fun is trying to find out what they are
astronomers at an observatory in Cal(fornia. The author and how theyJit into the origin of the solar system."
recounts a conversation with the late astronOlner and
geologist Eugene Shoemaker. 10. The second paragraph (lines 8-20) serves primarily to
Gene said, "We are going to go after something new this (A) provide information about objects referred to in
month-Trojan asteroids." He picked up a sheet of the first paragraph
computer paper and unfolded it. It was titled "Known (B) draw conclusions based on claims made in the
Line Trojans," and it contained a list of heroes from the Trojan first paragraph
5 War--Achilles, Patroclus, Hector, Nestor, Priam. Each (C) introduce an argument developed in the rest of the
name was that of a minor planet in orbit around the Sun. A passage
minor planet is the same thing as an asteroid. (D) present the terms of an ongoing debate
There were two clouds of Trojans: one on either side of (E) define key words in a discipline
Jupiter and sharing Jupiter's orbit. Trojans were faint, slow
10 moving asteroids and darker than anthracite coal, which is 11. The "astronomers" mentioned in line 27 hold the view
the reason only 40 Trojan planets had been found. In the that the solar system
solar system's main asteroid belt, thousands of other minor
(A) appears to lack order
planets had been found. The Trojan clouds had never been
(B) is made up of uninteresting objects
completely explored. Scattered pinpoints of light, barely
(C) merits additional human exploration
15 resolvable on the photographic emulsion of a small
(D) is older than originally thought
telescope, Trojan planets were almost impossible to find.
used to include more planets like Earth
They fanned out for half a billion miles on either side of
Jupiter. Nobody knew for sure how they had gotten-there.
Nobody knew for sure what they were made of-except 12. Shoemaker's comment "It also happens to be where we
20 that it was some dark substance. live" (line 32) implies that
Many astronomers, weaned on powerful telescopes, are (A) the solar system is of interest for reasons other
quintessentially what are known as extragalactic types. To than its astrophysical characteristics
many of them the solar system offers little scientific (B) scientists who dismiss the solar system should not
challenge-nine balls of nonluminous matter whirling be taken seriously
25 around a (pathetically) normal star, in addition to some (C) humans one day may live on planets outside the
gritty stuff, such as asteroids, moons, and comets. Such solar system
astronomers view planets as the scrap heaps of the universe (D) astronomers should focus on galaxies beyond the
and claim that the only thing the Earth is good for is to solar system
serve as a platform for a telescope. (E) the place where humans live is ultimately not
30 Gene Shoemaker offered an oblique reply to defamation important
of planets. "The solar system" is an insignificant bunch of
dust," he admitted. "It also happens to be where we live." 13. In lines 34-35 ("It ... before"), the author offers a
Somewhere in his mind's eye, or maybe in his heart, Gene personal comment in order to
carried a peculiar vision of the solar system. It was not any
35 solar system that I had ever heard of before. In schoolbooks (A) add a conversational tone to an otherwise dry
the solar system is pictured as a series of flat, concentric summary
circles centered on the Sun, each circle representing the (B) convey his dismay at the strangeness of
orbit of a planet. In Gene's mind the solar system was a Shoemaker's theory
spheroid. In Gene's mind the solar system was not at all the (C) disparage his own previous ignorance of
40 eternal, unvarying mechanism envisioned by seventeenth extragalactic astronomy
century scientists like Isaac Newton, but a carnival-a (D) emphasize the distinctiveness of Shoemaker's
dynamic, evolving cloud of debris, filigreed with bands and view of the solar system
shells of shrapnel, full of bits and pieces of material' liable (E) reveal his frustration at having to juggle
to be pumped into ellipses and loops and long, chaotic conflicting scientific explanations
45 wobbling orbits which carried drifting projectiles all over
the place- minor planets that every once in a while would
take a hook into a major planet, causing a major explosion.
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14. In context, lines 39-41 ("In Gene's" " "carnival") 15. Shoemaker's phrase "zoo of beasts" (line 48) suggests
emphasize which contrast? that the solar system
(A) Stability versus variety and change (A) needs constant attention
(B) Order versus rigidity (B) is safely contained
(C) Beauty versus danger (C) contains diverse entities
(D) Permanence"versus decay and destruction (D) can be explored with ease
(E) Harmony versus incessant conflict (E) exists for our enjoyment
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Questions 16-25 are based on the folJowing passage. history and looked through the meager dance collection
in the public library, where I found my answer: images
This passage is adaptedjimll the autobiography of 50 of Isadora Duncan, Mary Wigman, Doris Humphrey,
an American peliormer and choreographer afmodem Ruth St. Denis, and Martha Graham. These women were
dance. Here she discllsses a period during the 1960s when the pioneers of a new art form. In creating modern dance,
she was attending college and in art history. they had struck out on their own, and running my fingers
over their pictures, I literally tried to absorb their power
Although I was working very hard at dance, I had no 55 and authority. In their art form, they were genuinely potent
idea if I was good enough to make it professionally. And -not relegated to being dilettantes, dabblers, Sunday
even if I did, what was a dancer to this culture'? What did painters. I was not interested in entering a profession where
Line saying you were going to be a dancer mean to the guy on I was handicapped by second-class status. Now I knew
5 the street, to the American middle class earning its living what I was doing both in art history and in dance, and when
in the real world? How could I explain that there are things 60 graduation day came I skipped the ceremonies. Working
that are important in all our lives that can be expressed toward becoming an artist in a 'way that I could understand,
only in dance, that there are not only physical truths but I chose to go to a rehearsal instead.
behavioral values and emotional reservoirs that can be
10 investigated and demonstrated only by bodies in motion?
*(/ diploma
That there are times and situations where words cannot be
trusted to do the job? That there is a genuine and specific
16. The passage is best described as a
need for dance, not just in me, but in us all? I could perhaps
have used the word "artist," said that was what I was going (A) confession of having made unwise choices
15 to be. People would have assumed I said that because I was (B) narrative of academic accomplishment
studying painting. It too is a visual art. but unlike dancing, (C) celebration of past achievements
painting makes its truths into a product you can hold. And (D) description of gaining new understanding
that can be sold. P<lintine hflS (j solid rnmket nnd therefore (E) commemoration of a life-changing event
is respected in an entrepreneurial society. However, I never
20 intended to be a painter, not seriously, and certainly had 17. In lines 2-13 ("And even ... all"), the author
no intention of teaching or curating. Nonetheless, I had shifts from
continued my art history major. But what, as a dancer,
would I do with the history of art, other than get a (A) admitting that dance is not respected
to explaining why that is so
sheepskin * to send home to Mother? At the time I could
(B) implying that dance is generally not
25 not see any use to the major, but in fact I had begun to use
vailled to suggesting why it should be
the discipline of art history to reinforce my own sense of
(C) suggesting that dance is not difficult to
what is classic in art. I was locating that strain that survives
understand to arguing that it should
generation after generation-graphic, bold, fundamental,
have more popular appeal
whether in the abstract geometric sculptures of Cycladic
(D) suggesting that dance is misunderstood to
30 women from the Bronze Age or the simple functional
mocking those who fail to appreciate it
designs of nineteenth-century Shaker furniture. I was
(E) complaining that dance is considered
getting my proportions right, finding the line which has .
irrelevant to sympathizing with that
on one side a refinement that bleeds life, and on its other
attitude
a condition where things are so rough, expressionistic,
35 or vague that all you can see is self-indulgence. As
18. In line 18, "solid" most nearly means
I came to believe in my 'own artistic cravings, I became
ever more self-righteous, thinking I was coming to know (A) substantial
the difference between good art and bad art, and I had (B) uninterrupted
even less patience for forms of experimentation that I saw (C) compact
40 as confusion. I liked work that looked as though the artist (D) three-dimensional
clearly knew what he was doing and believed in it. (E) prudent
And that was another thing. Why was "he" to denote
the artist, a pronoun I unconsciously use even now?
Where were the women? Where in the history of art
45 music, architecture, painting, sculpture, most centuries
of literature-were women seen as major contributors?
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19. Which statement best summarizes the author's answer 23. As a young woman, the author viewed the "forms
to the question in lines 22-24 ("But what .. Mother") ? of experimentation" referred to in line 39 with
(A) Create dance interpretations of certain classic (A) disdain
works of art (B) suspIcion
(B) Learn fundamental standards of artistic excellence (C) nonchalance
(C) Become familiar with ancient legends and myths (D) fascination
(D) Collect historical information about famous (E) admiration
dancers
(E) Benefit from t"tal,t"r"t" training in scholarly 24. Which additional term would be most consistent
methodology with the list in lines 56-57 ?
(A) Amateurs
20. In line 25, "but" a contrast between
(B) Experimenters
(A) fonner illusion and present speculation (C) Adventurers
(B) past perception and retrospective insight (D) Pioneers
(C) youthful enthusiasm and mature reflection (E) Blunderers
(D) impulsive conduct and circumspect behavior
(E) initial intention and eventual disappointment 25. The author uses questions to do all of the following
EXCEPT
21. In line 26, "discipline" most nearly means
(A) present personal insights
(A) regimentation (B) guide the course of an argument
(B) conformity (C) illustrate her self-doubt
(C) punishment (D) raise issues for consideration
(D) custom (E) convey her youthful confusion
(E) field
22. For the author, "classic" (line 27) means

