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1. Some fans feel that sports events are ______ only when the competitors are of

equal ability, making the outcome of the game ______.

A. successful…assured

B. boring…questionable

C. dull…foreseen

D. interesting…predictable

E. exciting…uncertain

2. Alfred Schnittke's musical compositions are ______: phrases are clipped, broken

into sections, and split apart by long rests.

A. garnished

B. improvisational

C. fragmented

D. cautious

E. uniform

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3. The consumer advocate claimed that while drug manufacturers ______ the

supposed advantages of their proprietary brands, generic versions of the same

medications are often equally ______.

A. tout…efficacious

B. research…innocuous

C. market…prohibitive

D. laud…counterproductive

E. extract…prescriptive

4. Latoya's _____ is shown by her ability to be ______: she can see her own faults

more clearly than anyone else can.

A. perceptiveness…self-centered

B. objectivity…restrictive

C. cynicism…self-destructive

D. open-mindedness…complacent

E. insightfulness…self-critical

5. The bearded dragon lizard is a voracious eater, so ______ that it will consume

as many insects as possible.

A. abstemious

B. cannibalistic

C. slovenly

D. insatiable

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E. unpalatable

6. Because drummer Tony Williams paved the way for later jazz-fusion musicians,

he is considered a ______ of that style.

A. connoisseur

B. revivalist

C. beneficiary

D. disparager

E. progenitor

7. The politician's speech to the crowd was composed of nothing but ______, a

bitter railing against the party's opponents.

A. digressions

B. diatribes

C. platitudes

D. machinations

E. acclamations

8. Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students

toward a ______ rather than an ______ prose style.

A. spare…ornate

B. terse…opinionated

C. personal…academic

D. baroque…embellished

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E. repetitive…intricate

SECTION 7

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 implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be

provided.

Questions 9-12 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Food has always been considered one of the most salient markers of cultural

traditions. When I was a small child, food was the only thing that helped identify

my family as Filipino American. We ate pansit lug-lug (a noodle dish) and my

father put pads (salty fish sauce) on everything. However, even this connection

lessened as I grew older. As my parents became more acculturated, we ate less

typically Filipino food. When I was twelve, my mother took cooking classes and

learned to make French and Italian dishes. When I was in high school, we ate

chicken marsala and shrimp fra diablo more often than Filipino dishes like pansit

lug-lug.

Passage 2

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin—who in 1825 confidently announced, "Tell me

what you eat, and I will tell you who you are"—would have no trouble describing

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cultural identities of the United States. Our food reveals us as tolerant

adventurers who do not feel constrained by tradition. We "play with our food"

far more readily than we preserve the culinary rules of our varied ancestors.

Americans have no single national cuisine. What unites American eaters

culturally is how we eat, not what we eat. As eaters, Americans mingle the

culinary traditions of many regions and cultures. We are multiethnic eaters.

9. Which of the following statements best captures the relationship between the

two passages?

(A)

(B)

(C)

Passage 1 notes problems for which Passage 2 proposes solutions.

Passage 1 presents claims that are debunked by Passage 2.

Passage 2 furnishes a larger context for the experiences described in

Passage I.

(D)

(E)

Passage 2 provides an update of the situation depicted in Passage 1.

Passage 2 uses material presented in Passage 1to correct a popular

misconception.

10. The author of Passage 2 would most likely regard the mother's

willingness to "make French and Italian dishes" (lines 9-10, Passage 1) as

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

laughably pretentious

understandably conservative

typically American

a regrettable compromise

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(E)

11.

a surprising attitude

The two passages differ in their discussions of food primarily in that

Passage 1

(A) considers specific dishes eaten by particular people, whereas Passage 2

comments on a culture's general attitude toward eating

(B) contrasts the cuisines of different cultures, whereas Passage 2 emphasize

culinary practices common to all cultures

(C) presents an abstract theory of food, whereas Passage 2 offers a historical

analysis of consumption

(D) emphasizes the role of nostalgia in food preferences, whereas Passage 2

rejects that approach as overly sentimental

(E) outlines some popular choices in cuisine,

whereas Passage 2 underscores those that are more unusual

12.

use of

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Questions 13-24 are based on the following passages.

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direct quotation

sociological analysis

hypothetical assumptions

historical sources

personal experience

Unlike the author of Passage 2, the author of Passage 1 makes significant

The passages below discuss the possibility of locating intelligent life on other

planets. Passage 1 has been adapted from a 1999 book on the history of the

universe. Passage 2 was excerpted from a 2000 book on the scientific quest for

extraterrestrial life.

Passage 1

Generations of science-fiction movies have conditioned us to consider bug-

eyed monsters, large-brained intellectual humanoids, and other rather

sophisticated extraterrestrial Line creatures as typical examples of life outside

Earth. The reality, however, is that finding any kind of life at all, even something

as simple as bacteria, would be one of the most exciting discoveries ever made.

