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Form Codes AEHA, BWHA 
The ·SAT·
 
SAT·
 
11 ESSAY	 ESSAY
 
ESSAY
 
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, presentyour 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. 
You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. 
Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you.write. Try to write or print so that what 
you are writing is legible to those readers. 
Important Reminders: 
•	 A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. 
•	 Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your
 
answer sheet
 
•	 An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. 
•	 If your essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be canceled. 
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. 
Idealistic people, people who pursue great ideas in hopes of changing the world, often have 
ambitious plans that are difficult or even impossible to carry 'out. These people can claim few 
solid accomplishments. In contrast, practical people concentrate on workable ideas and goals. 
even though these may not meet an idealist's high standards. Their approach is likely to be more 
valuable than the approach of idealistic people. 
Assignment:	 Is an idealistic approach less valuable than a practical approach? 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. 
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
 
Do not turn to any other section In the test.
 
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1 1ESSAY	 ESSAY
 
ESSAY
 
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. 
You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. 
Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what 
you are writing is legible to those readers. 
Important Reminders: 
•	 A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. 
•	 Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your
 
answer sheet.
 
•	 An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. 
•	 Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be C'aIICeIcd. 
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 generally put more trust in what they have learned for themselves than in whatthey learn 
from others. Few people, however,are really motivated to learn anything on their own. 1bey are 
much more apt to learn when others are willing to teach them. Even though learning from others 
means occasionally learning things that are not useful or important, peopleare still better off . 
when they learn from others. 
Assignment:	 Is it better for people to learn from others than to learn on their own? 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.
 
If you finish before time is called, you m·ay check your work on this section only.
 
Do not turn to any other section In the test.
 
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11 ESSAY	 ESSAY
 
ESSAY
 
Time --- 2S 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. 
You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. 
Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what 
you are writing is legible to those readers. 
Important Reminders: 
•	 A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink wi1l receive a score of zero. 
•	 Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your
 
answer sheet.
 
•	 A~ off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. 
•	 Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be-canceled. 
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. 
Too many people do not consider their task or project complete or acceptable until every 
detail has been done right. Fortunately,' such people havenot always had their way, since 
nothing would ever be completed if we had to check every detail before we could consider 
our work done. In fact, none of the world's greatest accomplishments would have been made, 
because none of them is perfect in every detail. 
Assignment: .00 people put too much importance on getting every detail right on a project or task? 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. 
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only.
 
Do not turn to any other section In the test.
 
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1 .., 1(I)ESSAY	 ESSAY I!J;' 
Q 
ESSAY
 
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 thelines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. 
You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. 
Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what 
you are writing is legible to those readers. 
Important Reminders: 
• A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. 
•	 Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your
 
answer sheet.
 
• An off·topic essay will receive a score of zero. 
• Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be canceled. 
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 in our goal-oriented society place far too much emphasis on the outcomes of \\"bal they 
do. As a result, they miss out on the most important part of attempting anything: theprocess 
itself. The process of trying to achieve something is always more meaningful and enjoyable than 
reaching the final goal. Whether we succeed or fail, it is the process-s-bow \\'e go about 
achieving the goal- that matters most. 
Assignment:	 Does the process of doing something matter more than the outcome? Plan andwrite an essay in which 
you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with R'aSOOing andexamples taken 
from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. 
BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET. 
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work·on this section only.
 
Do not turn to any other section In the test.
 
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SECTION 2 
Time - 25 minutes. 
18 Questions 
Turn to Section 2 (page 4) 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 circle on the answer sheet. You may 
use any available space for scratch work; . 
:r. 
(\) 
c z 
I. The use of a calculator is permitted. 
2. All numbers used are real numbers. 
3. Figures that accompany problems in this test 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 He in a plane unless otherwise indicated. 
4. Unless otherwise specified, thedomain of any function f is assumed to be the set, of all real numbers x for which 
.f{x) is a real number. 
c: (.S 
~ xE s~...	 G Ow ~ EUh C} b~ r3()O r h 45°t8 b f-t:: A = xr?
(\) A:= C,,\-'	 V= twhu A= !bh V =lCr'!.hC= 21Crc 
~ 
~ The number of degrees of arc in H circle is 360. (\) 
ex The slim of the measures in degrees of the angles of 4\ triangle is 180. 
a x{3 s 
l:2=a 2+ b 2 Special Right Triangles 
AB CD E 
It •• -, •• I I .. 
-2 -1.5 -1 . -0.5 o 0.5 1 
1. Of the lettered points on the number line above, which 
is closest to -1.579 rounded to the nearest tenth? 
(A) A 
(B) B 
(C) C 
(D) D 
(E) E, 
2.	 Auto Motor Sales leases a new delivery truck for 
a one-time payment of $2,800 plus $420 per month 
for 48 months. Which of the following functions f 
models the total amount, in dollars, that would have 
been paid at the end of m months of the lease, where 
m is a positive integer less than or equal to 48 ? 
(A) f(m) = 2,800 + m 
(B) f(m) = 2,800 + 48m 
(C) f(m) =2,800 + 420m 
(D) f(m) = 3,220 + m 
(E) f(m) = 3,220m . 
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3.	 If the average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 4, and m is 8, 
what is the average of 3, 7, and m ? 
(A) 5 . 
(B) 6 
(C) 7 
(D) 8 
(E) 9 
B 
D 
E 
Note: Figure not drawn to scale. 
4. In the figure above, point C lies on BE. If AB =8, 
AC = 6, CD = 13, and DE = 12, what is the 
length of BE? 
(A) 11 
(B) 12 
(C) 13 
(D) 14 
(E) 15 
5. A perfect square is an integer that is the square of an 
integer. The integers h. k, and mare 4, 6, and 9, not 
necessarily in that order. 
• k is a perfect square. 
• m is an even integer. 
• h > k 
Which ofthe following statements is FALSE? 
(A) h > m 
(8) m > k 
(C) m is a p~rfect square. 
(D) m is a multiple of 3. 
(E) h is a multiple of 3. 
6.	 If k is 3morc than half of m. what is m in tenus of. k? 
(A) 6k 
(B) 2(k - 3) 
(C) 2(3 - k) 
k-3(D) 
2 
k+3
(E) 
2 
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7.	 In thexy-plane, the points (1, -3), (2,2), and (3, p) 
are collinear. What is the value of p ? 
(A) 1
 
(B) 3
 
(C) 4
 
(D) 7
 
(E) 8
 
, 
8.	 If y == x 2 
-) and x is a real number, which of the 
following CANNOT be the value of y ? 
(A) -2 
(B) -1 
(C) 0 
(D) 
(E) 2
 
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Directions: For Student-Produced Response questions 9·18, use the grids at the bottom or the answer. 
sheet page on which you have answered questions 1-8. . . . 
2 0 2 0 
Note: You may start your answers 
in any column. space permitting. 
Columns not needed should be left 
blank . 
Grid in --+ 
result. 
Write lInswer ---. 
in boxes. 
Each of the remaining 10questions 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 usc any available space for scratch work . 
7 Answer: 201 
Answer: 12 Answer: 2.5 ·E' · h . . .
It er positIOn IS correct. 
• Mark no more than one circle in any column. 
• Because the answer sheet will be machine­
scored, you will receive credit only if the circles 
are filled in correctly. 
• Although not required, it is suggested that you 
write your answer in the boxes ill thc top of the 
columns to help you till in the circles accurately . 
• Some problems may have more than one correct 
answer. In such cases, grid only one answer. 
• No question has a negative answer. 
• Mixed numbers such as 31 must be gridded as 
3.5 or 7/2. (If W~ is gridded, it will be 
. d 31 3 1 )mterprete as 2' not 2"' 
• Decimal Answers: If you obtain 11 decimal answer 
with more digits than the grid can accommodate. 
it may be either rounded or truncated. but it must 
fill .the entire grid. For example. if you obtain 
an answer such as 0.6666 .... you should record 
your result as .666 or .667. A 1l'SS accurate value 
such as .66 or .67 will be scored as incorrect. , 
Acceptable ways to grid 1are: 
10. If cd =64, where c and cf arc positive integers. what 
is one possible value of dl'? 
9.	 The circle above has center O. and LAOB measures 
45°. The area of the shaded region is what fraction of 
the area of the circle? 
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11.	 The ages, in years, of the 7 members of a committee 
are 32, 37, 24, 22, 28, 31, and x. If the median age is 
28 and the oldest member is 17 years older than the 
youngest member. what is the value of x? 
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MI--------.j! 
12. In the figure above,	 MNP is an equilateral triangle 
with perimeter) 8, MQRP is a parallelogram, and 
MN =3MQ. What is the perimeter of MQRP? 
13. When the positive integer	 h is divided by 10, the 
remainder is 6. When the positive integer k is divided 
by 10, the remainder is 8. What is the remainder when 
h +k is divided by 10 ? 
COUPONS COLLECTED 
14.	 Four students each collected coupons to buy computer 
equipment for their school. The circle graph above 
shows the distribution, by percent, of all the coupons 
collected by the students. If each coupon had a value 
of $2.50 and Joe's coupons had a total value of $315.00, 
what was the total number of coupons collected by the 
four students? 
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x =y2 
x =JZ 
z =8y 
15. In the system of equations above , if x > 1, whatis the 
value of x? 
16. Last week the Star Bakery made 3 kinds	 of cakes. 
One half of the cakes were made with 4 eggs each, 
two thirds of the rest of the cakes were made with 
3 eggs each, and the remaining 54 cakes were made 
with 2 eggs each. What was the total number of eggs 
used to make all of these cakes? 
17. In the xy-plane , line	 f. passes through the point (0, 1) 
~ 
and is parallel to the line with equation 2x +3y = 6. 
If the equation of line f. is y =ax + b, what is the 
value of a + b 'l 
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18.	 The sequence of figures above starts with one hexagon. 
Each successive figure is formed by adding a ring of 
identical hexagons around the preceding figure. What 
is the total number of bexagons in the fifth tigure of the 
sequence? 
STOP 
If you finish before time Is called, you may check your work on this section only.
 
