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Section 1
Language Proficiency
1-70

I. Error Identification: Select the letter of the portion of the sentence that contains an error. If there is
no error, select D to indicate that the sentence contains no error. Each item may only have up to
one error underlined.

1. In the 1990’s, the People’s Republic of China grew economically, territorially, and culturally. No
Error.
A B C D

2. Latin is practically a dead language, spoken only by students, academics, and the Catholic clergy.
No Error.
A B C D

3. In November 29, 1890, the Imperial Japanese Diet convened for the first time. No Error
A B C D

4. The financial expert which flew in to advice the president, came from London. No Error.
A B C D

5. In 2010, Harvard University had an acceptance rate of 6.9%, and will have rejected students with
perfect SAT scores.
A B C
No Error.
D

6. Akihiro tried to acquire as many of the valuable and groundbreaking knowledge as he can from the
lecture. No Error.
A B C D

7. Ateneo’s rank of 307 in the 2010 QS University rankings is far ahead of La Salle, ranked 451. No
Error.
A B C D

8. The Continental Congress is drafting a constitution for the delegates they will address in June. No
Error.
A B C D

9. Xabi Alonso’s shot was wide off the mark and the goalkeeper Casillias did not have to make a save.
No Error.
A B C D

10. The proposal made by the British Labour Party was in opposition of privatization of state holdings.
No Error.
A B C D
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II. Sentence Completion: Select the word/words that best completes/ the sentence.

11 Just like National Bookstore, Barnes & Noble

. sells 12. The Royal Albert Hall ____ South Kensington,
London, was opened by Queen Victoria in
_____ and writing tools. 1871.

a. Stationary a. On
b. Stationery b. In
c. Stationarry c. Over
d. Stationairy d. Along

13 Alexei had ______ over the vast Siberian As one continues to play basketball, ____ will
. expanse 14. realize
more than once. that handling the ball becomes second nature.

a. Drove a. He
b. Drived b. They
c. Driven c. I
On
d. Been Driving d. e

15
. My dad gave Erik and ____ some UAAP season 16. Economics students in Cambridge University’s
Trinity College are tipped to become ______ in
tickets. the
future.
a. Me
b. I a. A technocrat
c. Them b. Technocrats
d. Us c. Technocrat inclined
d. Technocrats themselves

17
. Johnny _____ ate the cookies by the time we got 18. Students prefer the Ateneo ____ other private
colleges and universities because of the unique
home. Jesuit
education it provides.
a. All ready
b. Al ready a. Than
c. Already b. More than
d. Readily c. To
d. Compared to

19 The amalgamation of the various unions across

. the 20. Neither Mikhail Gorbachev ____ Boris Yeltsin
emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union
country _____ given workers more leverage. with
his reputation intact.
a. Has
b. Have a. Or
c. Had b. Nor
d. Will have c. And
d. But
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III. Vocabulary

A. Synonyms: Select the word/s that best capture the meaning of the italicized word.

21 The rapid staccato of raindrops on the roof

. As a result of inbreeding, some members of the 22. kept
everyon
Russian Imperial household suffered from e from sleeping early.
hemophilia.
a. Sharp, rapid sounds
a. Bloodthirstiness b. Heavy banging
b. Infertility c. Incessant tapping
c. Uncontrollable Bleeding d. Flowing
d. Mental Disorders

23 The candidate committed a serious faux pas

. when he 24. George Orwell brilliantly portrayed a socialist
described the laborers as
“ignorant.” dystopia in his book 1984.
Si
a. n a. Fable
b. Misstep b. Anti-utopia
c. Offense c. Myth
d. Insult d. Utopia

25
. Fabio never liked the ancient necropolis at the 26. The Pope appointed a new apostolic nuncio to
outskirts of town. France.

a. A large and old cemetery a. Bishop

b. A city on a hill b. Cardinal
c. An elevated villa c. Envoy
d. A dark city d. Prelate

27 In medieval England, papists, or Catholics, In the U.K. the name of the Scottish city
. could be 28. Edinburgh,
in the vernacular, is actually pronounced “E-
obtruncated if caught. din-
burrah.”
a. Deported
b. Beheaded a. Native Language or Dialect
c. Tortured b. Local Slang
d. Imprisoned c. Peculiar manner
d. Surrounding area

29 The nomadic Mongols lived in yurts since the The Apotheosis of Washington is a unique work
. days of 30. of
Genghis Khan. art that can be found in the U.S. Capitol.

a. Tents a. Glorification
b. Houses b. Deification
c. Caravans c. Inauguration
d. Wagons d. Archetype
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B. Antonyms: Select the word that is the opposite of the meaning of the highlighted word. Choose the best answer
available.

31
. The defendant was acquitted by the court in 32. Van Gogh certainly wasn’t a proponent of
yesterday’s
hearing. achromatic painting.

a. Arrested a. Colorful
b. Absolved b. Abstract
c. Convicted c. Matte
d. Released d. Multifaceted

33 Coach Mike, ever the optimist, went into the

. After his coronation, Louis XIV was warmly 34. game
applauded by the Parisians on the streets. with such confidence.

a. Acidulation a. Underdog
b. Decimation b. Pessimist
c. Abdication c. Antagonist
d. Denunciation d. Naysayer

35 It was thought as late as the 1960’s that a The shaft that kept the roof up stayed rigid,
. proletarian 36. even as
the wind and rain gained
takeover was inevitable. strength.

a. Bourgeoisie a. Flaccid
b. Anarchist b. Pliable
c. Elitist c. Broken
d. Government d. Bent

37 Back in her time, Margaret Thatcher was an The redoubtable Netherlands football squad,
. eminent 38. stacked
world leader, although she was very wit world- players, was humbled in the
unpopular with h class recent
the U.K.’s leftist north. European Championships.

a. Infamous a. Feeble
b. Obscure b. Doubtable
c. Unimportant c. Formidable
d. Articulate d. Perturbing

39 Germany abrogated its agreements with the

. The government proved to be profligate in its 40. Allied
spending, constructing unnecessary theatres
and powers, continuing with the Anschluß and the
convention centers. annexation of Czechoslovakia.

a. Wise a. Ratified
b. Careful b. Liquidated
c. Frugal c. Permitted
d. Creative d. Countermanded
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Improving sentences: Select the item that will change the underlined portion and make the sentence
IV. grammatically
correct and more effective. Select choice A if no improvement is necessary. Choose the best answer.