The consensus within the scientific community seems to be that we eventually

will find not only life in other parts of

10 the galaxy but also intelligent and technologically advanced life. I have to say

that 1 disagree. While 1 believe we will find other forms of life in other solar

systems (if not in our own), I also feel it is extremely unlikely that a large number

of advanced technological civilizations are out

15 there, waiting to be discovered. The most succinct support for my view

comes from Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi, the man who ran the first

nuclear reaction ever controlled by human beings. Confronted at a 1950

luncheon with scientific arguments for the ubiquity of

20 technologically advanced civilizations, he supposedly said, "So where is

everybody"

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This so-called Fermi Paradox embodies a simple logic. Human beings have had

modern science only a few hundred years, and already we have moved into

space. It is not

25 hard to imagine that in a few hundred more years we will be a starfaring

people, colonizing other systems. Fermi's argument maintains that it is extremely

unlikely that many other civilizations discovered science at exactly the same time

we did. Had they acquired science even a thousand

30 years earlier than we. they now could be so much more advanced that they

would already be colonizing our solar system.

If, on the other hand, they are a thousand years behind us, we will likely arrive at

their home planet before they

35 even begin sending us radio signals. Technological

advances build upon each other, increasing technological abilities faster than

most people anticipate. Imagine, for example, how astounded even a great

seventeenth-century scientist like Isaac Newton would be by our current global

40 communication system, were he alive today. Where are those highly

developed extraterrestrial civilizations so dear to the hearts of science-fiction

writers Their existence is far from a foregone conclusion.

Passage 2

Although posed in the most casual of circumstances,

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45 the Fermi Paradox has reverberated through the decades and has at times

threatened to destroy the credibility of those scientists seriously engaged in the

Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SET!) research program.

One possible answer to Fermi's question ("If there are

50 extraterrestrials, where are they") is that extraterrestrials have in fact often

visited Earth, and continue to do so. This is the answer of those who believe in

the existence of unidentified flying objects, or UFO's. But few scientists, even

those engaged in SET1, take the UFO claims

55 seriously. "You won't find anyone around here who believes in UFO's." says

Frank Drake, a well-known SETI scientist. If one discounts the UFO claims, yet

still believes that there are many technological civilizations in the galaxy, why

have they not visited us Drake's answer

60 is straightforward: "High-speed interstellar travel is so demanding of

resources and so hazardous that intelligent civilizations don't attempt it." And

why should they attempt it, when radio communication can supply all the

information they might want?

65 At first glance, Drake's argument seems very persuasive. The distances

between stars are truly immense. To get from Earth to the nearest star and back,

traveling at 99 percent of the speed of light, would take 8 years. And SETI

researchers have shown that, to accelerate

70 a spacecraft to such a speed, to bring it to a stop, and to repeat the process

in the reverse direction, would take almost unimaginable amounts of energy.

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Astronomer Ben Zuckerman challenges Drake's notion that technological beings

would be satisfied with

75 radio communication. "Drake's implicit assumption is that the only thing

we're going to care about is intelligent life. But what if we have an interest in

simpler life-forms If you turn the picture around and you have some advanced

extraterrestrials looking at the Earth, until

80 the last hundred years there was no evidence of intelligent life but for billions

of years before that they could have deduced that this was a very unusual world

and that there were probably living creatures on it. They would have had billions

of years to come investigate." Zuckerman contends

85 that the reason extraterrestrials haven't visited us is that so few exist.

13.

(A) It articulates a crucial question for those interested in the existence of

Which statement about the Fermi Paradox is supported by both passages?

extraterrestrials.

(B) It clarifies the astronomical conditions required to sustain life on other

planets.

(C) It reveals the limitations of traditional ideas about the pace of

technological change.

(D) It demonstrates the scientific community's fascination with the concept of

interstellar travel.

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(E) It suggests that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations may be uninterested

in our culture.

14. Which statement best describes a significant difference between the two

passages?

(A) Passage 1 analyzes a literary form, while Passage 2 argues that literature

has little bearing on science.

(B) Passage 1 presents an argument, while Passage 2 surveys current opinion

in a debate.

(C) Passage 1 concludes by rejecting the Fermi Paradox, while Passage 2

opens by embracing it.

(D) Passage 1 describes a phenomenon, while Passage 2 details a belief

system that would reject such a phenomenon.

(E) Passage I defends a viewpoint, while Passage 2 questions that viewpoint's

place in scientific research.

15. The author of Passage 1 mentions '"monsters," "humanoids," and

"creatures" (lines 2-4) primarily to

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

question the literary value of science fiction

contrast fictional notions with a scientific perspective

offer examples of the human fear of the unknown

criticize science fiction for being unduly alarmist

suggest that scientific research has been influenced by science fiction

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16.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

17. Passage 1 suggests that the Fermi Paradox depends most directly on

In line 17, "ran" most nearly means

fled

accumulated

traversed

managed

incurred

which assumption?