(A) strictly conventional
(B) austere and unadorned
(C) essential and enduring
(D) prized by famous painters
(E) created in ancient times
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SECTION 6
Time - 25 minutes
35 Questions
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness 2. An entire ant colony working together can solve
of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence problems, the shortest
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of path to a food source, that are impossible for
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the an individual ant to solve.
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence such as when they find
than any of the alternatives, select choice A: if not, select (B) such as finding of
one of the other choices. (C) such as finding
(D) like the finding of
In making your selection, follow the requirements of (E) like their finding of
standard written that is, pay attention to grammar,
choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation.
3. The brains of infants have many more neural
Your selection should result in the most effective
connections than the brains of adults do, but
sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness PI'
ambiguity.
(A) but they are much less efficient
EXAMPLE: (B) but it is much less efficient
(C) but the efficiency being lower
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book
CD) they are much less efficient
(E) their efficiency is much lower, though
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then
(B) when she was sixty-five 4.
(C) at age sixty-five years old
(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years transparent.
at the time when she was sixty-five
Arctic sea ice first freezes and it forms layers
0. of ice crystals and these
(B) Arctic sea ice first freezes, as it then formed
1. Some researchers think that vertical farms-multistory layers of ice crystals that
greenhouses used for growing food-may benefit (C) When arctic sea ice freezes first, it would form
society by conserving land, recycling wastewater, and layers of ice crystals that
reduction in fossil-fuel emissions. (D) When arctic sea ice first it forms
layers of ice crystals that
(A) reduction in
(E) Layers of ice crystals occurring when arctic sea
(B) they reduce
ice first freezes and
(C) to reduce
(D) reducing
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5. New research indicates that regular aerobic exercise 9. Defying expectations that she a career
can improve brain performance by its boosting of in medicine, Amy Tan chose to become a writer.
memory and cognitive processing speed.
(A) pursued
(A) performance by its boosting of (B) pursues
(B) performance by boosting of (C) will pursue
(C) performance by boosting (D) would pursue
(D) performance, its boost of (E) had pursued
performance, it boosts
10. Women in developing countries who want to start
6. famous for his Arctic small businesses often benefit economically from
expedition, polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen won the microcredit, a practice in which she is lent modest
Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his humanitarian work. amounts of money.
(A) Having already become (A) in which she is lent
(B) His having already become (B) when she is lent
(C) He had already been (C) whereby they are lent
(D) He was already (D) they are lent
(E) He, being already lending her
7. Famous for their fantastic allegmies, the works of 11. In the review of her latest play, the playwright was
Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges ~~== praised as highly for her innovative plotlines
international acclaimed. ~~~..QtMI.Bmlm~k..;~~(lli!QILQt audience
expectation.
(A) have been international acclaimed
(B) have been acclaimed internationally (A) and because of her remarkable perception of
(C) had their acclaim internationally (B) and because she was remarkably perceptive of
(D) was acclaimed international (C) and was remarkably perceptive with
(E) was acclaimed internationally (D) as for her remarkable perception of
(E) as well as being remarkably perceptive with
8. Some critics insist that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn,
although a great humanitarian, is only a mediocre
writer.
(A) although a humanitarian, is only a mediocre
writer
(B) despite great humanitarianism, is only mediocre !i ~
when judged as to writing