Having moderated inflation, economic growth and Right of the bat, the critics told the painter that his
41. the 42. work
rapid creation of jobs is the objective of the
incoming was horrendous.
administration.
a. Right of the bat, the critics
Having moderated inflation, economic growth and
a. the b. Right off the bat, the critics
rapid creation of jobs is c. Right with the bat, the critics had
Having moderated inflation, economic growth and
b. jobs d. Right on the bat, critics have
created is already
Having moderated inflation, economic growth and
c. rapid
creation of jobs are
Having moderated inflation, economic growth and
d. rapid
job creation is

Dan Brown is the author which had been the Erick was made to choose between staying at home
43. major cause 44. for the
of numerous conspiracy theories regarding the game or his girlfriend’s debut
Church, the in the theatre.
Masons and the Illuminati.
Staying at home for the game or his girlfriend’s
a. debut
Dan Brown is the author which had been the major Staying at home for the game and attending his
a. cause b. girlfriend’s
b. Dan Brown has been causing debut
Staying at home for the game or attending his
c. Dan Brown is the author who caused c. girlfriend’s
d. Dan Brown has been the author who had caused debut
d. Staying for the game and attending to his girlfriend

Frederick the Great of Prussia exhibited wisdom and The unification of the English and Scottish
45. being 46. monarchies was
idealistic, traits appropriate for the ideal monarch the cause of much friction in the new
that the British state.
Enlightenment thinkers portrayed him as.
a. Monarchies was the cause
Exhibited wisdom and being idealistic, traits
a. appropriate b. Monarchies were the cause
b. Exhibited wisdom and idealism c. Monarchies caused
Exhibited wisdom and idealistic traits that are
c. especially d. Monarchy were a divisive cause
proper
d. Exhibited wisdom and idealism, traits appropriate

The tensions between Japan and China were so high By the age of 21, most children in the world of today
47. as to 48. would
both countries have prepared their militaries for have gone on
a to live by themselves.
potential attack.
a. Most children in the world of today
a. China were so high as to both countries b. Most children in the modern world
b. China was so high that both countries c. Most children now
c. China were so high that both countries d. Most children, as of the present,
China were so high that both, beginning today with
d. missile
barrier
s

The Philippine economy grew by 7.8%, which is The Ateneo is one of the oldest institutions in Asia,
49. higher 50. dating
than China, which grew by back to the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from
7.5%. its
exile
.
a. Which is higher than China, which drew by 7.5%
To the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from its
b. Which is higher than 7.5%. a. exile.
In the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned it from
c. Which is higher than China’s growth of 7.5%. b. exile.
In the 1800’s, when the Jesuits have returned from
d. Which is higher than the Chinese rate of growth. c. their
extensive exile.
To the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from their
d. exile.
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V. Improving Paragraphs: Read the given paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Choose
the most effective and grammatically correct answer.

This is the first draft of an essay written by a journalist. It has multiple errors in usage and grammar.

1 The Japanese have built a reputation for the most eccentric things.

2 Its difficult to find a place to begin with, as this eccentricity is present in most facets of Japanese life.

3 For example, to show how this eccentricity affects everything, we can start with the humble toilet.

4 Japanese toilets are naturally weird.

5 First off, is the famous Washlet, which is one of the most advanced toilets in the world.

6 These toilets have heated seats, warm water massages, warm air dryers, automatic deodorizers and a digital
thermostat.

7 Also, one more Japanese oddity in the toilet world is the Otohime or “Sound Princess.”

8 These devices are available in women’s cubicles, mainly because Japanese women feel ashamed when other
people
hear the sounds they make when they are in the toilet.

9 The Otohime, when activated, creates the sound of flushing water, therefore drowning out the sounds the
users make.

51
. How can the first sentence be improved? 52. Which part of sentence 2 is erroneous?

a. It cannot be improved a. No part is erroneous

b. Replace the word “eccentric” with the word “weird” b. “Its”
c. Insert the word “creating” after “for” c. “a place to begin with”
Replace the phrase “The Japanese” with the phrase
d. “The d. “this eccentricity is present”
Japanese people”

53 After which sentence is it most appropriate to begin

. a new 54. Which sentence should be removed?
paragraph?
a. 2
a. 1 b. 4
b. 6 c. 9
c. 9 d. 6
d. 2

55
. How can sentence 7 be improved? 56. What is wrong with sentence 9?

a. It cannot be improved a. It refers to the gadget as “Otohime.”

Replace the phrase “Also, one more” with
b. “Another” b. The use of the verb “drowning’ is inappropriate.
c. Remove the word “Otohime” c. The word “creates” does not follow Subject-Verb
d. Attach sentence 8 to sentence 7. Agreement rules.
d. There is no error.
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VI. Paragraph Arrangement: Arrange the sentences in a coherent and logical manner, in the form of a
paragraph. Select the best answer from among the choices.

a. Before him, people thought of themselves as beings that were special, set apart from all creation.
b. With this is mind, the notion of being no different from the heathen chimpanzees in the rainforests
of Africa caused quite a stir back in his day.
c. In time, Darwin has proved that he was correct, and his theory is now generally accepted
students, teachers and academics everywhere.
d. Charles Darwin was the man who formulated the theory of evolution.

57
. What should be the first sentence? 58. What should be the last sentence?

a. (a) a. (a)
b. (b) b. (b)
c. (c) c. (c)
d. (d) d. (d)

59
. What should be the third sentence? 60. What could be the title of this short essay?

a. (a) a. The Life and Works of Charles Darwin

b. (b) b. Survival of the Fittest
c. (c) c. Evolution’s Eventual Acceptance
d. (d) d. The Socio-Political Ramifications of Darwinism

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Section 2
General Information
61-85
25 items; 10 minutes

61. The first nation to launch a satellite and a man to

space 62. Taiwan’s official name is ______.
was ______.
a. Republic of China
a. The United States of America b. Chinese Taipei
b. The United Kingdom c. Republic of Taiwan
c. Japan d. Kuomintang
d. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

63 What was the most downloaded song on iTunes

. Who was the author of Catcher in the Rye? 64. in
the year 2012?
a. Henry Thoreau
b. Matthew Emerson a. “Starships” – Nicky Minaj
c. J.D. Salinger b. “Call me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen
d. William Faulkner c. “Payphone” – Maroon 5
d. “What Makes You Beautiful” – One Direction

65 Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago narrowly Who was the Japanese emperor that presided
. lost a 66. over
presidential election against which candidate? Japan’s transition towards modernization?

a. Joseph Estrada a. Hirohito

b. Gloria Arroyo b. Mutsuhito
c. Corazon Aquino c. Jimmu
d. Fidel Ramos d. Amaterasu

67 When a human is infected with the

. When was the Ateneo founded? 68. Human
Papillomavirus (HPV), _____ may occur.
a. 1901
b. 1764 a. HIV/AIDS
c. 1829 b. Sore Eyes
d. 1859 c. Warts
d. Smallpox

69 Which celebrity is the father of Kim The South and North Korea are separated at
. Kardashian’s 70. which
child? parallel?

a. Jay-Z a. 39th parallel

b. Kanye West b. 43rd parallel
c. Kris Humphries c. 38th parallel
d. Kris Jenner d. 29th parallel
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71 Which writer wrote Historie de ma vie and The Ottoman Empire had its beginnings
. became 72. where?
famous in history for his womanizing?
a. Anatolia
a. Henry XIII b. Syria
b. Giacomo Casanova c. Persia
c. Maximilien de Robespierre d. Constantinople
d. Amerigo Vespucci

73
. Which is the 12th longest river in the world? 74. During the Seven Years’ War, which country
occupied Manila and most of Luzon?
a. Yangtze
b. Amazon a. The Netherlands
c. Mississippi b. Spain
d. Mekong c. France
d. Great Britain

75 What is inscribed on the gates of hell in

. Which is not part of the United Kingdom? 76. Dante’s
Inferno?
a. Scotland
“Through me you go into a city of weeping; through
b. Wales a. me you
go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the
c. Ireland lost
d. England people”
b. “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
c. “Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.”
d. “Hope not ever to see heaven again.”