Do not tum to any other section in the test.
 
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SECTION 3 
Time - 25 minutes 
23 Questions 
Turn to Section 3 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and till in the corresponding 
circle on the answer sheet. 
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank 
indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath 
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A 
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when 
inserted in the sentence, bestfits the meaning of the 
sentence as a whole. 
Example: 
, Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed
 
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both
 
labor and management.
 
(A) enforce .. useful 
(B) end .. divisive 
(C) overcome .. unattractive 
(D) extend .. satisfactory 
(E) resolve .. acceptable 0	 ® @ @. 
1.	 Abida quickly realized that the director was extremely 
-------: she and the other cast members could never 
anticipate how he would respond. 
(A) negative (B) boring (C) unpredictable 
(D) humorous (E) courageous 
2.	 Flannery O'Connor was ------- as a writer of ------­
talent early in her career, receiving high praise for her 
short stories while she was still a student. 
(A) criticized., little 
(B) challenged . . famous 
(C) celebrated., shallow 
(0) condemned . . amazing 
(E) recognized .. considerable 
3.	 The bee hummingbird has an average length of
 
only two inches, making it the most ------- of all
 
hummingbird species.
 
(A) voracious (B) diminutive (C) capricious 
(D) superfluous (E) prodigal 
4.	 Naturally, ------- facilitates friendships: the people we 
live near or interact with frequently are more likely to 
become our friends. 
(A) enmity (B) proximity (C) beneficence 
(D) partisanship (E) magnanimity 
5.	 Able to survive subzero temperatures, long periods 
of darkness, and days-without food, the Arctic wolf 
is clearly a very i- animal. 
(A) 'greedy (B) social (C) cunning 
(D) hardy (E) aggressive 
6.	 Ellen respects Gary's qualities of broad-mindedness 
and humanism; she cannot, however, ------- them 
with his ------- support of a political creed that 
seems to oppose precisely those qualities. 
(A) repudiate .. jingoistic 
(B) undermine .. wavering 
(C) -assuage .. logical 
(D) reconcile .. dogmatic
 
. (E) acknowledge .. polemical
 
7.	 The paucity of autobiographical documents left by the 
royal attendants has compelled historian Raul Salazar 
to ------- the motives of these courtiers from their ------­
rather than from any diaries or correspondence. 
(A) stipulate., accomplishments 
(B) contemplate . . journals
 
-(C) surmise .. deeds
 
(D) allege" assertions 
(E) elicit., missives 
8.	 The painter lamented the evanescence of beauty, 
even though she seemed in several of her works to 
have ------- it as it passed and so ------- it for posterity, 
(A) seized .. absolved 
(B) vanquished .. perpetuated 
(C) arrested .. preserved 
(D) neglected., established
 
.(E) dispelled . . enshrined
 
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The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions followi_ng a pair of related passages may also 
be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the 
passages and in any introductory material that may be provided. 
Questions 9-13 are based on the following passages. 
Passage 1 
Line 
5 
/0 
J5 
Ecotourism has been broadly defined as recreational 
travel that is focused on the natural environment and 
that seeks to minimize.its impact on that environment. 
However. there is little doubt that increasing numbers 
of ecotourists also pose a threat to the quality and 
sustainability of natural ecosystems. Numerous accounts 
of tourists' "loving nature to death" have been reported. 
and concern is growing that ecotourism is becoming 
nothing more than a "green" label that dresses up 
exploitative and destructive human behavior. Despite 
widespread advocacy for education as a solution to 
minimizing ecotourists' impacts on the natural 
environment. few tests of the effectiveness of educational 
programs in controlling tourists' behavior have been 
conducted. 
Passage 2 
20 
25 
Although a substantial part of tourism is the "sun. 
surf, and sand" variety, the fastest-growing segment is 
ecotourism. There is. however. substantial concern about 
the potential negative impacts of ecotourism on the 
environment and about the necessity to plan and regulate 
ecotourism to prevent them. There clearly have been abuses 
and mismanaged activities. Better planning and regulation 
are essential. Yet ecotourism brings many people into 
environments in which they can learn about the locale 
and learn environmental principles that can heighten their 
awareness of and commitment to environmental protection 
in general. Increased emphasis on environmental learning 
as part of ecotourism could help prevent or reduce' 
ecotourism's negative impacts. 
9. The authors of both passages would most likely agree 
that ecotourism 
(A) is most popular in sunny coastal environments 
(B) may harm the environment it claims to value 
(C) may soon be more common than other types of 
tourism 
(D) serves to educate the public about environmental 
issues 
(E) should be tightly regulated in order to minimize 
its impact . 
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10. Unlike Passage 2. Passage 1 primarily emphasizes 
ecotourism's 
(A) economic consequences 
(B) educational value 
(C) increasing popularity 
(D) uncertain origins 
(E) damaging effects 
11. The author of Passage 2 would most likely characterize 
the tourists who love "nature to death" (Passage 1. 
line 7) as 
(A)	 evidence of the need for further environmental 
education 
(B)	 proof that ecotourism should be banned within 
fragile ecosystems 
(C) concerned about the impact of their actions 
(D) unaware of the regulations governing ecotourism 
(E) insincere in their interest in the environment 
12. In line 15, "conducted't most nearly means 
(A) performed 
(B) channeled 
(C) transmitted 
(D) escorted 
(E) directed 
13. Which statement best characterizes the relationship 
between the two passages? 
(A)	 Passage 2 pro,idc:s a historical perspective on a 
situation thai Passage 1 portrays as a recent 
problem. 
(B)	 Passage 2 takes a positive stance on an issue that 
Passage 1 pre:scIII.S somewhat pessimistically. 
(C)	 Passage 2 pro,idG personal experience with a 
phenomenon ~ 1considers theoretically. 
(D)	 Passage 2 suggests _ iaDo'"ati'"e solution to a 
puzzle outlined ill ~ I. 
(E)	 Passage 2 provides n~ thIl aMIICI'S a 
criticism raised iDPas:aF I. 
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Questions 14-23 are based on the following passage. 
The following passage is adaptedfrom a 2002 book about 
modem medicine. 
The explanation of pain that has dominated much' 
of medical history originated with Rene Descartes, more 
than three centuries ago. Descartes proposed that pain 
Line is a purely physical phenomenon-that tissue injury 
5;' stimulates specific nerves that transmit an impulse 
to the brain, causing the mind to perceive pain. The 
phenomenon, he said, is like pulling on a rope to ring 
a bell in the brain. It is hard to overstate how ingrained 
this account has become. In everyday medicine, doctors 
10 see pain in Descartes's terms-as a physical process, 
a sign of tissue injury. We look for a ruptured disk or 
a fracture and we try to fix what's wrong. 
The limitations of this mechanistic explanation, 
however, have been apparent for some time, since people 
15 with obvious injuries sometimes report feeling no pain 
at all. In the 1960s researchers proposed that Descartes's 
model be replaced with what they called the gate control 
theory of'pain. They argued that before pain signals reach 
the brain, they must first go through a gating mechanism 
20 in the spinal cord, which could ratchet them up or down. 
In some cases, this hypothetical gate could simply stop 
pain impulses from getting to the brain. 
Their most startling suggestion was that what controlled 
the gate was not just signals from sensory nerves but also 
25 emotions and other "output" from the brain. They were 
saying that pulling on the rope need not make the bell 
ring. The bell itself-the mind-could stop it. This theory 
prompted a great deal of research into-how such factors 
as mood, gender, and beliefs influence the ex.perience of 
30 pain. In a British study, for example, researchers measured 
pain threshold and tolerance levels in 52 ballet dancers and 
53 university students by using a common measurement 
known as the cold pressor test. The test is ingeniously 
simple. (I tried it at home myself.) After immersing your 
35 hand in body-temperature water for two minutes to 
establish a baseline condition, you dunk your hand in 
a bowl of ice water and start a clock running. You mark 
the time when it begins to hurt: that is your pain threshold. 
Then you mark the time when it hurts too much to keep 
40 your hand in the water: that is your pain tolerance. The 
test is always stopped at 120seconds, to prevent injury. 
The results were striking. On average female students 
reported pain at 16 seconds and pulled their hands out of 
the ice water at 37 seconds. Female dancers went almost 
45' three times as long on both counts. Men in both groups 
had a higher threshold and tolerance for pain. but the 
difference between male dancers and male nondancers 
was nearly as large. What explains that difference? 
Probably it has something to do with the psychology of 
50 ballet dancers-a group distinguished by self-discipline, 
physical fitness, and competitiveness, as well as by a high 
rate of chronic injury. Their driven personalities and 
competitive culture evidently inure them to pain. 
Other studies along these lines have shown that 
55	 extroverts have greater pain tolerance than introverts and 
that, with training, one can diminish one's sensitivity to 
pain. There is also striking evidence that very simple kinds 
of mental suggestion can have powerful effects on pain. 
In one study of 500 patients undergoing dental procedures, 
60 those who were given a placebo injection and reassured 
that it would relieve their pain had the least discomfort­
not only less than the patients who got a placebo and were 
told nothing but also less than the patients who got a real 
anesthetic without any reassuring comment that it would 
65 work. Today it is abundantly evident that the brain is 
actively involved in the experience of pain and is no mere 
bell on a string. Today every medical textbook teaches 
the gate control theory as fact. There's a problem with it, 
though. It explains people who have injuriesbut feel no , 
70 pain, but it doesn't explain the reverse, which is far more 
common-the millions of people who experience chronic 
pain, such as back pain, with no signs of injury whatsoever. 
Gate control theory accepts Descartes's view that what 
you feel as pain is a signal from tissue injury transmitted 
75 by nerves to the brain, and it adds the notion that the brain 
controls a gateway for such an injury signal. Butin the 
case of something like chronic back pain, there often is no 
injury. So where does the pain come from? The rope and 
clapper are gone, but the bell is still ringing. '. 
14. The primary purpose of the passage is to 
(A)	 describe how modern research has updated an old 
explanation 
(B) argue for the irrelevance of-a popular theory 
(C) support a traditional view with new data 
(D)	 promote a particular attitude toward physical 
experience 
(E)	 propose an innovative treatment for a medical 
condition 
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15. Which statementbest describes Descartes's theory of 
pain as presented in lines 3-8 ("Descartes ... brain") ? 
(A) The brain can shut pain off at will. 
(B)	 The brain plays no part in the body's experience 
of pain. 
(C) Pain can be triggered in many different ways. 
(D) Pain is a highly personal phenomenon. 
(E) Pain is an automatic response to bodily injury. 
16. In line II, "sign" most nearly means 
(A) symbol 
(B) gesture 
(C) image 
(D) indication 
(E) omen 
17. The author implies that the rea.. 
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22. The author refers to "chronic back pain" (line 77) as an 
example of something that is 
(A) costly, because it afflicts millions of people 
(B) dubious, because it is often claimed fraudulently 
(C)	 puzzling, because it sometimes has no apparent 
cause 
(D) frustrating, because it does not improve with 
therapy 
(E)	 tantalizing, because it lies beyond the reach of 
medicine 
23.	 The last sentence of the passage ("The rope ... 
ringing") serves primarily to express . 
(A) the incomprehensibility of scientific judgments 
(B) the inadequacy of abstract metaphors 
(0) the futility of theoretical inquiry 
(D) a conundrum that faces researchers
 