(C) even when being judged a great humanitarian, is
a mediocre writer only
(D) even when noted for his great humanitarianism,
only a mediocre writer
(E) while being a great humanitarian, but only a
mediocre writer
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The following sentences test your ability to recognize 14. There ~ basic differences between computer memory
grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either A
a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more
than one error. The enor, if there is one, is underlined and human memory that make it unlikely that one
and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the C
one underlined part that must be changed to make the can replace the other. No error
sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E.
In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard
written English.
15. Having been Leslie's teammate for three basketball
EXAMPLE: A
The other delegates and him seasons, Claire knew that Leslie had the experience
A B C
accepted the resolution drafted the and temperament of a good team captain.
-~::::::--=--
D
neutral states. No error
No error
E
16. My uncle's house, like many others built during the

B
12. When we went on a camping trip last summer, my
A 1950s, were designed in the ranch style that is still
C D
cousin and me rowed across a lake that lies between
- --
B C popular today. No error
E
two mountain peaks. No enor
E
17. As the river current accelerated through the
---=
13. After studying plants that thrive in warm climates
B canyon walls, the kayakers had to be ~~~~c~ar~e::.:fu~l
and those that do not, scientists concluding that

D to avoid the rocks that would suddenly appear in
C D
a pJant's heat tolerance is determined by a particular
front of them. No error
E
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18. A leopard's spots serve as camoutlage not because 22. Evidence discovered in regions that were once part
A
they were shaped like leaves and branches but of the Roman Empire' suggest that the Romans used
A B B
because they form a micropattern that enables the a c~)Vering called a hipposandal to protect their
C D
animal to blend into its woodland background. horses' hooves. No elTor

C D E
No error
E 23. If it had been up to my sisters and 1., we
A B
19. Located on the firefly's lower abdomen is a mass would have spent every summer vacation at our
A B C
of luminescent cells in which oxygen combines with cousins' house, which was right on the lake. No elTor
C D E
a substance called luciferin to produce the insect's

o 24. Greenland's vast glaciers contain so much frozen
A B
distinctive glow. No elTor
E water that should they melt, sea levels would rise
C
20. In her fiction, Nella Larsen explored the minds of worldwide, altering c?astlines everywhere. No error
A B D E
her characters in great detail and making them not

C 25. The domed shell of a box turtle is hinged at the
A
only believable but also fascinating to the reader.
D bottom, allowing the animal to close their shell
B C I~
No elTor
E tightly to evade predators. No elTor
D E
21'. A human runner amazed the world in 2004

26. The leopard frog, so named because of the
A
by winning the Man versus Horse Marathon, it has
A B ilTegularly shaped spots on its back and legs,
B
pitted hundreds of people against horses every
C are found throughout much of North America.
C D
year since 1980. No en-or
D E No elTor
E

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27. Commercial growers tend to breed tomato plants for Directions: The following passage is an early draft of an
essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
qualities that increase the profitability of a crop, such Read the passage and select the best answers for the
questions that follow. Some questions are about particular
sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve
as resistance of disease, rather than for flavor and sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you
to consider organization and development. In choosing
answers, follow the requirements of standard written
nutritional value. No error
English.
Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage.