77 Who is the current manager of Reading Who was the communist revolutionary who led
. Football 78. a
revolution in Cuba, died in Bolivia, and then
Club? was
immortalized in countless T-shirts and
merchandise?
a. Arsene Wenger
b. Bryan McDermott a. Vladimir Lenin
c. Sir Alex Ferguson b. Ernesto “Che” Guevara
d. Nigel Adkins c. Mao Zedong
d. Leon Trotsky

79
. Which was the last dynasty to rule over China? 80. Where are white blood cells in the human body
made?
a. Zhou
b. Tang a. Bone Marrow
c. Han b. Thymus Gland
d. Qing c. Spine
d. Spleen
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81 Which celebrity/personality has the most North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was
. number of 82. educated
Twitter followers? where?

a. Lionel Messi a. Switzerland

b. Justin Bieber b. North Korea
c. Lady Gaga c. U.K.
d. Barack Obama d. China

83 Who made St. Peter’s Baldachin or Ciborium in On the feast day of whom did the Imperial
. St. 84. Japanese
Peter’s Basilica? Army invade the Philippines?

a. Michelangelo a. San Isidro Labrador

b. Gian Lorenzo Bernini b. The Black Nazarene
c. Raphael c. Francis Xavier
d. Sandro Botticelli d. The Immaculate Conception

85 In the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great of Prussia took what part of Habsburg
. Austria and made it
part of Prussia?

a. Silesia
b. Venice
c. Vienna
d. Salzburg

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Section 3

Numerical Ability
86-145
60 items; 50 minutes

Instructions: You will be given questions that test your ability in mathematics. Choose the best and simplest answer from among the
choices. Take note that figures are not drawn to scale.

86. 27,813 students took the ACET this year. If 87. Simplify the x 2 + 25
only expression:
2,836 students were admitted into the Ateneo 2
among those students, what is the Ateneo’s
x −10x + 25
a. (x-5)
acceptance rate?
b. (x+5)
a. 7.5% c. -10x
b. 10.2% 2
c. 13.4% d. 25x
x
d. 9.0% 89. Given the functions f (g) = + x 2 , x( y)
88. Given the equation (x − y) × (y − x) = −4 , = y −1
where x 4

and y are whole numbers, which of the following can and g( x) = x + 6, what is the value of f (g( x(
be the value of x? y))) if
y =5?
a. 3
b. 5 a. 100
c. 10 b. 56.7
d. -3 c. 102.5
d. 64.5

91. What is the x-intercept of y = 17x + 51?

90. The tuition fee of two semesters in the
Loyola Schools costs 150,000. If the fee
a. 5
increases at the rate of 5% per year, around
b. 3
how much will the tuition be in 5 years for
c. 14
one semester? d. -3
a. 182,326
b. 81,274
c. 95,721
d. 191,443 3 5 8 3
93.Given that x x  y , what is y equal to if x
92.Given inscribed angle θ , what is the angle 4?
of central angle δ , which subtends the same
arc? a. 64
b. 24
2 c. 16
a. δ
b. θδ d. 42
c. 90
θ
d. 2
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4
94. What is the expression x 3 equivalent 95. The flat rate of taxis is 45 pesos. For every half-
to? kilometer,
2 pesos and 50 centavos are added to the fare. What is the
equation for the total fare if k is the distance
7
a. x traveled in kilometers and t is the cost?
3

b. x4 a. 1.25(36  k)  x
16 b. 45 + 2.5k = x
c. x

2 c. 45 + 5k = x
d. x
2
d. k  48  x
96.What is the volume of the biggest sphere
that can fit in a cube with a volume of 216
3
cm ?
2
a. 9π
b. 20

c. 36π

d. 40π
97. Given the figure, what is the x-intercept of 98.Given the figure, where AC=5, and
the ray with endpoint (0,3)? BC=12, what is the area of the shaded
portions of the circle?

a. (0, 3)

a. 21.125π −
b. (0, 2) 30
c. (0,1) b. 20π + 30
d. (0, 2.1) c. 14π − 30
d. 13π − 30
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What is the point of intersection of the Given figure with cubic and linear
99. following 100. functions
f(x) and t(x), where f(y)=t(y), which could be
lines? a value
of y?
Line A: y = 4 x + 8

Line B: y = 7x + 5

a. (4, 16)

b. (5, 10)

c. (1, 12)

d. (1, 24)

a. -1

b. 567

c. 2

d. -6

101. What is the standard deviation of the set of 102. What is the surface area of a rectangular
values prism that
has a length of 7, a width of 5 and a height of
{2,4,4,4,5,7,9}? 6?
22
a. 4 a. 1
19
b. 2 b. 8
21
c. 7 c. 4
26
d. 9 d. 6
2
103. Simplify the 256 104. 1+ tan θ = ?
expression if x  4.
2 2
x −4 a. sin θ
a. 1
b. 2
b. 16 2
c. cos θ
c. 4
2
d. sec θ
d. 21
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2
106. Simplify the
1 6 2
105. ( 4  3) =? expression (z x ) 15 .
4 2
a. 7  2 12 z x 3
4
b. 7  x 15
2 7 a. z2 3
c. 25  2 7 2 4
b. z x 45
d. 5  49 x10 5
c.
z2
d. z x
2 2

45
107. Gian wants to build a kite, shown in the figure 108. What is the perimeter of the triangle ABC,
below, which is
with an area of 30cm 2 . What could be the within an equilateral triangle with line AB as its
lengths of the diagonals that support the kite? altitude, if AC=6?

a. 15 and 10

b. 15 and 15 a. 93 2
c. 6 and 10
b. 93 3
d. 6 and 5
c. 12  6 3
d. 14
3
110. Given the equation 4 , what is a possible
109. Given the inequality −6x − 5x + 4 = 2y + 6 real
4< −1 , what are the value of y?
possible values of x?
a. -35
a. {x | x > 0} b. There are no real values
for y
b. {x | x < 0}
3
c. 2x 6
c. {x | x = 1}
d. -32
d. {x | x ∈W }
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111. Given this graph of a function, its equation probably 112. Given triangle ABC, where angle ABC is a right
has
2
angle, AB =x, BC=y, and AC= (x + 4) , what is y in
________.
terms of x?

a. (x+4)
a. A squared value
b. x+4
b. An absolute value

c. An exponent c. x 3

d. A regression d. 2 x +4
113. When the perimeter of square ABCD is doubled, 114. If 5x + n = 45 + 2n , what is n in terms of x?
then its area, x, will be ____.
n
a.Quadrupled a. 9 
5
b. Doubled
b. 5x + 45
c. Squared
c. −45 + 5x
d. Cubed
d. x −9

, what is x in terms
116. Given the equation (4 x ) 4 = 4y • 4 6
115. How many values of x can satisfy the following of y?
equation?
x 3 3

y

5 a. 2y
a. One y 3
b. Two b. 4 2
c. Three c. 46y
d. More than three

d.
4
4y 6
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118. What is the height of a trapezoid with an area of

