Which choice represents the best improvement to the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is fine as it is, choose (A).
Mary was bored at the beginning of the movie, having shown great interest once the story picked up momentum.
A. having shown great interest once the story picked
B. but showing great interest once the [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence.
In order to (A) buttress the state’s failing economy, the governor is working on (B) introducing new taxes, reducing (C) unemployment, and eliminate (D) wasteful spending. No error. (E)
When you have a series, all elements of the series must be in the same grammatical form. Here, we have [...]
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The student put in a ________ of effort and consequently got a low score on the exam.
(a) concurrence
(b) modicum
(c) multiplicity
(d) plethora
(e) redundancy
If the student got a low score as a result of his effort, we can safely assume that his effort was not very substantial. We’re looking for a word that has to do with [...]
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6 pints of a 20 percent solution of alcohol in water are mixed with 4 pints of a 10 percent alcohol in water solution. The percentage alcohol in the new solution is
A. 16
B. 15
C. 14
D. 13
E. 12
If a 6 pint solution is 20% alcohol, then how much alcohol does it contain? Simple: 6 X .20, [...]
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The mayor is usually a ________ when speaking to local business owners, but on rare occasion she abandons the flattery and speaks her true opinions.
(a) disparager
(b) sycophant
(c) pedant
(d) novice
(e) sophist
On rare occasion the mayor abandons flattery and speaks her mind. The norm for her then is to be a flatterer, or a suck-up. So usually she [...]
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A machine puts c caps on bottles in m minutes. How many hours will it take to put caps on b bottles?
A. 60bm/c
B. bm/60c
C. bc/60m
D. 60b/cm
E. b/60cm
Here is a good example of a question that is made easier by substituting values for the variables. Let’s say the machine puts on 10 caps (so c=10) every minute [...]
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Which choice represents the best improvement to the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is fine as it is, choose (A).
Mary was bored at the beginning of the movie, having shown great interest once the story picked up momentum.
A. having shown great interest once the story picked
B. but showing great interest once the [...]
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Grace has 16 jellybeans in her pocket. She has 8 red ones, 4 green ones, and 4 blue ones. What is the minimum number of jellybeans she must take out of her pocket to ensure that she has one of each color?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 13
(e) 16
Let’s say that Grace takes out eight red jellybeans in a row and [...]
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Among the reasons for the decline of New England agriculture in the last three decades were the high cost of land, the pressure of housing and commercial development, and basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and California.
a) A. basing a marketing and distribution system on importing produce from Florida and [...]
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