28. Historically, fewer than twenty percent of the pop
A (1) Until recently, university librarians safeguarded
songs identified by music executives as to be rare books and manuscripts from all but the most
scholarly hands. (2) Given the fragility of such
materials, preservation should outweigh accessibility.
hits have performed as eXlpecteci. No error (3) Inexperienced college students, nonetheless, were
E assumed to have little need to access rare holdings.
(4) But many librarians started questioning this.
(5) They noted that certain rare works, such as those
29. That the country is now politically stable and
printed on animal skin, are sturdier than previously thought
(6) In the case of fragile documents, they reasoned,
economically robust and will almost certainly increased access could protect works. (7) It could reveal
damage, such as mold growth, that might otherwise spread.
(8) Thus, if students were given basic training in handling
continue to do so is no longer seriously doubted. fragile documents, they could actually help preserve the
o collection by reporting damage. (9) After all, only through
hands-on contact could a student fully observe and analyze
No enor
the great care taken ·in binding and illustrating a first editior
Robin Hood or the handwriting on a letter from Anne
Boleyn.
(10) Thanks to the librarians' shift in thinking, students
in many universities are gaining just this kind of access
to rare documents. (11) Literature students can analyze
D. H. Lawrence's careful revisions to the text of Sons
and Lovers. (12) Similarly, history students are able to turn
the pages of magazines in which monthly installments of
'Oliver Twist were originally published amid ads for saddle:
and ointments. (13) This sort of access allows them to
experience Dickens' novel in much the same way its first
readers in the 1830s did. (14) Even art students benefited:
they gained a deeper appreciation of artist-designed books
-which are as unique as paintings or sculptures-by
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30. In context, which would be best to place at the 33. In context, which of the following is the most effective
beginning of sentence 2 (reproduced below) ? way to revise and combine sentences 6 and 7
(reproduced below) at the underlined portion?
Given the fragility of such materials, preservation
should oLltweigh accessibility.
(A) Their thinking behind this was that,
damage, such as mold growth, that might otherwise
(B) They now say that,
spread.
(C) They believed that,
(D) As it happens, though, (A) They reasoned that increased access to fragile
(E) Moreover, it seems that, documents, by revealing damage, could protect
works
31. In context, which is the best version of the underlined (B) Even in the case of fragile documents, they
portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below) ? reasoned, increased access could protect works
by revealing damage
Inexperienced college students, nonetheless, }vere (C) Consequently, in the case of fragile documents,
assumed to have little need to access rare holdings. they reasoned that increased access could protect
(A) (as it is now) works, revealing damage
(B) in particular (D) But their reasoning was that in the case of fragile
(C) however documents, increased access could protect works
(D) broadly speaking by revealing damage
(E) fortunately (E) Although increased access could protect fragile
documents, they reasoned, in revealing damage
32. In context, which of the following phrases would most
effectively replace the word "this" in sentence 4 34. In context, which of the following is the best version
(reproduced below) ? of lhe uIHlerlineu portion of senlence 14 (reproduced
below) ?
But many librarians started questioning this.
Even art students benefited: they gained a deeper
(A) them appreciation ofartist-designed books-which are
(B) the purpose of rare documents as unique as paintings or sculptures-by viewing
(C) the wisdom of this them firsthand.
(D) all of that
(E) the validity of such thinking (A) (as it is now)
(B) benefited, having gained
(C) can benefit, gaining
(D) are benefiting, as they gained
(E) who benefit by gaining
35. Where in the passage would the following sentence

best be inserted?
Moreover, the librarians realized that, by handling
rare documents, students could gain much information
not obtainable from electronic or printed copies.
Immediately after sentence 2
(B) Immediately after sentence 4
(C) Immediately after sentence 8
(D) Immediately after sentence 11
(E) Immediately after sentence 14
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SECTION 7
Time - 25 minutes
20 Questions
Turn to Section 7 (page 6) of your answer sheet to answer the
each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the COlTe~mOlnaIng
may use any available space for scratch work.
\. The use of a calculator is permitted.

:r. 3. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information lIseful in solving the problems.
.9
o They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not
z
drawn to scale. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers :r for which
is a real number.
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()
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r
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g C 2TCr A == (w \I CIvil v = TCr 2h Special Right Triangles
v
t;
v The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.
c:t: The slim of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.
1. MUltiplying a number by ~ gives the same result as

dividing that number by which of the following?
(A) 1
4
(B)
2
(C) 2
2. The point P is inside how many of the five circles in

(D) 3
the figure above?
(E) 4 (A) One

(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(E).Five
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POPULATION OF VICTORVILLE 5. Emily is selling brownies for her school fund-raiser.
The profit P, in dollars, from Emily's brownie sale can
8
be modeled by the function P(b) 0.75b 8, where
7~~r-~~~---+---+~~~~--+-
b is the total number of brownies she sells. Based on
6r---r-~~~--~~-+--~--4---+-
the model, how many brownies must Emily sell to
5r-~~~--~~-r--~--+---~-4-
make a profit of $25.00 ?
4r---r-~~~---+---+---r--~--+-
3r---r-~~~---+---+--~--~--+- (A) 11
2r-~~~~~~-+~-+--~--4---+- (B) 23
(C) 33
(D) 44
~Ql ~ry ~tx ~b ~'b bQl b<V kf' (E) 55
~ ,OJ ~ ~ ,0) ,0) {1 ,0)
Year
3. The line graph above shows the population of

Victorville recorded every two years from 1950
to 1964. According to the graph, for which of the
following two-year periods was the population
. increase greatest?
(A) 1950-1952
(B) 1952-1954
(C) 1954-1956 6. If "21 (4x + 2n) 2x + 6 for all values of x, then n
(D) 1956-1958
1958-1960 (A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 12
(E) 24
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Figure not drawn to scale.
4. In the above, MP ~ MR. If the measure of

LPMQ is 70° and MY bisects LQMR, what is
the measure of LPMY ?
(A) 721. °
2
(B) 75°
(C) 771.°
2
(D) 80°
(E) 85°
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2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 18 9. Which of the following CANNOT be folded along the
7. A number is to be selected at random from the

list above. What is the probability that the number
selected will be a multiple of both 2 and 3 ?
(A) ctr
dashed lines to form a closed cube?
(B)
(A) 1
8
(C)
(B) 4
(C) 3 (D)
8
(D) 5
8
(E)
10. Teresita worked part-time for 2 weeks in a pharmacy.

During the second week, she worked 1~ times the
number of hours that she worked during the first week.
8. Jesse finds that by selecting from the different If she worked a total of 25 hours during the 2-week
combinations of the jackets, pants, and shirts that he period, how many hours did Teresita work during the
owns, he can create up to 60 different outfits, each second week?
consisting of one jacket, one pair of pants, and one
shirt. If he owns 3 jackets and 5 shirts, how many pairs (A) 8
of pants does Jesse own? (B) 9
(C) 10
(A) 4 (D) 12
(B) 5 15
(C) 6
CD) 12
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a B
b = (x+ l)(x 1)
c = (x +
11. If x ~ 0 in the three equations above, what