117. The radius of a circle is 4. What is the 2
1 of its 30cm
length of
and bases with lengths of 10 cm and 5 cm?
perimeter? 10
a. 1.2 cm

a. 1.6π b. 8 cm
4 c. 4 cm
b. 10 π
d. 0.25 cm
c. 0.8π
d. 1.2566
119. The sum of two integral numbers is 20. 120. The ratio of females to males in the Loyola
The larger Schools is
number is the square of the smaller number, and the 4:6. If you add the 6000 male students of the Grade
larger School
number when squared, has a value greater than 600. and High School to the 8000 students of the Loyola
What Schools,
what will be the approximate ratio of females to
are the two numbers? males?

a. 16 and 4 a. 3:10

b. 25 and -5 b. 2:5

c. 36 and 6 c. 3:20

d. 23 and -3 d. 4:11

121. What is the 6th term of this series? 122. Given a circle with the equation
2 2
(x − 4) + (y − 6) = 49, what is the equation of the line
1, 5, 11, 17, 33…
that intersects the origin and the center?
a. 61
3
a. y  x
b. 50
c. (1,0)
c. 59
d. (4,0)
d. 47

2
123. In the parabola with the equation y = x + 2x −
3, with
an axis of symmetry at x = 1, what is the ordered
pair that has the same y-value as the ordered pair
(-3, 0)?

a. (3, 0)

b. (2, 0)
 2
b. y  7x  6

c. y  3x

2
d. y  x
3
124. If 3x + 4 = n , 6x + 8 is equal to what?
2
a. n
b. 4n

c. 2n

d. 2n +3
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125. What is the area of a circle inscribed in a square with diagonals 126. Given this figure, what is the length of x?
(Reminder: figures are not drawn to scale.)
that are 4 2 units long?
a. 32π
b. 4π

c. 16π

d. 8π

a. 9

b. 6
1.
c. 5

d. 3

128. The Trans-Siberian Railway travels 9000 km from

Vladivostok
to Moscow in 4 days. It then travels another 3000 km from
127. log5 z  2. What is the value of z? Moscow
to Novosibirsk in 1 day. What is the average speed of the
a. 10 train in
kilometers per hour throughout its journey?
b.
5/2
a. 100 km/hr
c. 7
b. 90 km/hr
d. 25
c. 110 km/hr

d. 120 km/hr

129. A rhombus with a perimeter of 20 cm has a diagonal 130. Every year, the price of a Big Mac increases by 15%. If
that has a a Big
Mac currently costs 145 pesos, around how much will it
length of 8 cm. What is the length of the other diagonal? cost in 4
years?

a. 4 2 a. 254 pesos

b. 4 3 b. 270 pesos
c. 284 pesos
c. 3 3
d. 195
d. 3 pesos

131. The amount of sodas sold, x, is inversely proportional 2 2

to its price, y. Which of the following could be the equation c. x y  40
that represents the relationship between the sodas sold
2
and its price? d. x y  40
a. xy  40

b. x y  40
132. What is the length of the longest
segment that can fit into a cube with sides 4
cm long?

a. 8 3

b. 4 3

c. 51

d. 4 25
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133. What is the point of intersection of the following 134. What is the value of one internal angle of a
lines? regular
decagon?
y = 2x +1 a.
1440
y = −2x − 2
b. 140
a. (0, 1)
c. 144
b. (1, -2)
d. 120
c. (-1, -1)

d. (-1, -2)

135. For general exponential functions, where 136. Which is a possible value of x in the equation
x 2
f ( x)  b , what should be the value of base b? 2x + 7x + 6 = 0?
a. A positive integer 2
b. A negative integer a. − 3
b. -2
c. A whole number
c. 2
d. A positive constant
3
d. 2
138. What is the mode of the following set of
137. What is the domain of the given expression? numbers?

22y {1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5,7}
x−4 a. 5

a. {x | x ∈ R, x ≠ 4} b. 7

b. {x | x ∈ R, x ≠ ±4} c. 4

c. {x | x ∉W } d. 1

d. {x | x = 4}

140. What is the surface area of a cylinder with a

139.
1+1 = z, then z is equal to height of 5
If what? and a radius of 4?
x y
a. Insufficient information given.
a. 72π
b. 40π
2
c. 32π
2
b. xy
x+y d. 69π  32
c.
xy
2
d. x+
y
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141. If every ⊗ represents 500,000 casualties, how 142. Given the figure below, what is the
many value of y?
casualties are represented by this set of symbols?

⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗
a.250,000
b. 2,500,000
c. 3,125,000
d. 1,000,000

a. 3
b. 6

c. 2 3
d.12

144. What is the area of a triangle with a

143. 5 75 + 3 = ? base of 5 and a height of 6?

a. 7 78 a.4

b. 7 225 b. 30
c. 60
c. 27 3
d. 15
d. 4 3
145. Lineis perpendicular to line λ , which has an equation of x = −2(y + 4) . What is the slope of
line ?

a. 2
1
b.
2
1
c. − 2
d. 4

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Section 4
Verbal Analogy
146-165
20 items; 10 minutes

A. Single Word Analogy

146. Cow: Plants :: Termite: _____. 147. Thin: Portly; Irate: _____.

a. Furniture a. Furious

b. Insect b. Calm

c. Wood c. Confused

d. Mound d. Organized

148. Flowing: River; Stagnant: _____. 149. Eyes: Ophthalmologist; Feet:_____.

a. Pond a. Paleopathologist

b. Ocean b. Podiatrist

c. Lake c. Orthopedist

d. Glacier d. Gerontologist

150. Life:Death; Coagulate:______. 151. Fire:Water; Wood:_____.

a. Celebrate a. Tree

b. Dissolve b. Axe

c. Destroy c. Fire

d. Oppose d. Water

152. Human:Food; Turbine:______. 153. Oppresion:Revolution; Eradication:_______.

a. Water a. Extinction

b. Spin b. Dissipation

c. Engineer c. Emancipation

d. Rotate d. Infection

154. Music:Emotions; Pictures:_______. 155. Articulate:Words; Emancipate:_______.

a. Sadness a. Workers

b.Mysteries b. Voters

c.Memories c. Unions

d. Creativity d. Colleges
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B. Paired Word Analogy: Select the pair of words that are related in a similar manner to those given in the number.

156. Rice: Paddy--___:____ 157. Policeman: Crime--___:____

a. Oil: Caves a. Broom: Dust

b. Staples: Stapler b. Fireman: Rescue

c. Car: Factory c. Soap: Skin

d. Teacher: Prep-School d. Eraser: Write

158. Journalism: News--___:____ 159. Memories: Experiences--___:____

a. Engineering: Structures a. Learning: People

b. Mathematics: Equations b. Money: Power

c. Pencils: Books c. Creativity: Pedigree

d. Poets: Laureates d. Knowledge: Studies

160. Scalpel: Surgery--___:___ 161. Tenable: Defensible--___:___

a. Visualization: Photography a. Impossible: Viable

b. Anesthesia: Numbness b. Arduous: Difficult

c. Mnemonic: Memorization c. Credible: Justifiable

d. Magnets: Poles d. Sweltering: Sun

162. Xylophilia: Wood—___:____ 163. Madrid: Spain--___:____

a. Petrophilia: Rock art or structures a. New York: U.S.A.

b. Anglophilia: Britain b. Phnom Penh: Cambodia

c. Logophilia: Pictures c. Almaty: Kazakhstan

d. Retrophilia: Disco Music d. Sydney: Australia

164. Arbitration: To Settle--___:____ 165. Washington: U.S.A.--____:____

a. Mastication: To Chew a. L’Ouverture: Haiti

b. Application: To Reject b. Napoleon: France

c. Destruction: Edification c. Raffles: Hong Kong

d. Elimination: Obstruction d. Togo: Japan

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Section 5
Logical Reasoning
166-175
10 items; 10 minutes

A. Select the statement that follows the stated logic of the question. Choose the best answer.

166. All red items are fruits. A banana is red. All rocks 167. When a fire burns, smoke is formed. When smoke
are is
formed, sometimes there is a fire. If there is smoke
red, therefore ______. ______.

a. The rock is a fruit. a. There is fire.

b. The rock is a hard. b. There is no fire.

c. The rock could be a fruit. c. There could be a fire.

d. The rock is not a fruit. d. There will be fire.