(E~ an ambiguity at the heart of science
 
NOTE: The reading passages in this test are generally 
drawn from published works, and this material is 
sometimes adapted for testing purposes. The ideas 
contained in the passages do not necessarily represent 
the opinions of the College Board. 
STOP 
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SECTION 4 
Time - 25 minutes 
25 Questions 
Turn to Section 4 (page 5) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
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 . 
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank 
indicating that something has been omitted . Beneath 
the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A 
through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when 
inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the 
sentence as a whole. 
Example: 
Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed 
a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both 
labor and management 
(A) enforce .. useful 
(B) end . . divisive 
(C) overcome .. unattractive 
(D) extend . . satisfactory 
(E) resolve .. acceptable 0@@®. 
1.	 Excelling in her academic studies, Yuki earned 
a number of ------- and awards. 
(A) vindications (B) proposals 
(C) contingencies (D) honors 
(E) reprimands 
2.	 The newspaper's editorial section regularly publishes 
the ------- of those readers who are knowledgeable 
enough about an issue to ------- their points powerfully 
and articulately. 
(A) suggestions . . dismiss 
(B) analyses .. subvert 
(C) opinions . . argue 
(D) retractions . . belabor 
(E) experiments . . consider 
3.	 Doctors initially feared that antibiotics would have 
------- effect, destroying healthy tissue as well as 
harmful bacteria. 
(A) a deleterious (B) a minuscule 
(C) a salutary (D) an antiquated 
(E) an immediate 
4.	 Native American potters often ------- the shortcuts 
offered by modem technology (such as the use of 
commercial clay, pigments, or kiln firing), instead 
------- the traditional methods of their ancestors. 
(A) laud .. resuscitating­
(B) flout . . relinquishing 
(C) circumvent . . renouncing 
(D) propound .. cleaving to 
(E) eschew . . adhering to 
5.	 Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker leaves an ------- impression 
on audiences : children especially remember the 
dazzling costumes and stirring music. 
(A) amorphous (B) indelible (C) ineffable 
(D) innocuous (E) inscrutable 
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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 paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or ~ in the 
passages and in any introductory material that may be provided. 
Questions 6-7"are based on the following passage. 
A turning leaf stays green at first, then reveals splotches 
of yellow and red as chlorophyll gradually breaks down. 
Dark green seems to stay longest in the veins, outlining 
Line and defining them. During the summer, chlorophyll breaks 
5 down in the heat and light, but it is also being steadily 
replaced. In the fall, on the other hand, no new pigment 
is produced, and so we notice the other colors that were 
always there, although chlorophyll's shocking green hid 
them from view. With their camouflage gone, we see these 
10 colors for the first time aU year, and marvel, but they were 
always there, hidden like a vivid secret beneath the hot 
glowing greens of summer. 
6.	 The passage serves primarily to 
(A) present a debate 
(B) explain a phenomenon 
(C) recount an experiment 
(D) advocate an action 
(E) refute a theory 
7.	 According to the passage. which of the following most 
directly causes leaves to change their color in the fall? 
(A) Chlorophyll in the leaves beginning to break 
down then 
(B)	 Heat and light causing new pigments tobe 
produced " 
(C) Chlorophyll changing from green to other colors 
(D) Existing pigments becoming more uniform 
(E) New chlorophyll no longer being produced 
Questions 8-9 are based on the following passage. 
I'm watching Sesame Street with my daughter. Today 
Grover has transported us to Alaska, where a local lass is 
suiting up to face the Arctic chill, with the help of her 
Lint. mother, who sews fur pelts together to fashion a coat to 
5 repel the subzero temperatures. The child rushes out into 
the crisp fresh air to meet other children, laughing sweetly. 
It looks so wholesome, so simple, so uncomplicated. No 
fancy schools to get into, no apartments to compare. It 
looked pleasant there, out in the bleak but weirdly alluring 
10 slate of glistening frost punctuated only by playful tykes 
toting their homemade lunches to school in swinging 
buckets. 
8.	 The narrator would most likely characterize 
the depiction of Alaska on Sesame Street as 
(A) lurid 
(B) idyllic 
(C) eclectic 
(D) nebulous 
(E) trite 
9.	 In context, the references to "fancy schools" and 
"apartments" (line 8) serve to 
(A) illustrate the glamour of urban environments 
(B) suggest some concerns the narrator may have" 
(C)	 establish a contrast between past and present 
lifestyles 
(0) indicate the narrator's distaste for rural living 
(E) challenge the stereotyped view of a region 
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Questions 10-16 are based on the following passages. later stuck in the "in to make themselves sound more 
high-tone. 
These passages discuss Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 ? There are all kinds of other dates floating around, too, 
-1982), a star professional baseball pitcher who continued 45 but I'll go by that birth certificate. Besides, it doesn't really 
to play successfully even when he was much older than any make any difference how old I tell people I am. They've 
other player. Passage 1 is adaptedfrom a 1994 biography; been carrying on-so long about my age, nobody will believe 
Passage 2from Paige's autobiography. what I say. Like that gent I ran into in 1947. He quit 
playing in 19J0, but he swore he played against me. 
Passage 1 50 I just let him talk. 
When was Satchel Paige born? The myriad answers 
to that question have become one of the greatest sports 
10. The primary purpose-of both passages is to 
enigmas of all time and playa huge part in bringing a sense (A) address an uncertainty 
Line of myth and mystery to Paige's life. When the Cleveland I (B) discuss a solution 
5 Indians' owner Bill Veeck signed Paige in 1948, Veeck (C) analyze two sides of a debate 
did as much to obfuscate the age issue-an issue he stoked (D) illuminate a popular theory 
constantly as a public relations gimmick-as Satchel ever (E) question the importance of an idea 
did himself. For aid and comfort in this, Veeck could count 
on the succor-witting or unwitting or perhaps both-of 11. Compared with the tone of the first paragraph 
10 Lula Coleman Paige, Satchel's "mother. of Passage 1, the tone of the first paragraph of 
Lula Paige confided to a sportswriter that her son was in Passage 2 is more 
J5 
fact three years older than he was thought to be; a few years 
later, she had another epiphany. He was, she said, two years " 
older. This she knew because she had written down the 
year of his birth in her Bible, and it said, right there, plain 
as day, "1904:' 
When Satchel Paige committed his memoirs to print" 
(A) pensive 
(B) scholarly 
(C) ambivalent 
(D) incredulous 
(E) conversational 
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in 1962, though, he wasn't ready to go with that version. 
"Seems like Morn's Bible would know," he wrote, but 
she had never shown him that Bible. "Anyway~" he added, 
"sometimes she tended to forget things." 
12. The "Bible" in line 15, Passage 1, and the 
"birth certificate" in lines 38~39, Passage 2, 
are each mentioned because they provide 
But never let it be said that Satchel Paige didn't learn (A) emotional memories 
from his mama. A decade and a half later, when Lula was (B) supporting evidence 
gone, he was ready and rehearsed in the fable, only he had (C) personal testimonials 
25 expanded Lula's homily to include thirteen Bibles ... and (D) comic relief 
thirteen goats. He had, he admitted, never actually seen (E) government documentation 
the apocryphal Bible-but that was the fault of one of 
the goats, which he insisted had mistaken the book for 13. The author of Passage I presents Paige as speaking 
cabbage leaves and eaten it. He did know one thing, "with piquant irony" (line 30) because the story of 
30 though. "That goat," he said with piquant irony, the goat 
"lived to be twenty-seven." 
(A) explains why Paige did not know his exact age 
Passage 2 (B) presents sportswriters in an undignified light 
After I hit the top. every couple of months just about 
I got my name in the papers when those writers played 
guessing games about when I was born. I never put a stop 
(C) 
(D) 
(E) 
mocks the research methods used by the press 
pokes fun at all the fuss about Paige's age 
was well-known to Paige's mother 
35 to it and my family and my buddies didn't help because 
they kept giving different dates. You see, nobody paid 
much attention when kids by the bay were born. 
But the government paid attention and there's a birth 
14. In context, Paige's reference to the writers' "guessing 
games" (line 34) suggests that he viewed the debate 
about his age to be 
certificate in Mobile, Alabama, saying I was born (A) exceedingly complicated 
40 July 7, 1906. Now I know it's made out for a LeRoy Page, (B) unnecessarily competitive 
but my folks started out spelling their name "Page" and (C) universally appealing 
(0) ultimately trivial 
(E) highly disrespectful 
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15. The author of Passage 1 would most likely respond 
to the claim that Paige "never put a stop to it" 
(lines 34-35, Passage 2) by adding that Paige 
(A) helped create stories about his birth date 
(B) was unconcerned about others' opinions 
(C)	 was solely responsible for stirring up
 
