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<p>Practice Test no 4 from the 1st edition (6th in 2nd edition)</p>

<p>Section 3

  1. I sense that rebels should see the statue of the dictator as a representation of the totalitarian regime. D.
  2. “to master the art of navigation” tells me to look for a word meaning “skillful”. A.
  3. “it needs for decorating its bower” tells me that the bird should have a “predilection” for shiny objects. For the second word I think of something like “take, snatch”. B fits both.
  4. I couldn’t anticipate the meanings of the words for this sentence. Only that the second word should mean something positive, so I eliminated E. I eliminate B because “unconcerned with her theology” doesn’t fit the logic of winning the support of the church authorities. Now I try to determine which of the second words fit. The support won’t win the “accuracy” or “profundity”, then the answer should be A.
  5. I couldn’t anticipate the words again. I start the elimination process. A – possible. B – “research institute” won’t be named “monarchical”, eliminate. C – “irreproachable anachronism” doesn’t make sense, eliminate. D – “scholars having afflictions” doesn’t make sense, eliminate. E – “opponents” won’t label it “commendable”, eliminate. So the answer is A.
  6. I see from the questions that I should read both passages. I see both are concerned with Linnaeus. After reading the first paragraph I put “+”(positive view) beside it, noting the fact that his immediate successors “mistreated” his classification by being obsessive about it. I put “-“ beside the passage2. The author says that Linnaeus’ contribution had negative impact. Now to the question. I look for something positive among the choices. C is the best choice.
  7. What is it that the author of passage 2 makes use of? I look to the choices. D attracts my attention. I look to the passage 1 and see that it is not used there. Then the answer is D.
  8. Now what do both passages talk about? Linnaeus’ contribution to science. A – seems fine. B – the impact on the “present-day” wasn’t discussed. C – there was no mention about “reviving the interest in biology”. D – “settled scientific disputes” is not the topic here. E – “scientific discoveries” makes it incorrect. Then the answer is A.
  9. I mark the lines and read them again. Now I think what would author 1 think about them. I remember that he said that Linnaeus’ immediate successors used his theory incorrectly. I look to the choices. I find that D says exactly that.
  10. I read the blurb to introduce myself with the topic. I underline the word and read the first paragraph. I look to the choices. Only B makes sense. A, D and E could only describe a person. C doesn’t make sense.
  11. I underline the word fraud and read the second paragraph trying to grasp the point. I stop after I finish the sentence with a “fraud”. Aha, Macondo people got angry that the death wasn’t real (lines 11-13). I look to the choices. A – no discussion about the prices of the tickets. B – “adventures” are not the point here. C – possible. D – “difficulties of the actors” weren’t discussed. E – “implausible plots” are not the point. So the answer is C. Macondo people got angry that they shed their tears for something that is not real. If I read the whol paragraph, I could have an even clearer confirmation of the answer in the lines 22-24: „had too many troubles of their own to weep over the acted-out misfortunes of imaginary beings“.
  12. I read the next paragraphs wondering what will be the problem with the phonographs in their eyes. The answer is “they soon reached the conclusion…band of musicians” (lines 34-38). I look to the choices and find that A says exactly that.
  13. I read the last paragraph. The problem with the telephone was not stated but the lines 47-52 tell me that Macondo people were upset and lost, kind of confused (“was keeping the inhabitants of Macondo in a permanent alternation between…”, that says they didn’t know what to think anymore). I look to the choices. A – “where it came from” is not the concern of this paragraph. B – it was not stated why they were upset with it. C – clearly there was nothing like that in the paragraph. D – sound correct. E – no discussion about the “employment” here. Then the answer is D.
  14. What did all the disatisfactions with the technologies have in common? I look to the choices and find C. An easy question.
  15. I look to the choices. A – “distinguished residents” were not discussed here. B – nowhere in the passage does it say that the inventions are “new”; they were just newly introduced to Macondo people. C – “magical performance” out of topic. D – correct. E – “the virtue of nature” is not the topic here.