168. If Steven has money, he eats ice cream. If Daniel 169. All parents are workers. Not all workers are
has married,
money, he buys ice cream and shares it with Steven. and only some parents are married. Some childless
If only people
Steven is eating ice cream____________. are workers. Therefore, _____________.

a. Steven and Daniel had no money. a. Some workers have neither a spouse nor a child.

b. Steven has no money. b. All workers have children.

c. Daniel has no money. c. All parents are married.

d. Steven and Daniel both have money. d. No single workers are parents.

170. In an unknown language “Ya smertel 171. When the university’s basketball team does well,
medveda,vsegda.” alumni
contributions increase. When it doesn’t it decreases.
means That over there is the bear’s prey. In the same This
language, the sentence “Ya Otchizne krasniy
medved,” means year, the team did not do well, therefore____________.
That big bear is red. What word most probably means
bear?
a. The team will do well next year.
a. “Ya”
b. Alumni contributions will increase.
b. “Vsegda”
c. Alumni contributions will remain the same.
c. ”Medved”
d. Alumni contributions will decrease.
d. ”Krasniy”

172. Payment of salaries takes up most of the budget 173. There are 10 pencils that are divided among
of high Johnny,
schools. The total paid by North High School for Nicky and Art. If Johnny gives all his pencils to Art,
salaries is Art will
higher than that paid by East High School, but the
total have more than half of all the pencils. If Art and Nicky
budget of East High School is lower than that of combine their pencils, they will have exactly half of
North High the
pencils available. If Art has an even number of pencils,
School, therefore________. and if
 Nicky has more pencils than Art, how many pencils
a. North High School actually has an even greater does Art
portion of have?
its budget allotted for salaries.
b. The other expenses of East High School are higher a. 5
than
that of North High School’s b. 4

c. The total budget of North High School is higher. c. 0

d. The portion of North High School’s budget that
goes to d. 2
salaries is around 75%.
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174. For questions 174-175, read the following 175. If Dan and Martin must start together, what is
passage: the only
The coach of the college basketball team needs to possible starting lineup?
pick 5
players for the starting lineup from James, Franco,
Miguel, a. James, Martin, Dan, Chris, Josh
Ricky, Dan, Martin, Josh and Chris. The starting
lineup must
include only one big man and one guard. b. Martin, Dan, Chris, Ricky, Franco
Martin, Franco and Ricky are guards. Dan and Josh
are big c. Martin, Franco, Chris, Miguel, James
men. Which of the following are possible starting
lineups?
d. Martin, Dan, Chris, Miguel, James
a. James, Franco, Chris, Josh, Miguel.

b. Martin, Franco, Sam, Chris and Josh.

c. Dan, James, Ricky, Martin, Josh.

d. Dan, James, Miguel, Chris, Josh.

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Section 6
Reading Comprehension
176-250
75 items; 1 hour and10 minutes

A. Passage-Based Reading: You will be given sets of passages that cover various topics. With these passages are questions that test your
ability to infer, comprehend, and understand a reading material effectively. Choose the letter of the answer that best answers the question.

PASSAGE 1: Adapted from Ivan Henares. http://www.ivanhenares.com/2009/10/culion-island-where-philippines.html

1 Culion was called the “Island of the Living Dead” or the “Island of No Return.” Once the largest leper colony in the world, it stands
today as a stark reminder of life in the Philippines when leprosy was still an incurable disease, and a testament to how leprosy was
eradicated not just in the Philippines but in the entire world. It shows how technology and advances in medicine have improved and
changed the way we live today.

4 Culion was selected as the containment area of all those with leprosy in the Philippines during the American period. At that
time, leprosy was incurable and the only way to stop its spread was to isolate all those afflicted with the disease. People with
leprosy were rounded up like criminals to be sent to the island, most certainly to die given that there was no cure.

7 The government apprehended lepers, detained them and sent them for isolation on the island on ships every three months. 25 years
after its founding,
16,138 lepers were patients on Culion’s roster, making it the largest leper colony in the world in its time . The large number of
patients also made Culion a natural choice for scientists who sought the cure that will eradicate leprosy from the world.

176. When was Culion founded as a leper colony? 177. Why was Culion needed?
a. Leprosy was unsightly and people preferred to have
a. In the Spanish colonial era lepers
hidden away.
b. In the pre-Hispanic era
b. Researchers needed subjects for the new cures they
were
c. In the post-World War 2 era creating.

d. The American period c. To stop the spread of leprosy, which was incurable.
d. Lepers were not contributing to society, so they
were sent
to work in the island.

178. What does the word “roster” in line 8, most

nearly 179. Why was Culion referred to as the “Island of No
mean? Return?”

a. List a. All people who visit the island never come back.
b. When lepers got treated in Culion, their diseases
b. Hospital never
returned.
c. Prison c. The government executed lepers in the island for
the good
d. Wage Bill of the general public.
d. Lepers who were contained in the island were
expected to
die there of their disease or of natural causes.

180. From the passage, it can be inferred that

________.

a. Culion is no longer a leper colony.

b. Lepers still form the majority of the population in
Culion.
c. Culion is now a major research center for the
treatment of
leprosy.
d. The government created new leper colonies in
response to
increasing leper populations.
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PASSAGE 2: Valentine-by Carol Ann Duffy.

1 Not a red rose or a satin heart.

2 I give you an onion.

It is a moon wrapped in brown paper.
It promises light
like the careful undressing of love.

6 Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.

11I am trying to be truthful.

12 Not a cute card or a kissogram.**

13 I give you an onion.

Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips,
possessive and faithful
as we are,
for as long as we are.

18 Take it.
Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring,
if you like.

21 Lethal.
Its scent will cling to your fingers,
cling to your knife.

**A person sent to kiss another person on behalf of a lover on special occasions like Valentine’s.

181. Why did the author place the line “Not a red rose or a satin
heart,” 182. What do lines 7-8 refer to?
before line 1?
a. The tears that their relationship will cause.
a. To show her dislike for all forms of love
b. The tears that onions induce in people
b. To contrast with the unusual symbol of love that is the onion
c. Tears caused by infidelity
c. To convey her preference for a less romantic sort of love
d. Jealousy and fighting between the in-laws
d. To preclude the references to it in the lines 21-23

183. Lines 13-15 and line 22 show that one reason the author used
the onion 184. How does the poem flow from beginning to end?
for her metaphor is _________.
a. It starts with a broken relationship that eventually descends into
murder.
a. Because it turns foul quickly, as love eventually does.
b. It starts with an insulting symbol and ends with a threatening
symbol.
b. Because it induces tears, like a quarrel between lovers.
c. It begins with the enchanting first encounters with love and
descends into
c. Because the onion provides shock value. possessiveness, and finally, conflict.
d. Because the smell of an onion clings, just as lovers cling to each
other and d. It starts and ends with condescending references to naïve love.
their memories.