the debate
 
(D) did not benefit from the controversy 
(E) was irresponsible in his actions 
16. Each passage concludes with 
(A) a sincere assertion 
(B) a humorous anecdote 
(C) a frank observation 
(D) an extended analogy 
(E) an explicit appeal 
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Questions 17-25 are based on the following passage. 
In the following passage, adapted from a 2002 novel, 
a young woman named Harriet Cleve is thinking about 
a house, now in ruins, that once belonged to her family. 
The house, amusingly. had been called Tribulation. 
.Judge Cleve's grandfather had named it that because 
he claimed the building of it had very nearly killed him. 
line Nothing remained of it but the twin chimneys and the 
5	 mossy brick wall-s-the bricks worked in a tricky 
herringbone pattern-leading from the foundation down to 
the front steps where five cracked tiles on the riser, in faded 
blue, spel1cd the letters C-L-E-V-E. 
To Harriet, these five tiles were a fascinating relic of 
/0	 a lost civilization. To her, their fine, watery blue was the 
blue of wealth, of memory, of Europe, of heaven; and 
the Tribulation she deduced from them glowed with the 
phosphorescence and splendor of dream itself. In her mind, 
her dead ancestors moved like royalty through the rooms 
/5	 of this lost palace. 
Apart from the tiles, few concrete artifacts of Tribulation 
remained. Most of the rugs and fixtures-the marble 
statues, the chandelier-had been carted off in crates 
marked Miscellaneous and sold to an antiques dealer in 
20 Greenwood who'd paid only half what they were worth. 
How then to reconstruct this extinct colossus? What 
fossils were left, what clues had she to go on? The 
foundation was still there, out from town a bit. She wasn't 
sure exactly where, and somehow it didn't matter. Only 
25	 once, on a winter afternoon long ago, had she been taken 
out to see it. To a smal1child, it gave the impression of 
having supported a structure far larger than a house, a city 
almost. She had a memory of her grandmother Edie 
(tomboyish in khaki trousers) jumping excitedly from room 
30	 to room, her breath coming out in white clouds, pointing 
out the parlor, the dining room, the library-though all this 
was hazy. 
A scattering of lesser artifacts had been salvaged from 
Tribulation-linens, monogrammed dishes, a ponderous 
35	 rosewood sideboard, vases, china clocks, dining room 
chairs-and broadcast through her own house and the 
houses of her aunts: random fragments, a legbone here, a 
vertebra there, from which Harriet set about reconstructing 
the burned magnificence she had never seen. And these 
40	 rescued artifacts beamed with a serene light all their own: 
the silver was heavier, the embroideries richer, the crystal 
more delicate , and the porcelain a finer, rarer blue. But 
most eloquent of all were the stories passed down to her­
highly decorated items that Harriet embellished even 
45	 further in her resolute myth of the enchanted alcazar, the 
fairy chateau" that never was. She possessed, to a singular 
'and uncomfortable degree, the narrowness of vision that 
enabled al1 the Cleves to forget what they didn't want to 
remember and to exaggerate or herwise alter what. they 
50	 couldn't forget; and in 'restringiqg the skeleton of the 
extinct monstrosity that had beenher family's fortune, she 
was unaware that some of the bOnes had been tampered 
with; that others belcnged 'eedifferent animals entirely; tha 
a great many of the more massive and spectacular bones 
55	 Were not bones at all but plaster-of-Paris forgeries. (The 
famous Bohemian chandelier/for instance, had not come 
from Bohemia at all; it was::ntkeven made of crystal; the 
judge's mother had orderedsit'from a catalog.) Least of all 
did she realize that constantly in the course of her labors 
60	 she trod back and forth 01'\ certain humble. dusty fragment! 
that, had she bothered toexamine them, afforded the true­
and rather disappointing-key to the entire structure. The 
mighty, thundering, opulent.,.tib\l,~tion that she had so 
laboriously reconstructed intlermmd was not a replica of 
. 65 any house that had ever existed but a chimera, a fairy tale. 
• AI:azar is a Spanish palace; a chateau is a large French country house . 
17. The primary focus of the passage is on how 
(A) Harriet rejects her youthful illusions 
(B) Harriet interprets her family'shistory 
(C)	 Harriet discovers heirlooms at her family 's home 
(0) the Cleves maintained their lavish li festyle 
(E) each of the Cleves responded to fortune 
18. Lines 9-15 ("To ... palace") characte 
. primarily as 
Harriet 
(A) enthusiastic about art and antiques 
(B)	 inclined to be analytical and detail oriented 
(C) troubled by her family's legacy 
(D)	 fascinated by cultural history 
(E) prone to romantic reverie 
19. Lines 22-24 ("The foundation ... matter'rj .suggest 
what about Harriet's attitude toward visiting the hous 
(A)	 She does not believe there is anything leftof the 
house. 
(B)	 She worries about trespassing on someone else's 
property. 
(C)	 -Shefeels no need to revisit the physical remains 
of the house. 
(0)	 She has no interest in rebuilding the family estat 
(E)	 She is uneasy about exploring a deserted 
neighborhood. 
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20.	 In line 36, the word "broadcast" suggests that the
 