is the ordering of a, b, and c ?
(A) a<b<c
(B) b<a<c
(C) b<c<a
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(D) c<a<b D E F
(E) c<b<a
13. In the figure above, AC = 8, BA = BC, BD BF,
BE = 10, and AD = 1.5. What is the total area of the
shaded
(A) 5
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 20
(E) 40
12. The digits of a 2-digit integer are K and V. If
10 . K + V = 16, which of the following equals 61 ?
(A) 10· V + K
10
(B) K
V
(C) 10 + V
K
(D)
K·V
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K·V
(B) 4
(C) '1
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15. In the xy-plane above, line k (not shown) is and AB = 2. What is the area of rectangle A CD F ?
perpendicular to line e. What is the slope of
line k? (A) 4..]3
(B)
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(C)
1 (D) 3.fi
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5 (E) 2..]3
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18. Based on the equations above, which of the following
must be true?
A 2 B
8 +9 72 (A) x 2
(B) x 4
16. In the equation above, if A represents a positive (C) y=6
integer, which of the following could be the
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(E) Y x 2
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(B) 16
(C) 18
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19. The function j is defined by 2x2 5. What 20. Each of the 75 children in a line was assigned one of
the from I through 75 counting off in order.
are all possible values of j(x) where -2 < x < 2 ? Then, standing in the same order, the children counted
off in the opposite direction, so that the child who was
-5 ~ <0
assigned the number 75 the first time was assigned the
(B) -5~j(x)<3 number 1 the second time. Which of the following is
(C) 0 j(x)<3 a pair of numbers assigned to the same child?
(D) 0 ~ j (x) < 8 (A) 50 and 25
(E) 2 $; j ( x) < 8
(B) 49 and 24
(C) 48 and 26
(D) 47 and 29
(E) 45 and 32
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3. Anyone serving as transportation commissioner must

