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TEST 1
Section 1
Time 25 minutes
20 questions
r
h
h
w
C = 2r
A = r2
b
A = bh
b
A = 12 bh
V = r2h
V = lwh
45
a
s 2
60
s
s
2s
30
45
b
a2 + b2 = c2
s 3
m1 + m2 + m3 = 180
(A) 5
(B) 15
(C) 0
(D) 15
(E) 5
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 10
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(E)
(C)
6. If 79 of x is 63, what is 29 of x?
(A) 1
(B) 9
(C) 18
(D) 27
(E) 65
(D)
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7. Nick read one-half of a book on Monday, onethird of the book on Wednesday, and the final 40
pages on Friday. How many pages did Nick read
on Wednesday?
(A) 60
(B) 80
(C) 100
(D) 120
(E) 240
8. If abcd = 4 and acde = 0, which of the following
2
must be true?
(A) a, b, c and d are all positive
(B) a, b, c and d are all less than 4
(C) ab < 0
(D) e = 0
(E) b = 0
(2x)2 = 2x2
(A) 223
(B) 0
(C) 223
(D) 7
(E) 8
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15. Johns first year salary was $8,000. His salary the
next year was $16,000. Johns second year salary
was what percent greater than his first year salary?
(A) 2%
(B) 8%
(C) 50%
(D) 100%
(E) 200%
2, 3, 9,
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 3.5
(E) 4
(A) 75
(B) 75
(C) 93
(D) 93
(E) 729
17. What happens to the volume of a right circular
cylinder when its radius is doubled and its height
is divided by 2?
(A) it gets 6 times bigger
(B) it gets 2 times bigger
(C) it gets 8 times bigger
(D) it gets 4 times bigger
(E) it stays the same
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Test 1, Section 2
TEST 1
Section 2
Time 25 minutes
18 questions
r
h
h
w
C = 2r
A = r2
b
A = bh
b
A = 12 bh
V = r2h
V = lwh
45
a
s 2
60
s
s
2s
30
45
b
a2 + b2 = c2
s 3
m1 + m2 + m3 = 180
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Quiz Scores
AB C
3
Score
Number of Students
20
15
13
11
10
D
1
E
0
F
1
5. The table above shows the quiz scores of 15 students in a biology class. What is the average of the
mean, the mode and the median of the quiz scores
of the entire biology class?
(A) 11
(B) 1123
(C) 1113
(D) 34
(E) 36
(A) 40b
7p
(B) 40bp
7
(C) 7p
40b
(D) 32p
35b
(E) 32pb
35
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 10
(D) 20
(E) 40
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O
D
x
C
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15. John collects 2 stones on the first day of his 10
vacation days. Each day after the first, he collects
two more stones than he did the day before. At
the end of which day will John have 42 stones in
his collection?
10
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TEST 1
Section 3
Time 20 minutes
16 questions
r
h
h
w
C = 2r
A = r2
b
A = bh
b
A = 12 bh
V = r2h
V = lwh
45
a
s 2
60
2s
s
s
30
45
b
a2 + b2 = c2
s 3
m1 + m2 + m3 = 180
20
80
(A) 2
(B) 1
(C) 0
(D) 1
(E) 2
(A) 60
(B) 80
(C) 90
(D) 100
(E) 120
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4. If x and y are inversely proportional and x = 5
when y = 15, what is the value of y when x = 15?
(A) 12
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 50
(E) 105
distance
(A)
time
distance
(B)
time
1999
2000
(C)
distance
time
(A) 5,500
(B) 7,500
(C) 11,000
(D) 20,500
(E) 22,500
(D)
distance
6. If the symbol in the table above equals 5 thousand chocolate hearts, approximately how many
more chocolate hearts did Acme Company sell in
1999 than in 2000?
time
distance
(E)
time
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C
X
B
8 2
F
E
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y
B
g(x) = x2 a
O
x
A
A
B
f(x) = x2
(A) 8
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 3
(E) 2
(A) 32
(B) 16
(C) 12
(D) 16
(E) 32
E
x
A
TEST 1
Section 1
Time 25 minutes
24 questions
quiver
covey
bower
vestibule
pigeonhole
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
arboreal
candid
erroneous
nonpartisan
derelict
forfeit . . temporary
secure . . provisional
acquire . . complete
jeopardize . . miscellaneous
initiate . . subsequent
famished
mottled
consecrated
scrutinized
exasperated
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In Sweden, the winter days are short and cold.
