Which of the following choices will most improve this sentence? If the sentence is ok, choose (A). To judge the Tidy City contest, we picked an uninterested party. (A.) picked an uninterested party. (B.) picked an interested party! (C.) picked a disinterested party. (D.) are in the process of picking an uninterested party. (E.) picked [...]
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She found that fame was both ________ and ________; not only was it difficult to get her book published, but when she did, members of the media quickly lost interest in it. (a) destructive…counterproductive (b) evanescent…gratifying (c) tedious…deleterious (d) elusive…ephemeral (e) fulfilling…subtle The first blank will be filled by a word that has something to [...]
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230 + 230 + 230 + 230 = A. 8120 B. 830 C. 232 D. 230 E. 226 The expression above could be rewritten as: 4 x 230 4 can also be written as 22. What is 22 x 230? You should remember this basic rule: ( x m ) ( x n ) = x( m + n [...]
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Which choice represents the best improvement to the underlined part of the sentence? If the sentence is ok as it is, choose (A). Hockney’s most arresting Pop Art works have been produced at his home in Los Angeles, he moved there from his native Britain in the 1960s. (A) Los Angeles, he moved there (B) [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the following sentence. Every student at the party tried to look their best . No error . A B C D E There are some pronouns in English that seem to be plural, but are actually singular. “Every,” “each,” “everyone,” are [...]
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True to her altruistic beliefs, Natalie ——- the ——- attitude of her colleague that a client represented nothing more than a source of income and an opportunity for advancing one’s professional reputation. A. applauded . . conscientious B. condoned . . aggressive C. lamented . . mercenary D. adopted . . egotistical E. belittled . [...]
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If the value of x and y in the fraction XZ/Y are both tripled, how does the value of the fraction change? A. increases by half B. decreases by half C. triples D. doubles E. remains the same Since X is in the numerator and Y is in the denominator, and since Z is [...]
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In a complex __________, the contribution of an individual to the eventual decision cannot be readily ___________ . a. quandary . . arbitrated b. hierarchy . . isolated c. scenario . . condescended d. phenomenon . . realigned e. pedagogy . . censored This is [...]
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Critical Reading Passage The following speech was delivered by General Douglas MacArthur on September 2, 1945, upon Japan’s surrender to the U.S. in WWII. 1 “Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. Various methodsthrough the ages have been attempted to devise an international process to prevent or settle disputes between nations. From the [...]
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Click here to read a fantastic article on negative thinking. I highly recommend it, especially to you complaint addicts (which, I think, is probably most of us!!).
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The voters first thought the candidate was ________, so they were horrified to discover the level of his ________. a) honorable…veracity b) tiresome…nonchalance c) principled…perfidy d) reprobate…wantonness e) corrupt…turpitude “First” is a very important word here. The implication is that voters had a certain view of this person which then [...]
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This is a grid-in question, where you have to produce the answer rather than choose it. Can you find the easiest way to solve this? You might be surprised to realize that this one can be answered in about five seconds. Well, maybe ten. If p² – q² = 12, and p + q = [...]
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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) [...]
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