artifacts were,
 
(A)	 displayed openly 
(B) advertised publicly
 
'(C) announced loudly
 
(0)	 glorified excessively 
(E)	 distributed widely 
·21.	 In what way is the "myth" mentioned in line 45 
"resolute"? 
(A)	 It has endured over many generations ofCleves. 
(B)	 It has not been refuted by historical records. 
(C)	 It demonstrates Harriet's steadfast support of 
family members. 
(D) It reflects Harriet'sdetermination to maintain 
a certain view. 
(E)	 It underscores the universal appeal of a type 
of story. 
22. In lines 46-50 ("She ... forget"), the narrator implies 
that the Cleve family employed memory primarily as 
a means of 
(A)	 enhancing mental alertness 
(B)	 protecting cherished beliefs 
(C)	 healing family divisions 
(D) inspiring family achievements 
(E) reinforcing a fatalistic worldview 
23.	 The narrator's account of the "Bohemian chandelier" 
(lines 55-58) serves to 
(A) provide an example of a recurrent phenomenon 
(B) indicate surprise about an unexpected discovery 
(C)	 offer an'explanation for an apparent incongruity 
(0)	 illustrate the source of a profound disappointment 
(E) suggest the great value of an inherited artifact 
24.	 The narrator suggests that the "key" (line 62) would 
have given Harriet 
(A) unlimited access to the house 
(B)	 a false solution to the mystery 
(C) a realistic understanding of the past' 
(D)	 an opportune moment to pursue new interests 
(E) a strong obligation to keep the family's secret 
25.	 The final sentence of the passage (lines 62-65) 
indicates what about the house Harriet's grandfather 
built? 
(A)	 It was not as much of a tribulation as Harriet has 
always been told. 
(B)	 It had never actually been owned by Harriet's 
family. . 
(C) It was not as palatial as Harriet imagines it to be. 
(0)	 It was deliberately destroyed by Harriet's family. 
(E)	 It would have been a very comfortable home for 
Harriet as a child. 
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SECTI()N 5 
Time - 25 minutes 
20 Questions 
Turn to Section 5 (page 5) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding 
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work. 
Vl 
Q) 
"5 
Z 
l. The use of a calculator is permitted. 
2. All numbers used are real numbers. 
3. Figures that accompany problems ill this test areintended 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 otherwise indicated. 
4. Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed (0 he the set of all real numbers x for which 
!(x) is a real number. 
t:: 
0
'g 
§ 
..E 
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o 
s::: 
~ 
~ 
CIl 
~ 
e h
 
x sG Ow ~ U Ejh b~ rH·' ., 4Y'30e r ~ b « a x'J3 s 
A =nr2 
A=	 fw A=Jbh V=bvh V=n,.2h c 2=a 2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles C= 2trr 
Thenumber of degrees of arc in a circle is 360. 
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180. 
1.	 If x + y =z and z = 8, what is the value of 
x + y + z? 
(A) 8 
(B) 12 
(C) 16 
(D) 24 
(E) 64 
2. In the figure above, which of the labeled points is 
inside circle X and circle Y but not inside circle Z ? 
(A) A 
(B) B. 
(C) C 
(D) D 
(E) E 
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3.	 The length of one piece of rope is 4 inches more than 
2 times the length of a shorter piece. If the length of the 
longer piece is 26 inches, what is the length, in inches, 
of the shorter piece? 
(A) 9 
(B) II 
(C) 13 
(0) 15 
(E) 17 
B 
Note: Figure not drawn to scale. 
4.	 In the triangle above. AC =5 and Be = 7. What is 
the length of AB? 
(A) 4 
(B) 5 
(C) 6 
(0) 7 
(E) 8 
5. If x and yare positive integers and 3x + 5y = 18, 
what is the value of x ? 
(A) 1 
(B) 2 
(C) 3 
(0) 4 
(E) 5 
x f(x) 
-1 1 
-2 -2 
-3 4 
-5 6 
-6 5 
6. The function f is defined by the table above. 
For which value of x does f(x) == [x]? 
(A) -1 
(B) -2 
(C) -3 
(0) -5 
(E) -6 
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EMPLOYMENT AT THREE COMPANLES 
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~ 125+---~---­
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2	 50 
§	 25 
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7.	 The graph above shows the numbers of employees 
at companies A, B, and C. The companies are to 
be combined to form a new company. All current 
employees will work for the new company, and no. 
new ones will be hired. What will be the ratio of the 
number of males to the number of females in the new 
company? 
(A) 2:3 
(B)	 3:2 
(C)	 3:5 
(D)	 4:5 
(E)	 5:4 
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Company 
2ba 38. If - = -, then ab = 
2a 2 
(A) 3 
3(B) 
2 
4(C) 
3 
3
(J?) 
4 
1(E) 
3 
CAFFEINE CONTENT OF '
 
DIFFERENT BEVERAGES
 
Beverage Size 
Amount 
of Caffeine 
Coffee 60z 60mg 
Tea 8 oz. 70mg 
Cola 120z 45mg 
9.	 Based on the table above, which of the following lists 
the beverages from least to greatest caffeine content 
per ounce? 
(A)	 Coffee, Tea, Cola 
(B)	 Coffee, Cola, Tea 
(C)	 Tea, Coffee, Cola 
(D)	 Tea, Cola, Coffee 
(E)	 Cola, Tea, Coffee 
y = x + 2k 
10. In the equation above,	 k is a constant. If y ;::; 2 " 
when x = 5, what is the value of x when y ;::; 5 ? 
(A)	 -3 
(B)	 -2 
(C) 2 
(D) 3 
(E) 8 
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11. Five 6-inch rods are shown lying end-to-end in the top 
row of the figure above. If the total span of the rods 
is reduced to 22 inches by overlapping the rods equally 
as shown in the bottom row of the figure, how long in 
inches is each of the overlaps? 
(A)	 8
 
(B)	 6
 
(C)	 4
 
(D)	 2
 
(E) I
 
12.	 ]f x2 + 8x ~ -IS, which of the following is a possible 
value of x 'l 
(A) -6 
(B) -4 
(C) -2 
(D) 0 
(E) 2
 
13. Machine A produces chairs at a constant 'rate of 
6 chairs per hour, and machine B produces chairs at 
a constant rate of 8 chairs per hour. How many more 
minutes does it take machine A to produce 32 chairs 
than it takes machine B? 
(A) 20
 
(B) 60
 
(C) 80
 
(D) 90
 
(E) 120
 
14. The measure of the largest angle in a certain triangle is 
twice the sum of the measures of the remaining angles. 
What is the measure of the largest angle? 
(A) 45° 
(B) 60° 
(C) 90° 
(D) 1200
 
(E) 1500
 
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15.	 If m > 0, whieh of the following is closest in value 
to O.56m? 
m
(A) 
56 
(B) 
In 
6 
m(C) 
5 
(D) 
m 
2 
5m(E) 
6 
c 
16. In the figure above, the circle has center 0 and 
radius 6. What is the length of arc ACB ? 
(A) 1£..fi 
(B) 1.51£ 
(C) 31£ 
(D) 3../2 
(E) 612 
y 
.P (0, 2) ...--__R (3, 2) 
o 
17. In the figure above, points	 P and R arc the endpoints 
of one of the diagonals of a square (not shown). Whict 
of the following are the coordinates of one of the other 
vertices of this square? 
(A) (1, 1.5) 
(B) (1,3.5)
 
(C). (1.5, 1.5)
 
(D) (1.5, 2.5) 
(E) (1.5, 3.5) 
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18. A portion of the graph of the function f is shown 
in the xy-pJane above. What is the y-intercept of the 
graph of the function g defined by g(x) = f(x) + 1( 
(A) -2 
(B) 0 
(C) 1 
(D) 2 
(E) 3 
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1 1 1 
(1)(2)' (2)(3)' (3)(4) 
19. The first three terms of a sequence are given above. 
The nth term of the sequence is (n)(~ + I)' which 
is equal to 1. - ---.l-1' What is the sum of the first 
n n+ 
50 terms of this sequence? 
(A) 
50
(B) 
51 
49
(C) 
50 
24
(D) 
50 
1
(E) 
(50)(51) 
p_----.G 
B I----.a---.,.c 
E 
A D 
20. In the figure above, ABeD and BFGH are squares, 
E is the midpoint of AB, and FE = CEo If AD = 1, 
what is the length of BH ? 
Z(A) 3 
(B) 
J3 
T 
(C) J5 
2 
(D) 
.J3 -1 
2 
(E) 
J5 -1 
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SECTION 7 
Time - 25 minutes 
35 Questions 
Turn to Section 7 (page 6) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
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. 
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness 
of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence 
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of 
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the 
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If 
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence 
than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not. select 
one of the other choices. 
In making your selection. follow the requirements of 
standard written English; that is. pay attention to grammar. 
choice of words. sentence construction. and punctuation. 
Your selection should result in the most effective 
sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or 
ambiguity. 
EXAMPLE: 
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book 
and she was sixty-five years old then. 
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then 
(B) when she was sixty-five 
(C) at age sixty-five years old 
(D) upon the reaching of sixty-five years 
(E) at the time when she was sixty-five 
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1. Below the bend, the river. flowing more swiftly. as 
it cuts through sand hills covered with pine trees. 
(A) river, flowing more swiftly. as it cuts 
(B) river, flowing more swiftly. cutting 
(C) river flows more swiftly and it is cutting 
(D) river flows more swiftly as it cuts 
(E) river flows more swiftly; it cuts 
2.	 Although the Milky Way Galaxy is now two and a half 
million light-years away from the Andromeda Galaxy. 
but it is predicted by scientists that the two galaxies 
will merge into one in a few billion years. 
(A) but it is predicted by scientists that 
(B) but scientists predict 
(C) scientists who predict 
(D) scientists predicting 
(E) scientists predict that 
3.	 After receiving a degree in agriculture from 
Iowa State Agricultural and Mechanical College, 
a faculty position at the college was accepted 
by George Washington Carver. and he took 
charge of the college greenhouses. 
(A)	 a faculty position at the college was accepted 
by George Washington Carver, and he took 
(B)	 a faculty position was accepted by 
George Washington Carver at the college. 
he took 
(C)	 George Washington Carver accepted 
a faculty position at the college and took 
(D) George Washington Carver, accepting 
a position on the faculty at the college. 
taking 
(E)	 George Washington Carver. who accepted 
a faculty position at the college and took 
4.	 Although Debussy and Ravel are generally considered 
an impressionist composer. their compositional styles 
are quite distinct from one another. 
(A)	 an impressionist composer. their compositional 
styles are 
(B)	 to be an impressionist composer. their 
compositional style is 
(C)	 as having been impressionist composers. their 
compositional style is 
(D) impressionist composers, their compositional 
styles are 
(E)	 impressionist composers, whose compositional 
styles are 
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5.	 The underside of the starfish is covered with hundreds 
of tube feet, which it uses to walk around. for attaching 
tightly to,rocks. and holding on to prey. 
(A)	 to walk around, for attaching tightly to rocks, 
and holding 
(B)	 to walk around, for its tight attachment to rocks, 
and to hold 
(C)	 for walking around. to attach tightly to rocks, 
and holding 
(0)	 for walking around. attaching tightly to rocks, 
and holding 
(E)	 for walking around, it can also attach tightly 
to rocks and hold 
6.	 In 1853 African American residents founded the 
San Francisco Athenaeum; its library and museum 
served as the hub of Black intellectual life in the 
region. 
(A) its library and museum served 
(B) its library and museum. they served 
(C) their library and museum serving 
(D) the library and museum will be to serve 
(E) the library and the museum of it serving 
7.	 Television weather forecasters sometimes 
overdramatize. the severity of an approaching 
snowstorm, cause segments of their audience 
unnecessary anxiety. 
(A) cause 
(B) which cause 
(C) causing 
(0) they cause 
(E) yet caused 
8.	 Were I to be granted a whole month in which to do
 