185. What do lines 4-5, shown below, symbolize? 186. Why does the author mention the word knife in line 23?

“It promises light, like the careful undressing of love.” a. To show the relationship between the knife and the onion
a. It symbolizes the pleasant first adventures and experiences
of love. b. To end on a grim tone

b. It symbolizes unbridled lust. c. To represent the escalating of conflict between the lovers

c. It is meant to be a literal representation of an onion d. To hint that the lovers killed each other and their children

d. It symbolizes the naïve lovers

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PASSAGE 3: Adapted from Richard Heller of Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0319/034.html

1 Swedish snapshot A: Shows a taxed-to-the-eyeballs welfare state where the government grabs more than 52% of the country’s GDP—
the highest
percentage of any industrial country. A Swedish businessman who earns Euro 200,000 a year gets to keep just 49% of his
paycheck. Of OECD countries, only France comes close to Sweden in taxing its most successful businesspeople.

4 Swedish snapshot B: Shows a booming economy bubbling with entrepreneurial activity. Growth is predicted to be 3.5% for 2001;
inflation, 1.7%; unemployment, 4% (less than half the European average). In 1999, according to the European Information
Technology Observatory, Sweden ranked first in the world in investment in information technology and telecommunications. Venture
capital is pouring into Sweden, and labor productivity is rocketing: From 1990 to 1999 productivity climbed 47% in Sweden, against
39% in the U.S. and 31% (on average) in the EU. Last year, Sweden topped the global standings in R&D spending as a percentage of
GDP with 3.7% (in the U.S. it was 3.1%), according to the OECD.
How to reconcile snapshots A and B? Is Sweden a bloated welfare state? Or a People’s Republic of Entrepreneurs?

10 The answer is that it’s a mixture of both. But the entrepreneurial part of the mix is rapidly gaining ascendancy. One
yardsti ck is the number of business startups. They averaged 29,000 a year between 1984 and 1989 and 36,000 between
1994 and 1999, an increase of nearly 25%.
Cradle-to-grave security is the rule in Sweden, and has been since the early 1950s (the country went socialist in 1932). Go on the dole
in Sweden, for example, and you can get 80% of your last job’s pay for at least five years. Like to fish? The government will put you in a
twelve -month program to learn how to be a fishing guide. Health care is free. So is education; Hence those obscenely high taxes.

15 Less well known, however, is that starting in the early 1990s, Sweden finally woke up to the fact that to be successful, a country needs
entre preneurs. No entrepreneurs, no new businesses. No new businesses, rising unemployment. Rising unemployment, politicians looking
for new jobs—or new careers.
Deciding that they like their jobs, a new generation of Swedish Social Democrats has created a much more friendly environment for
business. Sweden is not a capitalistic heaven on earth, but it’s not the hell on earth for entrepreneurs that it was until a few years
ago.

187. The Swedish government taxes what percent of the country’s 188. How does “Swedish Snapshot A” contrast with “Swedish
GDP? Snapshot B?”

a. 47% a. Snapshot A portrays Sweden negatively, while Snapshot B

b. 49% portrays it positively.
Snapshots A and B portray Sweden as Communistic in
c. 52% b. nature.
d. 39% c. Snapshot B provides a positive interpretation of the data in
Snapshot A.
d. Snapshot B and B provide balanced portrayals of Sweden.

189. How does Snapshot B support the fact that Sweden is a 190. Why does the author refer to Sweden as a “People’s Republic
booming of
economy
? Entrepreneurs?”
To present Sweden as a model of an ideal, egalitarian
a. By relaying anecdotes on the Swedish economy. a. society.
b. By directly contrasting it with Snapshot A. b. To show Swedish totalitarianism.
c. By providing statistics. c. To discredit Sweden.
d. By quoting expert opinion. d. To compare Sweden to a socialist state.

191. How does the author respond to the questions posed at the 192.What happened to the number of startups between 1984 and
end of line 1999?
9?
a. It increased steadily
a. By saying that Snapshot B is correct b. It increased exponentially
b. By stating that it is a amalgamation of both descriptions c. It stagnated
c. By dismissing both statements as erroneous. d. It decreased slowly
d. By qualifying both statements as true on different levels.

194. According to line 15, what does a country need to be

193. According to the passage, why are taxes high in Sweden? successful?

a. Because of the high number of entrepreneurs a. Taxes

b. Because funding for its business ventures is required b. Entrepreneurs
c. Because health care and education is free. c. Bureaucrats
d. Because Sweden needs to fund its military d. GDP growth

195. How did the Swedish Social Democrats respond to the new
needs of 196. From lines 17-18, it can be inferred that ______.
Sweden
?
a. The Swedes returned to socialism a few years ago.
a. It democratized society. b. The Swedish Social Democrats cemented their hold on
It lowered taxes back to normal levels for industrial
b. countries. government by abolishing other parties.
Entrepreneurs are starting to have a more difficult time
c. It created a more business friendly atmosphere. c. doing
d. It gave jobs to entrepreneurs in government. business.
The Swedes learned to construct a compromise between
d. the
extremes of socialism and capitalism.
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PASSAGE 4A: Taken from Emily Anthes, the New York Times. March 9, 2013.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/dont -be-afraid-of-genetic-modification.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

1 If patience is a virtue, then AquaBounty, a Massachusetts biotech company, might be the most virtuous entity on the planet.

2 In 1993, the company approached the Food and Drug Administration about selling a genetically modified salmon that grew
faster than normal fish. In 1995, AquaBounty formally applied for approval. Last month, more than 17 years later, the public
comment period, one of the last steps in the approval process, was finally supposed to conclude. But the F.D.A. has extended the
deadline — members of the public now have until late April to submit their thoughts on the AquAdvantage salmon. It’s just one
more delay in a process that’s dragged on far too long.

6 The AquAdvantage fish is an Atlantic salmon that carries two foreign bits of DNA: a growth hormone gene from the Chinook salmon
that is under the control of a genetic “switch” from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish that lives in the chilly deep. Normally, Atlantic
salmon produce growth hormone only in the warm summer months, but these genetic adjustments let the fish churn it out year round.
As a result, the AquAdvantage salmon typically reach their adult size in a year and a half, rather than three years.

10 If the modified fish is approved, which could still happen later this year, it will be the first transgenic animal to officially enter
the human food supply. Appropriately, it has been subjected to rigorous reviews, with scientists all over the country weighing in on
whether it is fit for human consumption and what might happen if it was to make its way into the wild. Some environmentalists fear
that the modified salmon might wriggle free from fish farms, start reproducing, and ultimately drive wild salmon populations to
extinction.
But scientists, including the F.D.A.’s experts, have concluded that the fish is just as safe to eat as conventional salmon and that,
raised in isolated tanks, it poses little risk to wild populations.

