Answer Key

THREE COMPLETE PRACTICE TESTS

PRACTICE TEST 1

SECTION 1: LISTENING COMPREHENSION

PARTS A, B, AND C
1.C 11.C 21.A 31.C 41.A
2.A 12.C 22.B 32.B 42.B
3.B 13.D 23.B 33.B 43.D
4.A 14.C 24.A 34.A 44.C
5.D 15.A 25.D 35.B 45.C
6.D 16.A 26.C 36.C 46.A
7.B 17.D 27.D 37.B 47.A
8.C 18.A 28.C 38.D 48.C
9.B 19.B 29.B 39.D 49.D
10.D 20.D 30.A 40.B 50.A

SECTION 2: STRUCTURE AND WRITTEN EXPRESSION

 Structure
1.C 4.A 7.D 10.C 13.C
2.C 5.C 8.A 11.B 14.C
3.C 6.B 9.A 12.A 15.D
 Written Expression
16.A 21.B 26.A 31.C 36.B
17.C 22.D 27.D 32.C 37.B
18.B 23.C 28.B 33.C 38.D
19.C 24.D 29.A 34.D 39.C
20.B 25.A 30.B 35.C 40.B

Explanation of Written Expression Items

16. In order to be parallel with the other adjectives in the series (harder and more resistant), the comparative form
lighter must be used.
17. The correct superlative form is largest.
18. The adjective form destructive is required in place of the noun form.
19. The correct pattern is both... and.
20. The correct form of the infinitive (to play) is needed.
21. The correct word order is preposition + relative pronoun: across which.
22. Both the noun phrase (these craftsmen) and the pronoun refer to the same person, so the reflexive pronoun
themselves should be used.
23. The singular form of the verb, was, should be used to agree with the singular subject, influence.
24. The pronoun subject they is used unnecessarily and should be omitted.
25. The relative word where must be used to describe a place. (When is used to describe a time.)
26. With countable nouns such as mammals, the word many is used.
27. In order to agree with a plural noun (sharks), the possessive adjective their should be plural.
28. The correct word order is adjective + enough: dense enough.
29. The adjective form (Commercial) is required.
30. Such... that is used with an adjective + noun. (So... that is used when an adjective appears alone.)
31. The noun ability is needed in place of the adjective able.
32. The correct verb is make.
33. In order to be parallel with the other items in the series (physics and mathematics), the name of the field
(chemistry) must be used.
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34. The adjective expert cannot be pluralized.

35. The correct word order is almost exactly.
36. The past tense form is required: became.
37. The word lot should not be pluralized.
38. The word ago is used unnecessarily.
39. The preposition for should be used with the adjective responsible.
40. The noun form collection should be used in place of the gerund.

SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION

1.D 11.D 21.C 31.A 41.C

2.A 12.B 22.B 32.D 42.B
3.B 13.C 23.C 33.C 43.D
4.A 14.B 24.D 34.A 44.A
5.D 15.A 25.A 35.B 45.B
6.C 16.A 26.B 36.A 46.C
7.B 17.A 27.B 37.D 47.D
8.C 18.C 28.C 38.A 48.C
9.A 19.D 29.D 39.B 49.B
10.A 20.D 30.D 40.C 50.A