whatever I wanted, I would travel throughout Africa
 
and see as much of that continent as I could.
 
(A) Were I to be granted 
(B) If I would have been granted 
(C) With me being granted 
(D) Granting me 
(E) By being granted 
9.	 Only after reading it carefully several times was the
 
poem beginning to make sense to me.
 
(A) was the poem beginning to make sense to me 
(B) wac; when I began to make sense of the poem 
(C) [began making sense of the poem 
(D) .did the poem begin making sense to me 
(E) did I begin to make sense of the poem 
10. He presented himself before the judge, knowing 
full well that he was guilty yet hoping for leniency. 
(A) yet hoping 
(B) yet he hoped 
(C) and he hoped 
(D) and yet hoped 
(E) and he was hoping 
11.	 They had never before been in a museum with such an 
extensive collection, they had' a difficult time deciding 
how to make the most of the limited time they could 
spend there. 
(A~c" They had never before been 
(R)~	 They never before were 
(t,' Never before had they been 
(D) Never before having been
 
(~, Because of never before being
 
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The following sentences test your ability to recognize 
grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either 
a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more 
than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined 
and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the 
one underlined part that must be changed to make the 
sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. 
In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard 
written English. 
EXAMPLE: 
The other delegates and him immediately 
ABC
 
accepted the resolution drafted by the
 
o 
neutral states. No error
 
E
 
12. Unlike bears and some other carnivorous animals that 
-A­
can survive on plants when meat is scarce, wild cats 
B	 '-C 
must capture prey or	 to go hungry. Noerror
 
I) E
 
13. When a steel mill is shut down because its production 
A 
'methods have become antiquated, what is lost is not 
B 
.only jobs and also a piece of industrial history. 
C D 
No error
 
E
 
14. At least one course in statistics is recommended for 
them who plan to become journalists, because they 
~ B ~ 
will often need to evaluate whether information 
based on statistics is dependable. No error 
C ---0--- E 
15. Coffee tastes bitterly and gives off a burned smell if 
-A- -B­
it is overheated or brewed for 100 long. No error 
C D E 
16. The Crenshaw melon, named after the person 
A 
which developedit, .is a cross between a cantaloupe 
BCD 
and a honeydew melon. No error 
,	 E 
17. Few people could have guessed, as they watch 
~ 
Anna win the tennis match with apparent ease, 
B 
how pessimistic she had been about her chances 
C 
of beating her opponent. No error
 
D E
 
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18. While many people believe that television
-A­
commercials are quite harmful to children, 
others contend that such advertising has
-B-	 C 
very little or no' negative effect. No error 
[)' E 
19. The European magpie, a bird well known 
for their ten~ency to steal shiny objects, is 
A B 
common in European folklore. with many
 
C D
 
superstitions surrounding it. No error 
E 
20. Maxine Hong Kingston's surprisingly unconventional 
A 
book The Woman Warrior blends Chinese myth with
-B-
American reality, fiction with fact, and memory with.	 . -c: 
imagination to create a fascinating tale. No error 
D E 
21.	 Ancient documents wrote on vellum, a form of fine 
A 
parchment made of animal hides, must be stored under 
carefully controlled conditions because changes 
B 
in humidity can be damaging. No error
 
C D E
 
22. The aquatic weed called "giant salvinia," which 
grows far more rapidly than do plants native to the 
A B 
lakes it infests, threaten many freshwater ecosystems. 
--"C D 
No error 
E 
23.	 If it is confirmed experimentally, the theories of 
A B 
Lisa Randall and Raman Sundrum will be among 
C 
the greatest advances in physics of the past 
D 
few decades. No error 
E 
24.	 One of the most visible symbols of increased 
A B 
European unity is the Chunnel, a 3 l-mile tunnel 
C 
beneath the English Channel that took six years 
to complete. No error 
o E 
25. In his lecture on improving the health of children, 
A 
Dr. Hernandez expressed the opinion that kids 
B 
should spend less time in his or her room and 
C D 
more time outdoors. No error
 
E
 
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26. The accelerating pace of both science and technology 
have forced many people to consider questions that 
A B 
formerly were the special domain of philosophers. 
C D 
No error 
E 
27. Most fashion designers agree that diligence, creativity, 
~ 
and a keen understanding of popular tastes are 
B 
a requirement for sustained success in their
 
C D
 
profession. No error
 
E
 
28. The bright orange and black wings of the monarch 
butterfly warns predators that the insect is toxic 
----P:- B C 
if eaten. No error 
-D- E 
29. Interest to revive the ancient Olympic Games as 
A B 
an international event grew when the ruins 'of the 
----c 
ancient city of Olympia were uncovered by German 
D 
archaeologists in the mid-nineteenth century. No error 
E 
Directions: The·following passage is an early draft of an 
essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten. 
Read the passage and select the best answers for the 
questions that follow. Some questions are aboutparticular . 
sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve 
sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you 
to consider organization and development. In choosing 
answers, follow the requirements of standard written 
English. 
Questions 30-35 refer to the following passage. 
(1) The invention of the bicycle in the nineteenth 
century did more than give people a new kind of 
transportation: it triggered social changes, especially 
for women. 
(2) The earliest bicycles had been difficult to ride and 
dangerous. (3) In the 18908 the "safety bicycle," with gears, 
pedals, and reasonably reliable brakes, was introduced and 
began to be mass-produced. (4) The improved bicycle 
caught on quickly as Europe and the United States 
experienced a cycling craze. . 
(5) The wide availability of a relatively inexpensive 
mode of transportation had a particularly dramatic impact 
on the lives of women. (6) Women had traditionally been 
much less mobile than men. (7) Women's enthusiastic 
adoption of the bicycle was such a notable social 
phenomenon that the bicycle came to be associated with 
the new "emancipated woman." (8) Suffragists, who 
campaigned for women's right to vote, dubbed the bicycle 
a "freedom machine" for women. 
(9) According to one estimate, there are over a billion 
bicycles in lise worldwide today. (10) The idea of riding 
a bicycle might not seem very radical today, but in the 
nineteenth century a bicycle-tiding woman was defying 
many stereotypes. (II) For one thing, the bicycle is 
powered by the rider's own muscles. (12) Medical 
authorities had long claimed that "ladies" were naturally 
delicate and could not tolerate physical exertion without 
becoming ill. (13) All of a sudden, women are exercising 
vigorously, pedaling their bicycles without showing any 
signs of harm, (14) Bicycling required less constricting 
clothing than most women had in the nineteenth century. 
(IS) Instead of the voluminous skirts then in fashion, these 
cyclists adopted the "Bloomer suit," named for its inventor 
Amelia Bloomer: loose-fitting pants that gathered at the 
ankle, worn under a knee-length skirt. 
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30. In context, which would be the best revision of the	 34. In context, which is the best version of sentence 14 
underlined part of sentence 3 (reproduced below) ? (reproduced below) ? 
In the 1890.'1 the "safety bicycle, .. with gears, pedals, Bicycling required less constricting clothing than most
 
and reasonably reliable brakes, was introduced and women had in the nineteenth century.
 
began to be mass-produced.
 