But there are long sunny summer days, when
the sun shines for a whole month without once
Line dipping below the horizon. This is a glorious time.
5
People live out-of-doors around the clock: strolling
through parks and gardens; rowing, sailing and
swimming on waters; singing and dancing on the
village green; and celebrating the midsummer
festival with feasting and merry-making. The sun
10 rides high in the heavens, and Baldur, the Norse
sun god, has conquered the frost giants once more.
Dear Madam: I have learned from the files
of the War Department that you are the mother
of four sons who died gloriously on the field of
Line battle. I feel the weakness of my attempt to beguile
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you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But
I cannot refrain from tendering to you the thanks
of the Republic they died to save. I pray that the
anguish of your bereavement may be assuaged and
that you are left only with the cherished memories
10 of your loved and lost.
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60
65
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facetiously sincere
arrogantly somber
phlegmatically dramatic
appallingly lurid
comically cavalier
clean
dust
attempt
clash
stroke
a psychology textbook
a book of fables
a news magazine
an autobiography
a personal memoir
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formed
rotated
packaged
commercialized
ejected
TEST 1
Section 2
Time 25 minutes
24 questions
trivialize
censor
glorify
transmit
preclude
enacted
taunted
corroborated
shrouded
bolstered
folklore
vanity
fidelity
choreography
manifesto
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
takes
administers
improvises
fortifies
elucidates
cryptically
ominously
adeptly
intuitively
methodically
offset
amassed
exposed
pondered
commended
menial . . monotonous
boring . . salutary
petty . . extravagant
eclectic . . mind-numbing
invariable . . exotic
nexus . . restrained
enmity . . rancorous
animosity . . naive
aspiration . . commonplace
geography . . counterproductive
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resigned
detached
soporific
phlegmatic
painstaking
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Parental controls, like the labels that are now
included on music with potentially offensive
or graphic content, have proven invaluable to
protect children from material unsuitable for their
consumption. In this age of media saturation, our
children are already bombarded by sensational
images, ranging from offensive portrayals of
women in music videos to the violent degradation
of human life in video games. If we remove
parental controls like video labeling and cable
channel restrictions, then we are abandoning our
roles as guardians of our culture.
In an Op-Ed that appeared in the Seattle
Times in 1999, columnist John Leo argued that
the violence of video games made unstable
teenagers more vulnerable to acting out violent
tendencies in real life. Leo discussed the research
of psychologist Rex Grossman of Arkansas State
University, who found that particular kinds of
video games can actually help those who play
them become more comfortable with killing: these
games make killing a reflex action and less of a
crisis of conscience. Such skill-building is part
of games that require the participant to point and
shoot at targets, amassing bonus points for mortal
wounds, like a bullet to the head or the neck. These
games, which often include carefully modeled
guns, lurid wounds, screams, and other sound
effects, help blur the line between fantasy and
reality and encourage the player to detach from the
repercussions of his actions.
In his article, Leo warned that some newer
games seem bent on erasing childrens empathy
entirely by inviting players to enjoy the killing of
vulnerable people picked at randompedestrians,
marching band members, even elderly women
using walkers. Games using SWAT teams and cops
as targets build upon existing resentment toward
law enforcement and encourage vigilante justice
that boldly asserts that anything goes when you have
a gun.
We have to start worrying about what we
are putting into the minds of our young. Parental
controls are an important contribution that parents
can make to the next generation, and based upon
Leos article, that generations conscience is
counting on it.
Test 1, Section 2
argue
vacillate
discover
popularize
redact
an introductory aside
an elaborate speculation
a thoughtful warning
a list of sources
a scientific theory
sanguine
casual
caustic
shocking
phlegmatic
Test 1, Section 2
TEST 1
Section 3
Time 20 minutes
19 questions
1. The telecast of the championship game was ------by two overtime periods, delaying the start of the
regularly-scheduled evening news program.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
curtailed
postponed
prolonged
negated
substantiated
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
placid
peevish
vindictive
spendthrift
frugal
6. Fearing that her top aide was planning to ------some of her power, the Queen issued a decree that
prevented government officials from ------- the
scope of their authority without proper approval.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
interrogate . . relinquishing
engrave . . trivializing
steal . . marginalizing
confirm . . toppling
usurp . . expanding
climbed . . lividly
topped . . synthetically
elevated . . ridiculously
ascended . . oppressively
enveloped . . hysterically
ancestors
diplomacy
wrath
demeanor
ethnicity
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Test 1, Section 3
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60
65
70
75
80
85
90
Certain exceptional dreams, however, are so
imperatively significant, so vitally important, that
it would be wrong to withhold them from the
knowledge of those who happened not to dream
them. Since I strongly feel some such quality in my
own dreams, I could scarcely forgive myself if I
did not, however briefly, impart the details of such
dreams to others.