  16. I mark the lines and read them. The question asks for the structure. First sentence warns the reader that “I am not an adept aesthetician”. The second gives an opinion – a statement. I look to the choices. The first word reveals the correct answer A. I look to the second word to confirm that it fits too. Yes.
  17. I underline the lines and read. With what purpose was the statement used? She starts with “for example”. An example of what? Of her statement “with the instincts of a mathematician or physicist”. Let’s see the choices. I eliminate C,D and E as out of topic. B fits the idea I have determined.
  18. I underline the lines and read from where I left. Clues: “that evokes many ideas and emotions”ę I look to the choices. E. All others are out of topic/not discussed.
  19. I underline “human gestures” and finish reading the paragraph. Clues: „It also shifts the particular personality to the general and the symbolic. This is the power of the human face“ (lines 19-21). Let‘s look the choices. I skim through the answers and locate D. This section seems very straightforward and easy so far.
  20. I underline the words and read the sentence. I answer this question using lines 22-24. I get the sense that „the meeting of the eyes“ is a powerful thing. I look to the choices. I locate D. Other choices do not require deeper consideration.
  21. I read the sentence and quickly understand that their meaning is universal; understood the same today as it was understood back then. I look to the choices. Again, the correct answer was easy to find – D. Other choices are pretty much out of topic.
  22. I underline the word and read the context. Looking to the choices only A makes sense.
  23. Wow, another easy question. I don‘t know how about the others, but to me it‘s a common sense that „to grasp“ means „to understand“. E.
  24. I underline the lines and read the paragraph. Again, a pretty straightforward question. Why do people prefer to sit in the sides of the restaurant? They want privacy. B. </p>

<p>Section 7

  1. “tolerates worms and snakes” BUT tells me that an opposite word is coming. D.
  2. I determine that the second word should be something like “ensure”. A, B and C are eliminated. Now looking at the first word. D doesn’t make sense. E.
  3. “found the merriment infectious” tells me that they were won by the “merriment” of the party. B means that.
  4. “do not deserve full blame” means that it wasn’t them that really caused it. C.
  5. “most of their lives up in the trees” refers me to the correct answer. E (looks like playing Farmville is not so wasteful after all because from there I learnt the word “arborist”).
  6. “steadfast and constant” refers me to the correct word. B.
  7. “appease those critics” tells me that the second word must be negative. A, D and E can be eliminated. Since they didn’t like the brevity of the play, she must have “extended” it. C fits.
  8. “lacked worldy wisdom” refers me to the correct word. A.
  9. I underline the lines and read the first part of the passage. I hardly understand what is being depicted. Some kind of a flood?? Confused I look to the choices. A – I eliminate it as out of context. B – no one is “drawing pictures” here. C – aha, possibly this was depicted. D – “basement” was not mentioned. E – “damaged” seems wrong here. I have the correct answer C and got some understanding about the passage.
  10. I read the lines trying to detect the tone. I detect some kind of a fascination. I look to the choices. D works well here.
  11. I read the whole passage. It seems to be mainly concerned with deciphering the writings. But what is the assumptions? I look to the choices. A – “clue to its social significance” is wrong. B – possible. C – the civilizations weren’t compared in the passage. D – that wasn’t discussed in the passage. E – “all” makes it an extreme statement. Also, such a fact wasn’t stated in the passage.Then the answer is B.
  12. I read the sentence again. I sense some kind of a hope and seeing the good side from all of that. I look to the choices. A – no sign of frustration in the sentence. B – there is no sign of “giving up” either. C – nothing is ambivalent here. D – sounds right. E – there is no “unshakable confidence” in the sentence.
  13. I underline the word and read the passage 1 until I finish the sentence with it. I read the first paragraph carefully because it helps me to understand what is the main idea of this author’s argument. I get some kind of a sense about what could be the meaning and look to the choices. Only E makes sense in the context.
  14. I underline the words and read half of the paragraph. So these predicted things are not happening. I look to the choices. A – author is definitely not saying that these things will happen. B – no one is talking about “underdeveloped areas of the world”. C – exactly what I thought, the correct answer. D – no, they are not the consequences of anything. E - no one is talking about those here.
