READING TEST

In the Reading test, you will read a variety of texts and answer several different types of reading
comprehension questions. The entire Reading test will last 75 minutes.
There are three parts, and directions are given for each part. You are encouraged to answer as many
questions as possible within the time allowed.
You must mark your answers on the separate answer sheet. Do not write your answers in the test book.

PART 5
Directions: A word or phrase is missing in each of the sentences below. Four answer choices are given below
each sentence. Select the best answer to complete the sentence. Then mark the letter (A), (B), (C), or (D) on
your answer sheet.

101. The plant manager expressed -------- for the efficiency gains that we have made on the assembly line.
A. admire C. admiringly
B. admires D. admiration

102. Not only is newspaper circulation down, but Internet based news sites are experiencing a drop-in
readership --------.
A. more C. so much
B. either D. too

103. As part of your duties, you may be asked to give training seminars in our overseas offices, though that will
occur --------.
A. unlikely C. hardly
B. infrequently D. impractically

104. After running the numbers, Miss Garibaldi has -------- not to accept the settlement and, instead, to bring a
civil suit against the company.
A. choice C. choosing
B. choose D. chosen

105. During the mayor's visit to the complex, security procedures will be -------- enforced without exception.
A. strictly C. darkly
B. very D. easily

106. Even though regime change in that country has been violent in the past, their democratic reforms have ----
---- in the peaceful election of a new president.
A. resulted C. combined
B. continued D. included

107. Employee -------- has been the reason for several sensational lawsuits targeting the retailer.
A. overlook C. safe
B. insult D. negligence

108. The files need to be moved from the basement, -------- they are currently stored, up to the new document
archive on the third floor.
A. how C. that
B. why D. where
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109. The proposal seemed reasonable enough at first glance, but deeper examination revealed several --------
that might prove harmful to long-term growth.
A. lawyers C. aspects
B. opponents D. damages

110. There were several reasons behind the decision to spin off the department into an independent
corporation, but it was -------- due to the shifting focus of advertising revenues.
A. primary C. primarily
B. prime D. the most prime

111. Shortfalls in the budget -------- to exceed two million dollars in the first year alone.
A. projected C. have projected
B. are projected D. projection

112. While not an -------- of guilt, the backpedaling by the spokesperson seemed to indicate that all was not as
it appeared to be.
A. admission C. opportunity
B. ascension D. repetition

113. -------- from the templates included in the basic package, custom pages are also available at an extra
charge.
A. Aside C. Come
B. Due D. Unless

114. The quality of our products is so consistently high because inferior parts are never -------- for our premium
quality ones.
A. substitute C. substituting
B. substituted D. substitution

115. As far as resumes go, his qualifications are much better than --------.
A. her C. herself
B. hers D. she is

116. The gains occurred -------- the course of the day, with the largest movement coming after BMJ Corporation
announced their quarterly earnings.
A. without C. despite
B. over D. for

117. I can't forecast the future, but, at the --------, we do not need to make any changes.
A. time C. moment
B. currency D. instance

118. While the statistics are concrete and immutable, -------- them is subject to manipulation.
A. interpreted by C. interprets
B. interpret D. interpretation of

119. -------- a person presents themselves at an interview can sometimes be more important than what they
actually say during the interview.
A. Although C. How
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B. When D. Which

120. Regulators -------- the new measures to produce results so quickly, though they were, of course, quite
pleased with the news.
A. unexpected C. will not expect
B. had not expected D. not expect

121. No one admitted it at the time, but we all found Steve's proposals at the conference -------- naive.
A. amuse C. amusing
B. amused D. amusingly

122. If you -------- to a credit check, you have certain legal rights which are detailed on the following pages.
A. present C. aspire
B. regret D. consent

123. Richard Grandee mentioned several reasons why we should protect -------- from competitors' industrial
espionage plans.
A. themselves C. ourselves
B. himself D. yourself

124. The data conversion process has been slowed by fading ink and -------- writing on the documents.
A. illegible C. illegal
B. improbable D. innocuous

125. Exposure -------- violent images at a young age is one purported cause of antisocial behavior among people
as they age.
A. to C. from
B. with D. opposite

126. If you find any of the required forms missing from your orientation packet, please contact the personnel
department -------- in order to get the paperwork completed as soon as possible.
A. recently C. promptly
B. frequently D. actually