Explanation

1. The primary purpose of this passage is to detail the stages of the Sun's life in the future.
2. The word fueled is closest in meaning to "powered."
3. As it is used in the passage, the word "condition" is closest in meaning to "state."
4. The Sun has existed in its present state for about 4 billion, 600 million years (lines 34). It is expected to
become a red giant in about 5 billion years. Therefore, it is about halfway through its life as a yellow dwarf.
5. Line 8 states that "the core of the Sun will shrink and become hotter."
6. The second paragraph describes the process by which the Sun becomes a red giant star. The last sentence of
that paragraph states: "Temperatures on the Earth will become too hot for life to exist."
7. Lines 16-17 indicate that the Sun will be a white dwarf "After it shrinks to about the size of the Earth."
Lines 4-5 indicate that the Sun today is thousands of times Jarger than the Earth. Therefore, the Sun will be
thousands of times smaller than it is today.
8. According to the passage, the Sun is now a yellow dwarf star; it will then expand to a red giant star, shrink
to a white dwarf star, and finally cool to a black dwarf.
9. The word eject has the same meaning as "throw off."
10. The reference is to the planet Earth.
11. The tone is scientifically objective. Although the passage describes the end of the Earth, that event is so far
in the future that the author's tone is dispassionate.
12. Washington was one of the first persons to realize the importance of canals, and he headed the first
company formed to build a canal. This indicates that he was a pioneer in canal construction. Choice (C) is
incorrect because the canal was never finished.
13. The word possibility is closest in meaning to "feasibility."
14. According to lines 11-12, the canal linked Albany on the Hudson River with Buffalo on Lake Erie.
15. The word relatively is closest in meaning to "comparatively."
16. The word intermittent is closest in meaning to "on-again-off-again."
17. According to the passage, the Governor of New York "persuaded the state to finance and build the canal"
(lines 22-23).
18. The cost had been estimated at $5 million (line 19) but actually cost $2 million more (line 24), a total of $7
million.
19. The word fees is closest in meaning to the word "tolls."
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20. According to lines 29-31, the canal "allowed New York to supplant Boston, Philadelphia, and other eastern
cities as the chief center of both domestic and foreign trade." The other effects are mentioned in the fourth
paragraph.
21. Lines 34-36 indicate that the expansion of the Canal would have been warranted "had it not been for the
development of the railroads." (This means, "if the railroads had not been developed.") The railroads must
have taken so much traffic away from the canal that the expansion was no longer needed.
22. The word warranted most nearly means "justified."
23. The passage begins to discuss the actual construction of the Erie Canal in Line 16.
24. The passage mainly deals with the distress signals of trees. Choices (B) and (C) concern minor details.
There is no information about (A).
25. The reference is to "trees" in line 4.
26. The word parched has the same meaning as the word "dehydrated."
27. The word plight means "condition."
28. The trees' signals are in the 50-500 kilohertz range; the unaided human ear can detect no more than 20
kilohertz (lines 9-10).
29. The word fractured is closest in meaning to "broken."
30. The signals are caused when the water columns inside tubes in trees break, "a result of too little water" (line
15).
31. In the context of the passage, pick up means "perceive."
32. Choices (A) and (B) are mentioned in lines 21-22; (C) is mentioned throughout the passage; there is no
mention of (D).
33. Lines 18-19 say, "Researchers are now running tests," implying that research is continuing.
34. The passage explains the difference between two concepts, analogy and homology, and gives examples of
both.
35. Lines 1-2 state, "The concepts ... are probably easier to exemplify than define."
36. The word rigid is closest in meaning to "inflexible." This means that there are certain principles that
cannot be altered.
37. Analogous organs are those that perform the same functions but are not derived from the same
embryological structures. The structures given in (D) most likely demonstrate this relationship in that they
both provide the same functions-locomotion and support-but are not otherwise related.
38. Homologous organs "are genetically related," according to line 13.
39. In the context of the passage, the term structures refers to different physical parts of animals: wings, limbs,
fins, and so on.
40. The word sense is closest in meaning to "meaning."
41. The author begins to discuss homology in the sentence beginning "In contrast … " in line 9.
42. The purpose of the passage is primarily to describe Charlie Chaplin's movie Modern Times.
43. Lines 2-4 state that Chaplin "was motivated to make the film by a reporter" during an interview.
44. The word abruptly is closest in meaning to the word "suddenly."
45. According to lines 15-16, "scenes of factory interiors account for only about one third of the footage."
Therefore, about two thirds of the film must have been shot outside the factory.
46. The phrase losing his mind means "going insane" (from the pressure of work).
47. The reference is to the phrase "another popular scene" in line 20.
48. Lines 24-26 state: "This serves to illustrate people's utter helplessness in the face of machines that are
meant to serve their basic needs."
49. The word utter is closest in meaning to that of "complete."
50. The film does not offer "a radical social message," and so would not be considered "revolutionary" (A).
Line 14 states that "Chaplin prefers to entertain rather than lecture"; thus, it is "entertaining" (B). Lines 17-
19 mention that people who have seen the film cannot forget certain scenes, and so it is "memorable" (C).
According to lines 12-14, the opening scene's "rather bitter note of criticism …is replaced by a gentler note
of satire"; therefore, the author would consider the film "satirical" (D).