(A) Extraterrestrial civilizations may not wish to be discovered by human

beings. •

(B) Extraterrestrial civilizations would most likely have discovered technology

at about the same time human beings discovered it.

(C) Extraterrestrial technology would develop at roughly the same rate as

human technology.

(D)

ends.

(E) Science is a more powerful form of human knowledge than are art and

Extraterrestrial civilizations would inevitably use technology for aggressive

literature.

18. The claim made in Passage 1 that a "consensus" exists (lines 8-11) would

most likely be interpreted by the author of Passage 2 as

(A) evidence of compromise in the scientific community

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(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

19.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

20.

an attack on SETI researchers

support for Fermi's analysis

a revelation of an unexpected truth

an oversimplification of a complex debate

The author of Passage 1 mentions Isaac Newton (lines 37-40) in order to

emphasize the rapid rate of technological innovation

acknowledge (he impact of a profound thinker

criticize the inflexibility of Newton's contemporaries

speculate about New ton's influence on current research

highlight the value of scientific curiosity

In lines 44-48, the author of Passage 2 indicates that the Fermi Paradox

has been

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

21. How would Frank Drake (line 56, Passage 2) most likely respond to the

thoroughly misunderstood

surprisingly influential

overwhelmingly perplexing

intermittently popular

frequently misquoted

statement by the author of Passage 1 about humans "colonizing other systems"

(line 26)

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(A)

(B)

Earth.

(C)

The means to accomplish such a project may be beyond our reach.

Interstellar colonization is as morally problematic as was colonization on

We would do better to study indigenous life-forms rather than search for

extraterrestrial creatures.

(D) Humans would be wise to consider that they themselves arc subject to

colonization.

(E) Funding for such an undertaking would pose a thorny political issue for

any government.

22.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

23.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

In line 63, "radio communication" is cited as a

complex interaction

technological relic

common occurrence

practical alternative

dramatic advance

In line 57, "claims" most nearly means

demands

assertions

rights

territories

compensations

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24. Both the author of Passage 1 and Ben Zuckerman (line 73, Passage 2)

imply that researchers seeking life on another planet should focus on which of

the following?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Questions 7-19 are based on the following passage.

The following passage is from a 1979 essay by a Native American writer.

An understanding of any national literature depends very much on an awareness

of the larger cultural context. Without some knowledge of language, of history,

of inflection, of the position of the storyteller within the group, without a hint of

the social roles played by males and females in the culture, without a sense of

the society's humor or priorities—without such knowledge, how can we, as

reader or listener, penetrate to the core of meaning in an expression of art

The difficulty of gaining access to the literature of a different culture may be

illustrated by an exemplary folktale (in translation) from the Tanaina (Athabaskan)

culture of south-central Alaska. It would typically be told to a general audience

within the society, including the full range of ages from young children to

grandparents; it would be recounted with gesticulation and exaggeration by a

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Seasonal variations in color due to plant life

Evidence of the most basic forms of life

Signs of artificially created structures

Signals that might be radio communications

Changes in geological surface features

performance specialist. It would be expected to have different meanings to the

various categories of listeners— instructive, entertaining, reinforcing, or all three.

Here is a brief version of the story:

"Once upon a time there was a porcupine woman who decided to do some

hunting .on the far side of the river. She went to the bank, where she met a

beaver.

'Hello,' she said to him. T need to do some hunting over there. Will you ride me

across on your back'

'I'd be glad to,' replied the beaver. 'Hop on.' So the porcupine woman climbed

on his back, and he started swimming for the other side. When he had almost

made it, the porcupine woman said, 'Oh my! I've forgotten to bring my sack. I'll

need to go back to the other bank and get it.'

'All right.' said the beaver, and swam back. He was panting while the porcupine

woman went to get her sack.

'Okay,' she said. 'Let's go.' So they started across again. The beaver was

swimming much more slowly. When they had practically reached the other side,

she said, 'Oh my! I've forgotten to bring my needle. We'll have to go back and

get it.'

This time the beaver didn't say anything—he didn't have enough breath! But he

turned around and pulled them back to the shore and nearly passed out while

she got her needle.

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'Hurry up, now." the porcupine woman said as she climbed back on his back. He

could hardly keep his nose above water, but he had almost made it to the far

bank again when she said, 'Oh my! I've forgotten my staff. We'll have to . . . .'

Before she had finished her sentence the beaver had flipped over in the water

and dragged himself onto the bank, where he lay half dead. The porcupine

woman managed to make the shore too, and climbed up onto a bear path.

When she had caught her breath, she turned on the beaver and quilted him to

death."