16 This decision isn’t meant to be made quickly; due scientific diligence requires time. But some suspect that political conside
rations have played a role in drawing the approval process out to tortuous lengths. Many of the members of Congress who oppose
the modified fish represent states with strong salmon industries. And some nonprofit groups seem to be opposing the modified
salmon reflexively, as part of an agenda to opp ose all animal biotechnology, regardless of its safety or potential benefits.

20 We should all be rooting for the agency to do the right thing and approve the AquAdvantage salmon. It’s a healthy and relatively
cheap food source that, as global demand for fish increases, can take some pressure off our wild fish stocks. But most important, a
rejection will have a chilling effect on biotechnological innovation in this country.

23 Some scientists may move abroad, to China, Argentina, India or another nation where the political climate is more favorable.
(Indeed, some have already done so — researchers at the University of California, Davis, who have developed goats whose
modified milk could be used to treat and prevent childhood diarrhea, are moving much of their operation to Brazil.) Others may
decide not to pursue such research at all. If a company that has done everything right can’t get its product approved, who else
will be foolish enough to embark upon this kind of research? Who wi ll finance it?
Of course, all this would be just fine with some anti-biotech groups, which traffic in scare tactics rather than science. But it
shouldn’t be fine with the rest of us.

29 The F.D.A. must make sure that other promising genetically modified animals don’t come to the same end. Of course every
application needs to be painstakingly evaluated, and not every modified animal should be approved. But in cases like AquaBounty’s,
where all the avai lable evidence indicates that the animals are safe, we shouldn’t let political calculations or unfounded fears keep
these products off the market. If we do that, we’ll be closing the door on innovations that could help us face the public health and
environmental threats of the future, saving countless animals — and perhaps ourselves.

PASSAGE 4B: Taken from Helen Wallace. The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/zurichfuturology/story/0,,1920348,00.html

1 Should we improve our genetic make-up so we live longer, healthier lives? At first, the answer to this question may seem
obvious - we all dream of winning the battle against ageing. But the idea of genetic improvement is deeply flawed.

3 The term "eugenics" was first coined by France Galton in 1883 to mean 'truly' or 'purely' born. It was later developed as 'the
science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding'. Galton's many disciples believed that traits such as intelligence,
feeblemindedness, criminality, alco holism and prostitution were all caused by genes passed on by parents to successive generations.
Eugenicists developed research programmes into all these conditions, as well as medical conditions such as deafness, blindness,
depression, cancer and schizophrenia. They also lobbied for compulsory sterilisation and incarceration of the genetically unfit and,
eventually, in Nazi Germany, for euthanasia.

8 Modern genetics has improved our understanding of genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. However,
there are also important debates about the extent to which prenatal screening programmes prejudge the value of disabled people's
lives. Genetic research into more complex conditions - such as heart disease - can sometimes help to find clues about the biological
mechanisms underlying such diseases. In addition, a high risk of some rare familial forms of cancer - including about 5% of breast
cancer cases - have been traced to mutations in particular genes, passed from one generation to the next. But genetic research has
not delivered the much-promised 'genetic revolution' in health - the prediction and prevention of common diseases in most people -
or an explanation of intelligence, criminality, heart disease or schizophrenia.
14 What more and more research has shown is that the underlying assumptions of eugenics - that some people are born genetically
superior to others - are simply wrong. For example, the growing global epidemic of obesity is caused by overeating and lack of
exercise, not by an increase in 'genes for obesity'. Of more than 600 obesity genes that have been identified, only a handful have been
relevant to just a small number of families with children who are unusually obese. This relative unimportance of genetic factors limits
the potential of human genetic engineering to improve our quality of life. Even for those relatively rare conditions known as genetic
disorders, the genetic mutation does not determine a person's quality of life or their other attributes and value as a human being.
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20 Genetic research can sometimes help to find new treatments for disease, and today's experimental gene therapy (known as
'somatic gene therapy') may one day become safe enough to treat some people with serious conditions - but this is not the same as
altering the genetic make-up that an individual passes on to their children and their grandchildren.

23 Changing genetic make-up (known as 'germline gene therapy') would involve enormous risks, experimenting on mothers and
unborn babies, and would have unpredictable biological consequences which are passed to future generations. As most conditions are
affected by many complex interactions between our biology and our environment, there is also likely to be little benefit to this
approach.

26 Genetic enhancement is a dangerous fantasy, which distracts us from the real issues affecting our quality of life. According to the
United Nations, poverty is still the world's biggest killer. A billion people are suffering from malnutrition and another billion are
threatening their health by eating too much saturated fat and sugar. Many of the latter are also poor people, living in cities in
developing countries, or on our own housing estates. Genetic engineering isn't going to help them - tackling the global fast food
industry, agricultural subsidies and other social and environmental factors might.

198. According to Passage A, what is the F.D.A.’s stance on the

197. Passage A tackles what kind of salmon? safety of
genetically modified salmon for raising and consumption?
a. Norwegian
b. Pacific a. It could be unsafe for consumption in some isolated cases.
It is totally safe for consumption and may be bred
c. Atlantic b. alongside
d. Antarctic normal salmon.
c. It is unsafe for consumption and will be banned.
It is safe for consumption, but should be bred in isolated
d. areas.

200. It can be inferred from lines 16-19 of Passage A that the

199. What did the genetic adjustment do to the salmon? process is
taking longer than it should because of __________.
a. It accelerated growth.
b. It made the salmon disease-proof. a. Public protests on the issue
c. It made salmon breeding in warm water possible. b. Political opposition
d. It increased the average salmon size and weight fourfold. c. Lack of investors
d. Movement of researchers to foreign countries

201. What is the example given of researchers moving to foreign 202. Why does the author of Passage A give emphasis to the last
countries to part of line
do their work? 32 shown below?
China, India and Argentina have hired fresh graduates
a. from “…-And perhaps ourselves.”
American Universities.
b. Some American researchers stopped doing research. a. To underline the importance of developing Bio Engineering
c. European anti-Biotech groups hired researchers to do work technology.
against Bio Engineering in Switzerland. b. To invoke a sense of urgency in the reader.
Scientists from the University of California moved to do
d. their work c. To destroy the confidence of readers in the government.
in Brazil. d. To link the dangers of Bio Engineering to humans.

203. Who came up with the term eugenics found in line 3 of

passage B? 204. What is the main premise of the science of eugenics?
That humans with inferior genes should be isolated in
a. Helen Wallace a. islands
b. France Galton b. That life is largely determined by genes and inherited traits
c. Emily Anthes c. That intelligence and health can never be inherited
d. Lloyd Dalton d. That genetics is only a very minor cause of social ills

205. How does the author of Passage B refute the belief of the
followers of 206. What is the main idea of Passage B?
eugenic
s?
a. Genetic Engineering is dangerous for the environment.
Genetic Engineering is not the solution to the world’s
a. By flatly dismissing it as insufficiently researched b. problems
The fast food industry and the environment are the major
b. By giving examples of “abnormal” people who succeeded c. issues of
c. By presenting Genetic Engineering as a viable solution the day.
By explaining how a person’s lifestyle, not genetics, has a Eugenics is a dangerous science that should be
d. bigger d. suppressed.
effect on his quality of life.