  15. I underline the term and read the sentence. I understand that “the rigors” refer to the predictions that are not happening. I look to the choices. Only D fits the logic. Everything else seems like out of topic.
  16. I underline the lines and read the third paragraph with the intention to find out why the example is used. I get the main idea: the exaggerated predictions are used to induce fear and it is useful to make predictions that directly affect the listener („we fear things less the more distant they are“). So the example is an example of a successful topic that would be convincing. I look to the choices. A – no one is talking „personal experience“ here. B – the example shows the opposite – it is frightening. C – out of contect. D – could be. E – out of topic. Then the answer is D.
  17. I read the paragraph. It sound like a short summary of the history (clue: the use of dates that are listed in order) of environmental activism. I look to the choices. B says exactly that.
  18. I underline the phrase and read until the underlined line. What the author is saying that the environmental activism was successful (lines 59-63) but environmentalism vocabulary still remained negative and alerting. He lists few examples of the exaggerated statements and then say that these thoughts are no longer needed, they are obsolete. I look to the choices. A – nothing was discussed about the „changes of desires“. B – politicians are not discussed here. C – correct answer, the same thing in other words. D – „technology“ is out of topic here. E – no „liberals and conservatives“ are discussed here.
  19. I underline the phrase and read the second part of the paragraph. The main idea is that politicians still like to use the exaggerated rhetorics as well. I look to the choices. A – no bureaucrats are mentioned here. B – I don‘t know where this comes from so I don‘t know what to do with it, moving on. C – out of topic. D – „polluters“ are not the topic here. E – no religion is mentioned here. So the answer must be B.
  20. By now I got the attitude of author 1 but only have a blurry sense about the author 2. I look to the choices trying to determine what fits the author 1. I eliminate A, C and E. D cannot be since the author is not causing „alarm“ by his writings. Subjects of his argument are causing alarm in public‘s mind. Then my answer is B.
  21. I read 17-19. What would the author 2 say about it? He discusses in his passage that talking like that is useful for environmentalists and politicians. I look to the choices. A – author 1 would more likely to say that. B – „scientific uncertainty“ is out of topic. C – he wouldn‘t call them „naive“. D – fits the logic. E – definitely author 2 never said they are needed. Then the answer is D.
  22. Author 1 would be indignant about that „line of thought“, labeling it as exaggerated and false. I look to the choices. A – he would never say they are „original“. B – author 1 never discussed politics. C – he wouldn‘t advocate them. D – irrelevant point here. E – correct answer.
  23. I read the question at the end of the passage: „why not trumpet the success?“. I sense that author 1 would say that trumpeting the success does not serve any good purpose because the public is not frightened and then it doesn’t care about environment. I look to the choices. A – sounds like it. B – author 1 never discussed Right and Left. C – no such thing was stated anywhere. D – “liberal elite” out of topic here. E – “training of the public” wasn’t discussed. So the answer is A.
  24. What do both authors agree about? Exaggerated language was discussed by both. I look to the choices. A – no such thing was said. B – “political” suits only passage 2. C – “technical” out of topic here. D – no one said that the spokespeople are “not sufficiently knowledgable”. E – exactly. This is the correct answer.</p>

<p>Section 9

  1. Having in mind “interest in Black culture” I look to the second words. B attracts my attention and I see that first word fits as well.
  2. I look to the second word and see what could match the context. I eliminate B, C and D. Now I look to the first words and see that A makes sense.
  3. “tame koalas” should be calm. I look to the choices and find E – docile.
  4. “ranged” gives me the sense of what I should be looking for. C – scope fits.
  5. I made a mistake here. I didn’t know the meaning of D and so it messed with my mind. Correct approach: “and helps to elucidate” helps me to eliminate A and C. B – doesn’t make sense when you put it like that: “ancient philosophers disseminate varieties of nihilism that appeared in nineteenth century”. If you know the meaning of D, then you are left with E as correct answer.
  6. Again I start from the second word. Precludes “positive” discourse. I eliminate A, C and D. Now I look to the first words. “paucity of denunciations” wouldn’t make problems, then E is the correct answer.