(A) (As it is now) 
(A)	 In turn, during the 1890s, (B) While the nineteenth century required constricting 
(B)	 During the 1890s, however, clothing for women, bicycling put a stop to that. 
(C)	 As a matter of fact, it was during the 18908 that (C) It was undeniable that nineteenth-century women 
(D)	 Despite these issues in the 1890s, required less constricting clothing than they 
(E)	 Significantly, only during the 1890s formerly had. 
(D)	 Even more surprising, women required less 
31.	 \Vhich of the following is the most effective way to constricting clothing than they had in the 
combine sentences 5 and 6 (reproduced below) at the . nineteenth century. 
underlined part? (E) Furthermore, because bicycling required Jess 
constricting clothing, nineteenth-century women 
The wide availability ofa relatively inexpensive mode cyclists needed a new mode of dress. 
oftransportation had a particularly dramatic impact 
on the lives ofwomen. Women had traditionally been 
35. In context, which of the following would be the best much less mobile than men. 
concluding sentence for the passage?
 
_JAfwomen's lives that
 
(A) Today, both women and men compete in bicycle (B)	 women's lives because they 
races, and women cyclists have set records for (C)	 women, their lives 
. speed and endurance. 
(D)	 the lives of women, who 
(B)	 In conclusion, women today have a level of (E)	 the lives of women, although they 
control over their lives that nineteenth-century 
women could only dream about. 
32. In context, which is best to do with sentence 9 
(C)	 Since their introduction in the late nineteenth (reproduced below) ? 
century, bicycles have become more popular 
According to one estimate, there are over a billion and are now used for sport, transportation, 
bicycles in use worldwide today. policing, and mail delivery. 
(D)	 The bloomer-wearing, bicycle-riding modern 
(A)	 Make it the first sentence of the passage. woman scandalized the conservative forces in 
(B)	 Connect it with sentence 10 using a semicolon. society, but for many women the bicycle was 
(C)	 Add "for example" after "According to one the beginning of a long ride toward equality. 
estimate" . (E)	 Nowadays, cyclists prefer lightweight, 
(D)	 Make it the last sentence of the passage. nonbinding spandex shorts and tops; it is
(E)	 Delete it from the passage. 
difficult to imagine riding a bicycle in the 
clothing worn by cyclists in the nineteenth 
33. In context, which of the following is best to do with century.
sentence 13 (reproduced below) 1. 
All ofa sudden, women are exercising vigorously,
 
pedaling their bicycles without showing any signs
 
ofharm.
 
(A)	 Delete "All of a sudden,". 
(B) Change "are" to "were". 
(C) Change "exercising" to "exerting". 
(D) Change "without showing" to "and do not show". 
(E)	 Insert "however" at the end of the sentence. 
STOP 
If you finish before time Is called, you may check your work on thls sectlon only.
 
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SECTIONS 
Time - 20 minutes 
16 Questions 
Turn to Section 8 (page 7) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding' 
circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work. 
I. The use of a calculator is pcnnjt.te~t. 
2. All numbers used are real numbers. 
3.Figures that accompany problems in this test arc intended to provide information useful in solving the problems. 
They are drawn us accurately as possible EXCEPTwhen 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 nil real numbers x for which 
.Itx) is a real number. 
t=l	 e.9 
.~ 
-
w 
~ 
§ 
I 
b eG ~ Bh E}
D~v 
c 
A=m·2 
4) 
o A= fw A::::: "2blz v= twh V::::: tr,.2hC= 2rrt'c e 
~ The numberof degrees of arc in itcircle is 360. 0 
~ The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180. 
1.	 If Stan gathered x tomatoes every day for 3 days, how 
many tomatoes did he gather'[ 
(A) x + 3 
(B) x-3 
(e)	 3x 
3(D) x
3x(E) 
b~~r300 
a x...fi 
x s 
-, 4Y'~
 
s 
C 2 ;;; (1 2 + b 2 Special Right Triangles 
------'-~----f.
 
2.	 In the figure.above, what is y in terms of x '7 
(A) 90 - x 
(8) 90 _.! 
.	 2 
(e) 90 +.:!. 
2 
(D) 120 - x 
(E). 180 - x 
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3.	 If 2y ~ 3 and 3y < 7. which of the following could 
be the value of y 't 
(A) 0 
(B) I 
(C) 2 
(D) 3
 
(El 4
 
4.	 The points indicated above could be the vertices of 
which of the following polygons? 
(A) 
(B) 
(C) 
(E) 
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TOTAL COST TO MANUFACT.URE PRODUCT P 
I i I .1 _____~_- ~ ~--__ -~L---
~ $7,000 I I I I 
8cI:l
$6,000
.1 $5,000 
.... $4,000 
o 
~ $3",000= 
~	 $2,000 
$1,000 
01l=----+----4------4---+--­
10 20 30 40 
Number of Units Manufactured 
5.	 The graph above shows thetotal cost to manufacture 
product P based on the number of units manufactured. 
What is the approximate cost to manufacture 35 units 
of product P ? 
(A) $3,500 
(B) $4,700 
(C) $5,200 
(0) $5,700 
(E) $6,100 
I I I 
-----,------T------r~---
I I" I 
-----~------~----_.
I I 
I I-----,------
I------4--­
I 
6.	 If 10 - lOx == 10, what is the value of 10 + lOx? 
(A) 10 
(B) 20 
(C) 90 
(D) 100 
(E) 110 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 
7.	 How many pairs of different numbers can be chosen 
from the list above so-that the sum of the two numbers 
is even? (Note: The pair 1, 3 is the same as the 
pair 3, 1.) 
(A) 6 
(B) 9 
(C) 10 
(D) 15 
(E) 21 
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8.	 In 1997 it was predicted that in the year 2020 the 
total school-age population of Country X will be 
approximately 42 million. This represents a 20 to 
25 percent increase from the 1997 school-age 
population. Which of the following could have been 
the 1997 school-age population of Country X? 
(A) 20 million 
(B) 24 million 
(C) 28 million 
(D) 34 million 
(E) 38 million 
9.	 If the perimeter of a triangle is p and the length x 
of one of its sides is the average (arithmetic mean) 
of the lengths of the other two sides, what is x in 
terms of p? 
(A) '61 
P 
(B) 4 
1 
P 
1(C) 3P 
1
(D) "2 P 
2
(E) 3 P 
10. If	 n is a two-digit number whose units digit is 4 times 
its tens digit, which of the following statements must 
be true? 
(A) n is a multiple of 4. 
(B) n is a multiple of 7. 
(C) n is a multiple of 10. 
(D) n is greater than 40. 
(E) n is less than 20. 
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11. Square tiles measuring ~ 'foot by t foot are sold 
in boxes containing 10 tiles each. What is the least 
number of boxes of tiles needed to cover a rectangular 
floor that has dimensions 12 feet by 13 feet? 
(A)	 7 
(B)	 16 
(C)	 32 
(D)	 57 
(E)	 63 
y =-2 (x - 2)2 + 3 
12. In the xy-plane, line	 .e passes through the point 
(4, - 5) and the vertex of the parabola with the 
equation above. What is the slope of line l ? 
(A)	 -4 
1
(B) 
4 
(C) o 
(D) I 
4 
(E) 4 
13. Of 6 radios in a store, 2 are defective and 4 are not. 
A customer chooses 2 of these radios at random, If 
the first radio chosen is JlQl defective, what is the 
probability that the second radio chosen is alsonm 
defective? 
1 
(A) 10 
2
(B) 
5 
1(C) 
2 
3
(D) 
5 
2(E) 
3 
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Lj 
y 
x 
14.	 In the figure above, segment XY joins two vertices 
of the cube. If the length of XY is ./2, what is the 
volume of the cube? 
(A) 
(B) 2 
(C) 2./2 
(D) »n 
(E) 8 
y 
--- ~~. -- ­.L

y=g(xL 
15.	 In the xy-plane above, the graph of the function f 
is a line, and the graph of the function g is a ' 
parabola. The g~aph.s of f and g intersect at (0. 0) 
and (3,3). For which of the following values,of a 
is g(a)~f(a)  
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8.	 In line 26, "betray" most nearly means 
(A) tempt 
(B)	 deceive 
(C)	 desert 
(D)	 disappoint 
(E)	 reveal 
9.	 The sentence beginning with "More silence" (line 35) 
primarily emphasizes the grandmother's sense of 
(A)	 anticipation 
(B)	 resignation 
(C)	 despair 
(D)	 satisfaction 
(E)	 resolve 
10.	 The sentence in lines 40-42 ("For her ... sensuous") 
serves primarily to explain why the grandmother 
(A) asked her granddaughter to reread her letters 
(B) had not felt it necessary to learn to write 
(C)	 was very particular about the style of her 
stationery 
(D)	 sought approval regarding the appearance 
of her signature 
(E)	 thought it was important-for her granddaughter 
to write well 
11. The granddaughter's question in line 50 primarily 
conveys her 
(A)	 belief that her grandmother's letters did
 
not offer enough details
 
(B)	 determination to include everything her
 
grandmother wanted to say
 
(C)	 resentment about having to write letters
 
for her grandmother
 
(D)	 irritation that her grandmother was avoiding 
certain painful subjects 
(E)	 sense that her grandmother did not write 
to her sister often enough 
12.	 The granddaughter's actions in lines 52-62 
("It: .. up") are motivated by her desire to 
(A) have a more interesting life 
(B)	 write a more entertaining letter 
(C) make her grandmother happy 
(D)	 encourage her grandmother's sister
 