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank
become accustomed to public criticism, and indeed
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath Henderson is now quite it.
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when (A) vulnerable to (B) irritated by (C) inured to
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the (D) repentant about (E) fractious about
sentence as a whole.
4. Increasingly, nurse practitioners are ------- the heavy
Example:
workload of physicians by performing medical tasks
Hoping to the dispute, negotiators proposed once thought to be the exclusive of doctors.
a compremise that they felt would be to both
(A) amassing .. assertion
(B) compounding .. problem
(A) enforce" useful (C) scheduling .. prerogative
(B) end .. divisive CD) reducing .. embodiment
(C) overcome .. unattractive (E) lessening .. province
(D) extend .. satisfactory
(E) resolve .. acceptable 0®@
• 5. Brenda's job was by no means -------: she actually had
to work quite hard for her salary.
(A) a conundrum (B) a sinecure
1. The most objectionable passages in the novel were
(C) a castigation (D) an enumeration
at the insistence of the censors.
(E) an appraisal
(A) deleted (B) published (C) advertised
(D) restored celebrated 6. The first Moon explorers were rarely expansive in
describing their surroundings; on the contrary, their
2. Saul Williams has won critical acclaim as a musician, reports tended to be -------.
poet, and actor, demonstrating that he is both versatile
and -------. (A) laconic (B) histrionic (C) cohesive
(D) extemporaneous (E) implacable
(A) melodic (B) modest (C) accomplished
(D) dismissive (E) overcommitted
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Questions 7-19 are based on the following passages. amount of text that literate Americans produce is
diminishing our sense of written craftsmanship. Ultimately,
The passages belmv, adaptedfrom vvorks published ~n . bad writing is driving writing out of circulation.
2008, discuss short, technologically driven COmmlll1lCatzons
Passage 2
such as instant messages, sent to andfron? computers, and .
text messages, sent to and from mobile deFices such as cell There is a curious ambivalence around. Complaints
phones. 45are made about children's poor literacy, and then, when
a technology arrives that provides fresh and motivatihg
Passage 1 opportunities to read and write, such as e-mail, chat,
blogging, and texting, complaints are made about that.
A few years back, I did an interview on the possible The problems associated with the new medium -such as
effects of instant messaging (1M) on the writing of 50 new abbreviation styles-are hIghlighted and the potential
teenagers. The other guest, himself a polished writer, benefits ignored. I heard someone recently complaining
Line extolled the benefits that 1M seemed destined to have
that "children don't keep diaries anymore." The speaker
5 upon the next generation's writing abilities. I countered
was evidently unaware that the online diary - the .
with the proverbial case of monkeys and typewriters: is one of the most popular areas of Internet acti vity among
however long they pound away, theyare unlikely to
55 young people. '" ..
produce Shakespeare. A couple of axioms might be usefully affmned at thIS
More recently, I have begun to suspect that the situation point. I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for
10 is even more troubling. Could it actually be that the more .
you. I also believe that anything which helps develop your
we write online, the worse writers we become? r m not awareness of different properties, styles, and effects of
talking about whether the usual litany of acronyms and 60 writing is good for you. It helps you become a better
abbreviations (such as 2 for "to" or "two," or btvv for "by reader, more sensitive to nuance, and a better writer, more
the way") is seeping into everyday writing, or whether our sensitive to audience. Texting language is no different from
15 e-mails are laced with misspelled words or minimalist
other innovative forms of written expression that have
punctuation. Rather, my concern is more profound: is the emerged in the past. It is a type of ianguage whose
sheer fact that we are replacing so much of our spoken 65 communicative strengths and weaknesses need to be
interaction with written exchanges gradually eroding appreciated. If it were to take its place alongside other
a public sense that the quality of writing m~tters: kinds of writing in school curriculums, students would soon
20 I vividly recall an article in early 2000, 10 whIch the develop a strong sense of when it is appropriate to use it
reviewer despaired over the profusion of spelling and and when it is not. It is not as if the school would be
punctuation mistakes he had found in the text a~ hand 70 teaching them something totally new. Many Web sites are
(which, incidentally, had been published by a hIghly already making texters aware that there are some situations
respected press). Worse still, he noted, this book was no~ in which it is inappropriate to use texting abbreviations,
25 unique. Sardonically, he mused that about ten years earl.ler,
because they might not be understood.
all competent proofreaders must have disappeared. But IS
This might seem self-evident, yet when a text-messaging
the problem actually the proofreaders? Or might it be that
75 unit was included as an option in the English curriculum in
we the readers (who ourselves are often writers) are less schools in Victoria, Australia, for eighth- to tenth-grade
fussy than we used to be? Is it that we could proofread- students, it was condemned by no less a person than the
30 we know the rules-but no longer care to do so?
federal minister of education. The 'students were taught to
In 2003, John McWhorter wrote Doing Our Own Thing:
translate text messages, write glossaries of abbreviations,
The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We
80 and compare the language of texting with that of formal
Should, Like, Care, in which he argued that contemporary
English. Stylistic comparisons of this kind have long
Americans, unlike earlier generations and unlik~ many proved their worth in English classes. The minister was
35 other cultures, do not particularly care about theIr language.
reported as urging a return to "basics." But what could be
In McWhorter's words, "Americans after the 1960s have
more basic, in terms of language acquisition, than to focus
lived in a country with less pride in its language than any
85 on students' developing sense of linguistic appropriateness?
other society in recorded history." While I believe
Mc Whorter is substantially correct, his point is not the one
40 I am making here. My own argument is that the inordinate
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7. The primary concern of both passages is to 11. Both passages acknowledge that the "acronyms and
abbreviations" (lines 12-13, Passage I) and the
(A) describe a new method of teaching writing
"abbreviation styles" (line 50, Passage 2) have
(B) suggest a means of improving how young
people communicate with one another (A) improved the speed at which communication can
(C) discuss the effects of current technologies on take place
written language (B) allowed young people to gain confidence in their
CD) offer an explanation for teenagers' fascination own written expression
with text messages (C) grown less popular as mobile technologies have
CE) question the importance of technology to become more sophisticated
education CD) been viewed as damaging to the general quality
of writing
8. Which best states the relationship between (E) proved unusually difficult for many adults to
the two passages? master
(A) Passage I outlines a course of action
12. The parenthetical statement in lines 13-14 serves
that Passage 2 reveals to be risky
primarily to
and dangerous.
(B) Passage I denounces the influence of CA) criticize certain practices
a technology that Passage 2 argues (B) offer particular examples
is actually a positive force. (C) suggest alternative solutions
(C) Passage I offers a historical overview of CD) describe past events
a phenomenon that Passage 2 rejects as (E) anticipate potential objections
ultimately insignificant.
(D) Passage I discusses a personal experience 13. The title of John McWhorter's book (lines 31-33) is
with a technology that Passage 2 analyzes best characterized as
more objectively.
(A) overwrought in its ominous foreshadowing
(E) Passage 1 decries a common practice that
(B) contradictory in its attempt to attract readers
Passage 2 criticizes less passionately.
(C) witty in its broad inclusion of the arts
(D) satirical in its intentional use of informal diction
9. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to
the views of the "guest" (line 3, Passage 1) with
CE) passionate in its purposeful attack on a conventiOJ
(A) impatience 14. In lines 44-48 ("Complaints ... that"), the author
(B) dismissal of Passage 2 refers to a situation best described as
(C) disbelief
(A) paradoxical
(D) amusement
(B) melodramatic
(E) agreement
(C) metaphorical
(D) speculati ve
10. The author of Passage 2 would most likely offer
(E) typical
which response to the question posed in lines 10-11,
Passage 1 ?
15. In line 45, "poor" most nearly means
(A) Yes, because writing casually makes people
(A) petty
careless about more formal discourse.
(B) needy
(B) Yes, because people must first be educated if they
(C) barren
are to become effective online writers.
'(D) humble
(C) Maybe, because using abbreviations can hinder
(E) inadequate
people from writing more efficiently.
CD) No, because online writers are more accomplished
than traditional writers.
(E) No, because any practice in writing will improve
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16. In line 46, "fresh" most nearly means 18. In lines 78-82 ("The students ... classes"), the author's
attitude toward the class content is best described as
(A) pure
one of
(B) restored
(C) raw (A) disdain
(D) new (B) annoyance
(E) recent (C) uncertainty
(D) curiosity
17. In lines 56-62 couple ... audience"), (E) appreciation
the author supports an argument with
19. Compared with the author of Passage I, the author
(A) nostalgic anecdotes
of Passage 2 views changes like texting language
(B) historical precedents
as possessing
(C) personal convictions
(D) idealistic hopes (A) more appeal for writers of narratives
(E) hypothetical assumptions (B) more potential for inhibiting critical thinking
(C) more continuity with traditional forms of
discourse
(D) less capacity for encouraging young people to
enjoy writing
(E) less power to make a genuine impact on society
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Time - 20 minutes
16 Questions
to Section 9 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section
"'hre4~1'1!OlrlS::'For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the con'esponding
the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work.
I. The use of a calculator is permitted.

3. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving lhe problems.
They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not
drawn to scale. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers for which
Rx) is a real number.
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The slim of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.
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R T w
(A) -5
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
(B) -4
(C) -3 2. In the figure above, RW 24 and RS == TW.
CD) 7
If RS 4, what is the length of ST ?
(E) 8
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 10
(D) 12
(E) 16
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0, 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ... 5. Let r 0 s be defined by r 0 s r (s + rs) for all
values of rand s. What is the value of 405?
3. The sequence above is formed by listing in increasing
order all the numbers that are 1 less than the square of (A) -21
a positive integer. What number in the sequence (B) -19
immediately follows 35 ? (C) 19
(D) 21
(A) 44 25
(B) 45
(C) 48
(D) 49
(E) 50
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
4. In the figure above, points A, B, and D lie on