The Tanaina live in an environment that could euphemistically be described as

"difficult." Survival, especially in the wild, is always precarious. Further, they were,

in the precontact period, a nonlilcratc people. Oral communication was

therefore the method of cultural transmission, legal understanding, and

meaningful communication. It is also necessary lo know that a "staff." as

mentioned in the story, fund ions as both a walking stick and a weapon, and that

in the Tanaina symbol system, porcupines were supposed to be rather

ponderous, dull-witted creatures, and beavers were thought to be energetic and

industrious but overly spontaneous and erratic.

For the reader armed with these data, the story becomes more accessible as a

lesson in contract law, with several additional minor themes. A culturally attuned

listener would notice, for instance, that when the porcupine woman proposed

passage to the beaver, he agreed without any stipulations or clarifications of the

terms. He gave a basically open-ended agreement—made a contract—and

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hence the porcupine woman was perfectly within her rights both in demanding

that he return three times and in quilting him to death when he reneged.

The story is not. however, without its moral for the porcupine women of this

world. Her stated aim is to go hunting, and yet she sets out without the three

essentials of that endeavor: a sack in which to carry home her game, a needle

with which to sew up the intestines, and, most important, an implement with

which to hunt and defend herself. True, she had an open-ended contract, but

where does she wind up at the conclusion of the story Sitting, exhausted, quills

used up, weaponless, and not only on the wrong side of the river from her home

but on a bear path! The hunter is about to become the hunted, and all because

of her own improvidence.

7.

is

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

culturally determined

intensely personal

essentially moralistic

permanently inscrutable

uniquely artistic

In the opening paragraph, the author assumes that the "meaning" (line 8)

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8. In the context of the passage, which "expression of art" (line 9) would be

the most difficult to interpret?

(A)

(B)

A contemporary play written by a prolific play wright

A fable from a nonliterate society with which anthropologists are very

familiar

(C)

(D)

(E)

A single text produced by a previously unknown society

A sitcom from the early days of television

A single myth from an ancient culture with a well-documented

mythological structure

9.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

10.

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

The author discusses Tanaina culture from the perspective of

a concerned parent

a bewildered visitor

a performance artist

an informed outsider

an indignant reader

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How does the author respond to the question posed in lines 3-9?

By proposing an innovative strategy

By confirming the futility of such analysis

By describing a personal experience with the problem

By illustrating his point within a particular context

By documenting a traditional approach to the problem

11. The sentence in which "difficult" appears (lines 54-55) indicates that the

author considers the word to be

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

12. In relation to the passage, the statements in lines 59-65 serve a function

an exaggeration

an estimate

an understatement

a contradiction

a preconception

most similar to which of the following items?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

13. The author's analysis of the folktale offers which insight into Tanaina

A menu in a restaurant

The key or legend to a map

A department store directory

The outline of a term paper

An illustration of a fairytale

beliefs?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

A fanciful story is most suitable for an audience of children.

A verbal exchange can establish a binding contract.

A person who behaves impulsively is most often sincere.

A shared task should be divided fairly between two people.

A painstaking plan may nonetheless fail to anticipate all problems.

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14. The "porcupine women of this world" (lines 76-77) are best described as

people who

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

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plan inadequately for their own needs

postpone necessary work in favor of leisure

depend heavily upon help from their close friends

return repeatedly to their favorite places

flee quickly from any laborious task

The final paragraph (lines 76-87) suggests that the bear path mentioned

in lines 51-52 is significant because it

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

16. In lines 83-87, the description of the porcupine woman emphasizes the

foreshadows the arrival of a benevolent character from Tanaina folklore

suggests an alarming alternative to crossing the river

marks the boundary of the beaver's natural surroundings

explains the porcupine woman's fear of unfamiliar territory

poses a new peril for the porcupine woman

discrepancy between her

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

social position and her private feelings

physical wealth and her moral poverty

hostile action and her ultimate gratitude

original goal and her actual situation

grandiose ambition and her real moods

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17. As a commentary on legal relations, the folktale is best described as

(A) an example of traditional practices

(B) an outline for social behavior

(C) a warning about ill-conceived assent

(D) a criticism of obsolete custom

(E) a parody of actual situation

18. The author's attitude toward the Tanaina folktale is best described as

(A) excitement at an unexpected discovery

(B) admiration of the storyteller's performance

(C)

(D)

appreciation of the folktale as a means of communicating values

enthusiasm for the Tanaina culture's concept of legality

(E) enjoyment of the comical aspects of the folktale

19. Which statement is most consistent with the author's argument?

(A) Translating a literary text requires formal lin¬guistic training

(B) Tales transmitted by a nonliterate society elude transcription in later eras.

(C) Listening to a skilled storyteller is more instructive than entertaining.

(D)

(E)

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Simple enjoyment of a tale is incompatible with scholarly analysis.

To read a text is not necessarily to understand it.

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