127. For years, the cooperation between the two firms was evident but was recently -------- through a
sponsorship agreement.
A. formal C. formally
B. formality D. formalized

128. The erroneous specifications -------- through the quality control process were serious enough to delay the
fourth quarter shipment.
A. discover C. discovery
B. discovered D. discovering

129. Joan Garland announced the -------- of the terms by the management of the workers' demands.
A. refuse C. refusal
B. refusing D. refuses
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130. Although I was assured that the arrangements would be taken care of --------, when I arrived the
conference room was still in disarray.
A. advance C. least
B. beforehand D. priority

131. Our latest product offering allows -------- our existing modules into the newest available framework.
A. that incorporates C. incorporating
B. incorporation of D. has been incorporated

132. -------- just last year, the converted factory is modern in every way.
A. Renovation C. Renovated
B. Renovate D. Was renovating

133. They agreed that success was now unlikely since the whole plan -------- the participation of the
manufacturing facility in China.
A. depended upon C. used for
B. respected by D. divided among

134. Unless you buy a ticket with reserved seating, you had better plan -------- at least 20 minutes before
departure.
A. boarding C. to board
B. board D. have boarded

135. The improvements resulted from his determination to solve as quickly as possible -------- problems arose.
A. whose C. thereby
B. whatever D. because

136. The earlier -------- was conducive to rapid production, but we found the quality of the products lacking.
A. procedure C. relevance
B. certainty D. testimony

137. The merger between Yellow fish and Bernake Inc. will open up Canada for more efficient -------- of
Bernake’s clothing lines.
A. distributed C. distribution
B. distribute D. will be distributing

138. I recommend that you find a way to differentiate your product from others -------- available in discount
stores.
A. commonly C. politically
B. variably D. restively

139. The minimum rental contract covers a term -------- six months from the date of signing.
A. during C. of
B. while D. in

140. Everyone understood the resentment that Walter must have felt, but it was -------- a reason to resign his
position.
A. falsely C. ineptly
B. regrettably D. hardly
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PART 6
Directions: Read the text below. A word or phrase is missing in some of the sentences. For each empty space in
the text, select the best answer to complete the text. Then mark the letter (A), (B), (C), or (D) on your answer
sheet.

Questions 141-144 refer to the following memo.

Researchers at Chevlin University have announced a -------- in the field of nanotechnology.

141. A. period
B. nuisance
C. breakthrough
D. developer
Scientists working at the Gilbert Hutchins School of Technology produced a braided strand of fiber
composed of carbon nanotubes which is -------- stronger than steel and highly conductive.
142. A. also
B. both
C. further
D. too
The carbon nanotubes were coaxed to braid themselves through a new chemical bathing process
developed by the researchers at the school. A press release from the head of the research group,
Dr. Salim Mansoor, -------- that the fiber was only 4 centimeters in length, so practical applications
143. A. stress
B. stressfully
C. stressed
D. has been stressing
were still far off in the future. However, this discovery marks the first time that several nanotube
strings have been coerced to braid themselves, thereby -------- the desired properties of a single strand.
144. A. multiple
B. multiply
C. multiplied
D. multiplying

Questions 145-148 refer to the following article.

The business world lost an icon yesterday with the passing of Walter Buonanno, -------- of the Pet Rock.
145. A. create
B. creation
C. creator
D. created
Lauded by many as a marketing genius, Mr. Buonanno began selling rocks as pets way back in the
1950s, at first as a joke, but -------- as a multimillion dollar business. Always quotable, the irascible
146. A. more
B. soon
C. later
D. fast
Mr. Buonanno once -------- the world's consumers as "too dumb to be trusted with money."
147. A. character
B. characterized
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C. characterization
D. characteristic
Of course, Mr. Buonanno also had his detractors, including many government officials who
unsuccessfully attempted to -------- him for fraud several times in the 70s and 80s.
148. A. prosecute
B. compliment
C. disregard
D. legislate

Questions 149-152 refer to the following advertisement.

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149. A. gift
B. artifact
C. decision
D. solution
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150. A. real
B. owned
C. ideal
D. treasured
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151. A. other
B. either
C. included
D. too
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152. A. delivers
B. delivery
C. deliverable
D. delivering
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