the circle with center O. If y 60, what is the
value of x?
(A) 30
(B) 40
(C) 45
(D) 50
(E) 60
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TIME SPENT TRAVELING BY FOUR
6. If 4 and II > 0, what is the value of I.l ?
DIfFERENT MODES OF TRA VEL
(A) 2
(B) 4
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(C) 8 120
(D) 16
(E) 64 100 • Bus
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Titus Mary
8. The figure above shows the times Titus and Mary spent
traveling by four different modes of travel. Titus and
Mary traveled by car at the same average rate. Titus
traveled 20 miles by car. Of the following, which is the
best approximation for how far Mary traveled by car?
(A) 15 miles
(B) 30 miles
(C) 45 miles
7. In the xy-plane, the line segment with endpoints (2, 2)
(D) 60 miles
and (5, 2) forms one side of a square. What is the (E) 75 miles
perimeter of the square?
(A) 6
(B) 9
(C) 12
(D) 20
(E) 28
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k 3w + 2 11. Katy is drawing a time line to represent a 200-year
period of time. If she makes the time line 60 inches
9. In the equation above, if w is increased by 2, long and draws it to scale, how many inches will
by how much does k increase? represent each year?
(A) 2 3
(A)
(B) 3 10
(C) 5
(D) 6 (B) 2~
(E) 8 10
(C) 21
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(D) 31
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above. When the graph of f is reflected about the
x-axis, the result is, the graph of the function g.
What is the value of g(2) ?
(A) -2
(B) -1
(C) 0
(D) 1
(E) 2
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If a number is in list X. it is also in list Y.
12. If the statement above is true. which of the following
statements must also be true?
x
(A) If a number is in list Y, it is also in list X.
(B) If a number is in list Y, it is not in list X.
(C) If a number is not in list Y, it is not in list X. 14. In the figure above, what is the value of x in terms of
(D) If a number is not in list Y, it is in list X. r. s. and t?
(E) If a number is not in list X, it is not in list Y.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
13. The median age of a group of IS students IS 17 years.

