The questions below are based on the following passage: Disequilibrium at the interface of water and air is a factor on which the transfer of heat and water vapor from the ocean to the air depends. The air within about a millimeter of the water is almost saturated with water vapor and the temperature of [...]
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You have a hundred dollars in dollar bills. You are going to divide it up (unequally) among four people. You want everyone to get a whole number of dollars and you don’t want any money left over. To fulfill these conditions, you can divide up the money according to which of the following ratios? I. [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence. The environmental treaty that has just been (A) agreed with (B) by the member nations should serve as a framework for future progress on these (C) and many other (D) issues. No error (E) You can agree with another person, or with an opinion or an idea, but you would not [...]
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Which pair of words will make this sentence make sense? He’s a ________ old man who will fly into a rage at the slightest ________. a) precocious…annoyance b) prudent…instigation c) tenacious…insult d) captious…amelioration e) querulous…provocation The two words will have to be related; the first blank will clearly be a negative trait. Would a prudent [...]
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What is z if 2.5% of z equals 75% of 50? A. 10 B. 25 C. 50 D. 75 E. 1500 It wouldn’t hurt to have a calculator for this one. First, we should determine what 75% of 50 is. Multiplying 50 x .75 gives us 37.5 So we know that 2.5% of z is 37.5. Expressing that [...]
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Questions 1-6 refer to the following passage, which is a draft of an essay: (1)I recently revisited the city which I was born in, which is a place well known for a castle built on a rock overlooking the surrounding plains, and even better known for a legendary figure who robbed the rich to give [...]
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The setting of a story effects the story’s plot. A. effects the story’s plot B. effects the stories plot C. affect the story’s plot D. affects the story’s plot E. affects the story’s plots “Effect” is a noun. You can talk about something having a good or bad effect on something else, but you cannot [...]
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If a small cube (side=2) is filled twice and poured into a larger cube (side=4), what will be the height, in inches, of the water in the larger cube? A. 1/2″ B. 1″ C. 2″ D. 4″ E. 16″ The volume of a cube with sides equal to 2 is 2 x 2 x 2, [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence: Clearly(A), Donald will not be(B) in support of Mr. Phelps and I will(C) do everything I can to support him(D). No error(E) Who exactly is the speaker in this sentence going to support? “Him” is an ambiguous pronoun: it could refer either to Donald, or to [...]
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My neighbor is both ________ and ________; he keeps to himself and has great fear of anyone who isn’t from our town. (a) callous…predisposed (b) misanthropic…tolerant (c) insular…xenophobic (d) ignorant…biased (e) prejudiced…obstinate This is very straightforward; there are no twists and turns that often accompany sentence completion questions. Here, you just need to choose the [...]
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How many numbers between 200 and 400 begin or end with 3 ? A. 20 B. 60 C. 100 D. 110 E. 120 Between 200 and 299, there are ten numbers ending with 3 (203, 213, 223. . .). Now, what the test writers are hoping is that you will have become so fixated on [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in this sentence: Some people are desensitized of (A) the violence on TV shows, but (B) this does not mean that they are not aware of (C) the real-life violence around them (D). No error (E) In English, as in all languages, there are idiomatic expressions. There are certain [...]
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To register as a free member, the individual has to complete a long questionnaire where a _______ of personal information has to be _______. A. plethora..divulged B. calumny..concealed C. phenomena..publicized D. dearth..disclosed E. penury..delineated If it is a long questionnaire, then it must be asking for a significant amount of personal information. The first blank needs to [...]
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If w = x and z = x/(x+1), then the ratio of w to z is: (A) x (B) x+1 (C) x2 (D) x2 / (x+1) (E) (x+1) / x2 The ratio of w to z is that same as the ratio of x to x/(x+1). This ratio is expressed as the fraction: x/[x/(x+1)]. As you [...]
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