It was only while asleep last week, for instance,
that I found myself in the company of the Duke of
Wellingtonthe great Duke, the Iron one. After a
few moments of agreeable conversation on topics
of interest among gentlemen, his Grace requested
that I fetch a couple of those towels. We had not
been speaking of towels, that I remember, but it
seemed the most natural thing in the world that he
should mention them. At the place where they gave
out towels, I found some very civil people. They
told me that what I really wanted was bath gowns,
not towels. Back they sent me with two bath gowns
of rather scanty measure, butternut in color and
Turkish in texture. As I walked, for no reason that
I can allege, my relationship with the Duke passed
from social to menial. I foresaw that when I arrived
with the gowns, he would not thank me as one
gentleman would another, but would offer me a tip
as if I were a servant. This gave me no trouble, for I
at once dramatized a little scene in which I should
bring him the gowns, he should offer me the tip,
and I should refuse with a low bow, informing him
that I am an American. What I did not dramatize,
and what seemed to enter into the dialogue quite
without my agency, was the Dukes reply to my
proud speech. He did not see why my being an
American should make any difference. I suppose it
was in the hurt I felt at this wound to my national
dignity that I instantly invented the society of
some ladies whom I told of my business with the
bath-gowns, which oddly I still had in my hands.
I urged them to go with me to call upon the Duke.
When they expressed that they would rather not, I
told them that the Duke was very handsome. This
seemed to end the whole affair, and I passed on to
other visions, which I cannot recall.
7. The author of the passage can best be
described as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
wildly ethnocentric
facetiously philanthropic
egotistically morose
humorously self-centered
pathetically indifferent
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Test 1, Section 3
gaggle
firm
cadre
group
corporation
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especially cruel
vital and important
tedious and impertinent
imperatively significant
helpless and trite
mean-spirited
hostile
servant-like
insignificant
formal
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Test 1, Section 3
a newspaper editorial
a personal diary
a psychology textbook
an etiquette handbook
a collection of essays
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TEST 1
Section 1
Time 25 minutes
ESSAY
You have twenty-five minutes to plan and write an essay on the topic assigned below.
An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.
Carefully consider the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment that follows.
Whether in the form of a business contract, a personal quarrel, or a
multi-nation peace treaty, negotiation is an activity that most people
participate in every day. Because negotiation is so important in dayto-day life, our nations youth should not be left to develop
negotiation skills without proper guidance. Negotiation should be a
required class in the curriculum of every high school in the United
States.
Assignment: Are negotiation skills necessary for success in life? Plan and write an essay in
which you convey a point of view on the issue presented. Make sure you support your position
with reasoning and examples from your reading, studies, personal experiences, or observations.
TEST 1
Section 2
Time 25 minutes
35 questions
as a school administrator
as school administrators
as those of a school administrator
when compared to a school administrator
like a school administrator
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equipment, it has
equipment; since it has
equipment, for it has
equipment even though it has
equipment despite the fact it has
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19. The day after Anthony had rode a horse for the
A
first time, his back was a little sore but he was
B
C
happy that he had tried something new. No error
D
E
20. When the principal authorized the use of school
A
B
grounds for the track teams fundraiser, they
C
began to publicize the event widely. No error
D
E
21. Lacrosse, one of the many stickball games played
A
B
by Native Americans over two hundred years
ago, is currently played by thousands of college
C
students throughout the United States. No error
D
E
22. For we employees, family health benefits are
A
more important than other benefits like paid
B
C
personal days or use of company cars. No error
D
E
23. Given her passion for teaching, Marisa struggled
A
over the thought of leaving her teaching position
B
C
for a higher paying job in the corporate world.
D
No error
E
Test 1, Section 2
(As it is now)
in running a business from their home
to be running a business from their home
to run a business from home
to run a business from the home which he or
she has
Sentence 4
Sentence 5
Sentence 6
Sentence 7
Sentence 8
Test 1
Section 3
Time 10 minutes
14 questions
4. Sam had just won the match and it was then that
he first realized that a crowd of spectators had
formed to watch the final set.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
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Test 1, Section 3