If the oldest student in the group is 20 years old, which
of the following could be the number of 17 year olds in
the group?
I. 3
II. 10
III. 14
(A) I only
(B) I and II only
(C) I and III only
(D) II and III only
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15. If 6 times j is 1 more than the square of k, where k is 16. If the radius of a circle is tripled, by what percent is the
an integer, what is the smallest possible value of j ? area of the circle increased?
(A) -5 (A) 200%
(B) 300%
1 (C) 400%
(B)
6 (D) 500%
(C) o (E) 800%
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(E) It cannot be determined from the information
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Time - 10 minutes
14 Questions
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness 2. While visiting our cousins in the Spanish city of
of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence Granada, the palace and fortress called the Alhambra
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of was seen, with its splendid courts, fountains, and
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the gardens.
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If
(A) the palace and fortress called the Alhambra was
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence
seen, with its
than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select
(B) the palace and fortress called the Alhambra was
one of the other choices.
what we saw; it has
In making your selection, follow the requirements of (C) we saw the Alhambra, a palace and fortress; its
standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, having
choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. (D) we saw the Alhambra, a palace and fortress with
Your selection should result in the most effective (E) seeing the Alhambra, a palace and fortress with
sentence-clear anu jJ1ecise, without mvkwardness or
ambiguity. 3. Bees that are fed pollen from a range ot dIfferent
plants appear to have healthier immune systems than
EXAMPLE: do bees that are fed pollen from a single type of plant.
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book (A) plants appear to have healthier immune systems
and she was sixty-five years old then. (B) plants and appear to have a healthier immune
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then system
(8) when she was sixty-five (C) plants, appearing to have healthier immune
(C) at age sixty-five years old systems
(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years (D) plants, which appear to have a healthier immune
(E) at the time when she was sixty-five system
(E) plants, their immune systems appear healthier
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4. When driving in hilly areas on icy roads,. snow tires an~
1. Although today's children certainly need to learn what you need on your vehicle for traction.
to type on computer keyboards, they also need to
develop legible handwriting for doing homework, (A) snow tires are what you need on your vehicle for
completing class work, and to take notes. traction
(8) there is a need for snow tires on your vehicle for
(A) and to take notes traction
(8) and whenever taking notes is done (C) what is needed for traction is snow tires on your
(C) and taking notes vehicle
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5. In 1977 Tracy Austin became the youngest tennis 8. Most inks used today contain chemical pigments that
player to win a professional ==~='-"-!..~'-'-=--'~ are nonbiodegradable and can prevent paper products
from being recyclable, pigments made from algae
break down more easily.
(A) tournament when she captured a title in
Oregon fourteen years (A) from being recyclable, pigments
(B) tournament aged fourteen years when she (B) from being recyclable, but pigments
captured a title in Oregon (C) to be recyclable, while pigments
(C) tournament when she captured a title in (D) being recyclable unlike pigments
Oregon, being age fourteen (E) so that they are not recyclable, however
(D) tournament when, at the age of fourteen, pigments
she captured a title in Oregon
(E) tournament, she was fourteen years old 9. The transformation of an animal into a person, or the
when she captured a title in Oregon reverse, are parts of many a folktale.
(A) reverse, are parts
6. Slightly more than 48 percent of the country's
(B) reverse, are a part
population lives in urban ="-"='-'-'-='--"-'=
(C) reverse, is part
remainder lives in rural communities.
(D) reverse; they are parts
(A) areas, where the remainder lives (E) reverse being part
(B) areas, with the remainder living
areas, the remainder lives 10. A professional chocolate buyer recently said that his
(D) areas; but the remainder living job is much easier than how it was for his predecessors
(E) areas, the remainder is living because he can search the Internet for new chocolate
products.
7.
(A) how it was for his predecessors
(B) his predecessors
(C) his predecessors who did it
(A) a decline in Lake Michigan's fish populations was (D) those who preceded him
caused by quagga mussels (E) that of his predecessors
(B) Lake Michigan's declining fish populations were
caused by quagga mussels
(C) Lake Michigan's fish populations are declining,
caused by quagga mussels
(D) quagga mussels having caused a decline in Lake
Michigan's fish populations
(E) quagga mussels have caused a decline in Lake
Michigan's fish populations
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11. The port city of Shanghai, which along with 13. Despite living only to the age of forty, the music of
Hong Kong is a leading Chinese banking and John Coltrall~ inspired a generation of writers,
manufacturing center. musicians, and artists.
(A) Shanghai, which along with Hong Kong is (A) the music of John Coltrane, it
(B) Shanghai is, along with Hong Kong, (B) the music of John Coltrane
(C) Shanghai, along with Hong Kong being (C) John Coltrane's music
(D) Shanghai, along with Hong Kong (D) John Coltrane created music that
(E) Shanghai and Hong Kong are (E) John Coltrane created music, it
12. Like her husband, Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner was 14. The swiftest animal on Earth, the cheetah can reach a
an Abstract Expressionist artist, and her and Pollock top speed of about 70 miles per hour, it can maintain
influenced each other's work. that speed for no more than 300 yards.
(A) her and Pollock influenced (A) hour, it can
(B) she and Pollock influenced (B) hour but can
(C) she and Pollock having influenced (C) hour, though they can
(D) herself and Pollock influencing (D) hour, but they can
(E) the two of them both influenced (E) hour, however, it can
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Form Codes AEIC, BWIC
Critical Reading . .
Section 2 Section 5 Section 8
COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF.
ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV.
1. 0 1 13. A 2 1. 0 14. A 3 1. A 1 ]1. D 3
2. A 3 14. 0 1 2. A 2 15. C 2 2. C 3 12. B 2
3. C 15. C 1 3. B 4 16. 0 3 3. C 3 13. 0 3
4. 0 3 16. B 2 4. A 3 17. B 3 4. E 4 14. A 4
5. 0 4 17. C 1 5. 0 5 18. A 3 5. B 5 15. E 1
6. E 4 18. A 2 6. E 3 19. B 4 6. A 5 16. 0 1
7. E 5 19. A 3 7. A 4 20. B 3 7. C 1 17. C 3
8. B 5 20. 0 3 8. 0 3 21. E 4 8. B 2 18. E 3
9. A 4 21. B 3 9. B 5 22. C 3 9. E 3 19. C
10. E 4 22. 0 2 10. A 1 23. A 3 10. E 2
11. C 4 23. E 3 11. B 3 24. A 3
12. B 3 12. A 3 25. C 5
13. 0 3
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Mathematics
Section 4 Section 7 Section 9
Multiple-Choice Student-Produced COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF.
Questions Response Questions ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV.
COR.DIFF. COR. DIFF. 1. C 1 11. B 3 1. B 1 9. D 3
ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. 2.. 0 1 12. A 3 E ] 10. A 3
1. A 1 9. 20 I 3. B 1 13. C 3 3. C 1 11. A 3
2. C 10. 13 2 4. 0 1 14. E 3 4. E 1 12. C 4
3. 0 2 II. 231 3 5. 0 1 15. B 3 5. A 2 13. E 4
4. B 2 12. 3 2 6. C 2 16. E 3 6. B 1 14. 0 3
5. E 2 13. 190 3 7. C 2 17. A 5 7. C 2 15. 0 5
6. B 3 14. 5<x<6 3 8. A 2 18. B 4 8. B 3 16. E 5
7. 0 3 15. 34 3 9. D 3 19. B 4
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Section 6 Section 10
COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF. COR.DIFF.
ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. . ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV. ANS. LEV.
1. 0 1 10. C 3 19. E 2 28. E 5 1. C 1 6. B 3 11. B 3
2. C 1 11. 0 3 20. C 2 29. C 5 2. 0 1 7. E 3 12. B 4
3. A 2 12. B 1 21. B 3 30. C 3 3. A 1 8. B 3 13. 0 4
4. 0 1 13. 0 1 22. B 4 31. B 3 4. E 2 9. C 3 14. B 5
5. C 1 14. A 1 23. B 4 32. E 3 5. 0 3 10. E 3
6. A 2 15. 0 1 24. E 3 33. B 4
7. B 2 . 16. C 2 25. C 3 34. C 4
8. A 2 17. B 1 26. C 3 35. C 3
9. 0 2 18. A 2 27. C 4
Number correct Number correct
Number incorrect Number incorrect
NOTE: Difficulty levels are estimates of question difficulty for a reference group of college-bound seniors.
Difficulty levels range from 1 (easiest) to 5 (hardest).
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1 ESSAY Unauthorized copying or reuse of

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knowledgeable and experienced, they eventually realize that complete

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1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

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Monday !:J !:J t=J a point on the circle?

Wednesday 'g~' I:J I!~ggl (C) (3,3)

Thursday !::I (E) (0,0)

3. The pictogram above shows the number of hours

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• Some problems may have more than one correct

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14. On the number line, what is one possible number that

NUMBER OF CARS SOLD

12. On the basis of the information in the incomplete table

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15. A triangular region was cut from a rectangular piece

17. The circle graph above shows the distribution of

16. The line in the xy-plane above has equation

18. In the equation above, x and yare positive integers.

3. Many important inventions are the,result

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Passage 1 (A) rare except among avid readers

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22. For the author, "classic" (line 27) means

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when judged as to writing

16. My uncle's house, like many others built during the

and those that do not, scientists concluding that

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animal to blend into its woodland background. horses' hooves. No elTor

a substance called luciferin to produce the insect's

her characters in great detail and making them not

21'. A human runner amazed the world in 2004

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Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage.

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35. Where in the passage would the following sentence

Turn to Section 7 (page 6) of your answer sheet to answer the

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1. MUltiplying a number by ~ gives the same result as

2. The point P is inside how many of the five circles in

(E) 4 (A) One

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3. The line graph above shows the population of