  7. I leave this for later writing a note after the last question “come back to 7”. What was the passage about? Douglass as an activist. I look to the choices. A – “old friends” is not the topic of this passage. B – there were facts showing that he changed his ideas. C – out of topic. D – correct. My answer is this. E – based on the passage he wouldn’t agree with being “tactful” but would agree with being honest.
  8. I underline the word and read till I finish sentence with it. I look to the choices. A and D make no sense. B – “audibly” makes no sense. C – I don’t know the meaning. E – sounds right. I choose E.
  9. I made a mistake here. I could answer this right after going through the whole passage and getting the general impression about Douglass. Correct approach: I underline the lines and read that part. The clue here was “all rights for all!”. I look to the choices. A – not the point here. B – I leave this as possible. C – nonsense. D – I leave this as possible. E – out of topic. Now I must decide between the two. The best decision would be to leave this for later. B says he was prefering one movement over the other. After reading the whole passage I see that Douglass always fought for treating all the causes equally. So this answer cannot be true. Also the words under the title of his newspaper express this view: “All Rights For All!”. D must be the correct answer.
  10. I locate all the surnames noting that Bloom should contradict the other two and I need the reason for that. I read the second paragraph. Bloomer wanted to exclude the men, Douglass and the other two asked for equality. So those three “prevailed”, because their position… I look to the choices. A – nope. B – not the point. C – on the contrary. D – possible. E – no “financial” issues were discussed. Then the answer is D.
  11. I mark the portion and read the half of third paragraph. I notice that Douglass changed his views. I look to the choices. A – not the point. B – exactly. C – “abolition” is out of topic here. D – no such thing was stated. E – no such thing was written or implied. Then the answer is B.
  12. I finish reading the third paragraph. “Ownership and disposition pf property”. I cannot grasp the meaning here. I look to the choices. They make it clear for me that C works here.
  13. I read the fourth paragraph with intention to find out about Lucy Stone. Douglass was frustrated that she ignored Black people, in particular, slave women. I look to the choices. A – possible. B – “consistently won” makes it incorrect. C – the opposite seems to be true. D – “little in common” makes it incorrect. E – “political inexperience” was not mentioned in the passage. Then the answer is A.
  14. I note “Stephen A. Douglas – one of the architects of the infamous Fugitive Slave Act” and look to the choices. A – “men and women” is not the point here. B – “supporting the repeal” makes it incorrect. C – out of topic. D – out of topic. E – sounds correct.
  15. I mark “moral suasion” and read the paragraph with it. I get the idea that Douglass didn’t like Garrison’s use of “moral suasion”. I look to the choices. A – “capital-punishment” is out of topic here. B – Douglass didn’t like it. C – possible. D – out of topic. E – Douglass didn’t consider it too be usable at all. So the answer is C.
  16. I already got the idea that women leaders grew cold to Douglass after he split with Garrison. I look to the choices. A – out of topic. B – possibly. C – out of topic. D – out of topic. E – out of topic. Then the answer is clear – B.
  17. With whom Douglass agreed mostly? I look to the choices. A – disagreed because of his Fugitive Slave Act. B – disagreed about the “moral suasion”. C – disagreed about excluding men. D – disagreed about excluding slave women. E – looks like the correct answer is this. If you read lines 75-85, the answer is in there already.
  18. I go straight to the choices. A – sounds right (I remember how Douglass changed his views and in lines 89-91 it is stated how Douglass influenced the views of women movement). I quickly look to the other choices. B – “caused both groups to make their goals general” is incorrect. C – “start at the same time” wasn’t mentioned anywhere. D – “made both less popular with the public” is incorrect because it was never stated in the passage. E – “reluctance to work together” is incorrect.
  19. I look to the choices. A – nothing of that sort was mentioned. B – contradicts the facts stated in the passage (remember Amelia Bloomer). C – “pay scales” weren’t discussed or it wasn’t important. D – sounds right (remember Lucy Stone case). E – just a minor detail of the whole passage. Going back to 7.</p>