to visit
 
(E)	 develop her own skills as a writer 
13.	 The parenthetical reference in lines 58-60 serves to 
(A)	 explain why the grandmother envied her sister 
in California 
(B)	 suggest that the child found writing letters for 
her grandmother to be rewarding 
(C)	 give an example of a subject that the grandmother 
asked her granddaughter to write about 
(D)	 highlight the granddaughter's desire to have 
others appreciate her writing skills 
(E)	 emphasize the granddaughter's sense of tailoring 
her writing to an audience 
14. In line 62, "meager soup" refers to the 
(A)	 emotional ties between family members 
(B)	 grandmother's modest lifestyle 
(C)	 grandmother's limited writing skills 
(D) substance of the grandmother's letter 
(E) meals served by the grandmother 
15. The granddaughter's attitude in lines 63-69 
("Of course ... treachery") is best described as 
(A) guilty 
(B) wary 
(C)	 conscientious 
(D)	 optimistic 
(E)	 self-satisfied 
16. The granddaughter used "ruled 8~ x t I" (line 76) 
paper because she 
(A)	 disliked the floral pattern on her grandmother's 
stationery 
(B)	 began to view the letter writing as an onerous 
assignment 
(C)	 assumed that she would teach her grandmother 
how to write 
(D)	 required more space than her grandmother's 
stationery provided 
(E)	 anticipated having to write multiple letters 
for her grandmother 
17.	 The phrase "off to the races" (line 78) indicates 
that the author 
(A) viewed writing as a game 
(B)	 plunged enthusiastically into her task 
(C)	 rushed to finish the letters as quickly
 
as possible
 
(D) avoided a direct request
 
. (E) became extremely competitive
 
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18. Lines 79-82 C"I took ... hand") suggest that the 
grandmother wanted to learn how to write "Love" 
because she 
(A) wanted to improve her writing skills 
(B)	 realized that her letters needed an
 
appropriate closing
 
(C)	 was impatient with what seemed to be 
interference from her granddaughter 
(D)	 felt that it was important to contribute 
more directly to the letters 
(E)	 began to feel closer to her sister as her 
letters became more personal 
19. The passage is best interpreted as an account of 
(A) the formative stage of a writer's development • 
(B) a long-standing rivalry between two sisters 
(C)	 a common experience of immigrants in the 
United States 
(D)	 a basic misunderstanding about the purpose 
of writing letters 
(E) a grandmother's aspirations for her granddaughter 
STO p. 
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SECTION 10 
Time - 10 minutes 
14 Questions 
Turn to Section 10 (page 7) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. 
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. 
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness 
of expression. Partof each sentence or the entire sentence 
is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of 
phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the 
original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If 
you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence 
than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select 
one of the other choices. 
In making your selection, follow the requirements of 
standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, 
choice of words, sentence construction. and punctuation. 
Your selection should result in the most effective 
sentence-clear and precise, without awkwardness or 
ambiguity. 
EXAMPLE: 
Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book 
and she was sixty-five years old then. 
(A) and she was sixty-five years old then 
(B) when she was sixty-five 
(C) at age sixty-five years old 
(0) upon the reaching of sixty-five years 
(E) at the time when she was sixty-five 
®e®@ct 
1.	 When I asked which of the children was his daughter, 
he pointed to a little girl feeding a duck in a blue dress. 
(A) feeding a duck in a blue dress 
(B) feeding a duck and was in a blue dress 
(C) feeding a duck, she was in a blue dress 
(0) in a blue dress who was feeding a duck 
(E) in a blue dress. she was feeding a duck 
2.	 Tomorrow we will go to the wildlife park. and then 
lunch will be eaten at ourfavorite spot by the river. 
(A)	 park, and then lunch will be eaten at our
 
favorite spot
 
(B)	 park, but then lunch will be eaten at our
 
favorite spot
 
(C)	 park. but then. at our favorite spot, lunch
 
will be eaten
 
(D) park and then eat lunch at our favorite spot 
(E) park and then are eating lunch at our favorite spot 
3.	 Knowing that the new movie would draw big crowds. 
our tickets were bought ahead of time so that we could 
avoid the long lines. 
(A)	 our tickets were bought ahead of time so that we 
could avoid the long lines 
(B)	 our tickets were bought ahead of time. allowing 
us to avoid the long lines 
(C)	 by buying the tickets ahead of time allowed us 
to avoid the long lines 
(0)	 we bought our tickets ahead of time so that we 
could avoid the long lines 
(E)	 to avoid the long lines. our tickets were bought 
ahead of time 
4.	 No one knows why the carved stone head in a column 
in Istanbul's Basilica Cistern is upside down, but ~ 
believe it that it was placed that way deliberately. 
(A)	 they believe it that it was placed that
 
way deliberately
 
(B)	 they are believed to be deliberately
 
placed that way
 
(C)	 it is believed to have been placed that
 
waydeliberately
 
(D) placing it that way is believed to be
 
deliberately done
 
(E)	 the belief is that they placed it that
 
way deliberately
 
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S. After considering the evidence presented by the 
prosecutor, there no longer remained doubt among 
the jurors about the defendant's guilt. 
(A) there'no longer remained doubt among the jurors 
(B) there no longer remained jurors doubting 
(C) doubt no longer remained among the jurors 
(D) the jurors no longer had any doubt 
(E) the jurors no longer doubting. 
6.	 Tomato soup appeals to all age groups and 
can be made particularly delicious if adding 
sweet red peppers. 
(A) delicious if adding 
(B) delicious by the addition of 
(C) delicious, adding in 
(D) delicious, add 
(E) deliciously, by the addition of 
7:	 If properly maintained. a bicycle can last for decades. 
providing recreation, transportation, and exercise 
opportunities for its owner. 
(A)	 If properly maintained, a bicycle can last for 
decades, providing 
(B)	 Properly maintained, a bicycle that lasts for 
decades, providing 
(C)	 If a bicycle is properly maintained, then it can last 
for decades and providing 
(D)	 When a bicycle is maintained properly, it can last 
for decades, it can provide 
(E)	 When you maintain your bicycle properly, it can 
last for decades and provide one with 
8.	 People who are primarily familiar with the paper­

folding art called origami. that it is a craft that is
 
taught to children. they might be surprised by the
 
highly sophisticated work of adult origami artists.
 
(A) origami, that it is a craft that is taught to
 
children, they
 
(B)	 origami, that it is a craft to be teaching to
 
children
 
(C) origami, it is a craft that is taught to children 
(D) origami as a craft to be teaching to children, they 
(E) origami as a craft that is taught to children 
9.	 The Medieval Warm Period was a time of unusually 
mild temperatures in the North Atlantic region. it lasted 
from approximately 800 to 1300 C.E. . 
(A)	 Period was a time of unusually mild temperatures 
in the North Atlantic region, it lasted 
(B)	 Period had been a time of unusually mild 
temperatures in the North Atlantic region, 
it lasted 
(C)	 Period, a time of unusually mild temperatures 
in the North Atlantic region, lasted 
(D) Period, a time of unusually mild temperatures 
in the North Atlantic region and lasting 
(E)	 Period, a time of unusually mild temperatures 
in the North Atlantic region, it lasted 
10. When in 1833 a London carpenter designed the 
first prefabricated house, making certain that a single 
person can carry any of the precut panels from which it 
was assembled. 
(A) making certain that a single person can
 
. (B) making certain that a single person could
 
(C) he makes certain that a single person can 
(D) he made certain that a single person could : 
(E) he has made certain that a single person could 
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11. The ninth-century philosopher al-Kindi, in addition 
to overseeing the translation of Greek scientific texts 
into Arabic, treatises were written by him about the 
relationship between mathematics and music. 
(A) treatises were written by him 
(B) the treatises he wrote were 
(C) he wrote treatises 
(D) writing treatises 
(E) wrote treatises 
12. Because the number of Hawaiian monk seals in 
the wild have decreased dramatically since 1989, 
conservationists fear that these endangered animals 
may soon become extinct. 
(A) have decreased 
(B) have been decreasing 
(C) has decreased 
(D) was decreasing 
(E) decreased 
13. Themes of family and history figure prominently in 
Martin Espada's poetry. one poem tells of the journey 
of a father and sonand their going to Puerto Rico to 
search for their ancestor's grave. 
(A) poetry, one poem tells of the journey of a father 
and son and their going 
(B)	 poetry; one poem tells of the journey of a father 
and son 
(C)	 poetry, one of which teUof a father and son's 
journey . 
(D)	 poetry, and one poem had told of the journey 
taken by a father and son who goes 
(E)	 poetry; one poem telling of a father and son's 
journeying 
.14.	 A good online course at the high school level 
provides resources that are comparable to courses in 
which teachers and students are in the same room. 
(A) courses 
(B) providing courses 
(C) that of courses 
(D)	 ones provided by them 
(E) those provided by courses 
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