207. Which of the following is the main difference between Passage

A and B? 208. Both authors would agree that Genetic Engineering is ____.
a. Passage A talks about Genetic Engineering on animals, while
passage B a. Insignificant
talks about Genetic Engineering on humans. b. Powerful
b. They have identical topics. c. Highly unstable
c. Passage A talks about the political implications of science while
Passage B d. Unethical
talks about how science is used by politics.
d. Passage A is hostile to Bio Engineering while Passage B is in
support of it.
210. How would the author of Passage B react to the developments
209. Unlike Passage B, Passage A ______. in
Passage A?
a. Uses a lot of anecdotes to support her theory
With outright rejection, since genetic engineering should
b. Portrays politics as an irrelevant force a. be done
c. Makes greater use of statistics and data to support her claims away with entirely.
With caution, since this development in genetics could
d. Generally takes a supportive stance towards genetic engineering b. later be
used on humans.
With unrestrained optimism, since it will solve world
c. hunger.
With disgust, because of the involvement of politics in
d. science.
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PASSAGE 5: Taken from Sam Dillon of the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/education/04colleges.html

1 Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants
with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point
averages. Needless to say, high school valedictorians were a dime a dozen.
4 It was the most selective spring in modern memory at America’s elite schools, according to college admissions officers. More
applications poured into top schools this admissions cycle than in any previous year on record. Schools have been sending decision
letters to student applicants in recent days, and rejection letters have overwhelmingly outnumbered the acceptances.
7 Stanford received a record 23,956 undergraduate applications for the fall term, accepting 2,456 students, meaning the
school took 10.3 percent of applicants.
9 Harvard College received applications from 22,955 students, another record, and accepted 2,058 of them, for an acceptance
rate of 9 percent. The university called that “the lowest admit rate in Harvard’s history.”
Applications to Columbia numbered 18,081, and the college accepted 1,618 of them, for what was certainly one of the lowest
acceptance rates this spring at an American university: 8.9 percent.
13 “There’s a sense of collective shock among parents at seeing extraordinarily talented kids getting rejected,” said Susan Gzesh,
whose son Max Rothstein is a senior with an exemplary record at the Laboratory School, a private school associated with the University
of Chicago. Max applied to 12 top schools and was accepted outright only by Wesleyan, New York University and the University of
Michigan.
16 “Some of his classmates, with better test scores than his, were rejected at every Ivy League School,” Ms. Gzesh said.
17 The brutally low acceptance rates this year were a result of an avalanche of applications to top schools, which college admissions
officials attributed to three factors. First, a demographic bulge is working through the nation’s population — the children of the baby
boomers are graduating from high school in record numbers. The federal Department of Education projects that 3.2 million students
will graduate from high school this spring, compared with 3.1 million last year and 2.4 million in 1993. (The statistics project that the
number of high school graduates will peak in 2008 .) Another factor is that more high school students are enrolling in college
immediately after high school. In the 1970s, less than half of all high school graduates went directly to college, compared with more
than 60 percent today, said David Hawkins, a director at the National Association of College Admission Counseling.
23 The third trend driving the frantic competition is that the average college applicant applies to many more colleges than in past
decades. In the 1960s, fewer than 2 percent of college freshmen had applied to six or more colleges, whereas in 2006 more than 2
percent reported having applied to 11 or more, according to The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2006, an annual
report on a continuing long -term study published by the University of California, Los Angeles.
27 “Multiple applications per student,” Mr. Hawkins said, “is a factor that exponentially crowds the college admissions environment.”
One reason that students are filing more applications is the increasing use of the Common Application, a form that can be
completed and filed via the Internet.
30 The ferocious competition at the most selective schools has not affected the overall acceptance rate at the rest of the natio n’s
2,500 four-year colleges and universities, which accept an average of 70 percent of applicants.
32 “That overall 70 percent acceptance rate hasn’t changed since the 1980s,” Mr. Hawkins said.
33 But with more and more students filling out ever more applications, schools like the California Institute of Technology recei
ved a record number of applications this year — 3,595, or 8 percent more than last year — and admitted 576 students. Among so
many talented applicants, a prospective student with perfect SAT scores was not unusual, said Jill Perry, a Caltech spokeswoman.
37 “The successful students have to have shown some passion for science and technology in high school or their personal life,”
Ms. Perry said. “That means creating a computer system for your high school, or taking a tractor apart and putting it back
together.”
39 The competition was ferocious not only at the top universities, but at selective small colleges, like Williams, Bowdoin and Amherst,
all of which reported record numbers of applications.
41 Amherst received 6,668 applications and accepted 1,167 students for its class of 2011, compared with the 4,491 applications
and 1,030 acceptance letters it sent for the class of 2002 nine years ago, said Paul Statt, an Amherst spokesman.
43 “Many of us who went to Amherst three decades ago know we couldn’t get in now; I know I couldn’t,” said Mr. Statt, who graduated
from Amherst in
1978.

211. According to the passage, Harvard College has an acceptance 212. What does the phrase “a dime a dozen,” used to describe
rate of valedictorian
____%. applicants in line 3, most nearly mean?

a. 8 a. Hard to find
b. 5 b. Common
c. 3 c. In high demand
d. 9 d. Cheap

213. Why were parents shocked by the results of the previous 214. Which of the following is not mentioned as a contributing
admissions factor to the
cycle? low acceptance rates in the top colleges?
Extraordinarily talented kids were getting rejected by
a. colleges a. Multiple applications per student
b. There were too many applicants to the colleges b. The high number of high school graduates
More students are enrolling in college right after high
c. Acceptance rates were brutally low c. school
d. Perfect SAT scores were no longer enough d. Super-students with high test scores, stellar grades and
outstanding activities have become more common.
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215. This quote about Caltech applicants below, from line

37 of the 216. The tone in lines 1-3 can best be described as ________.
passage indicates that _______.
“The successful students have to have shown some passion
for
science and technology in high school or their personal
life…” a. Excited
a. Applicants to Caltech need to have created a
computer b. Matter-of-factly
system independently while in high school.
c. Sarcastic
Caltech does not hold extracurricular activities in
b. the
humanities in high regard. d. Stricken

c. Because of the highly competitive applicant pool,

applicants need to distinguish themselves with
activities
that clearly show their passion.
d. Science and technology are always given the most
value in
college admissions for all schools.

217. What would be an appropriate title for the passage? 218. What is the author’s purpose for writing this passage?

a. Selectivity in Today’s Colleges. a. To entertain

b. Destruction of Hopes and Dreams b. To persuade

c. The End of the American Dream c. To inform

d. Ivy League Admissions d. To criticize

219. What does Mr. Statt’s statement in line 43 regarding

college 220. What is the main idea of the passage?
admissions imply? a. The Ivy League admissions process is ridiculously
outdated.
a. Students have it easier these days.
b. Admission to America’s top colleges has become fiercely
b. Amherst decreased its number of enrollees this year. competitive.
c. Top schools should accept more students to help stymie
c. Colleges everywhere have raised the bar for admissions the
significantly. intense competition for limited slots.
d. Extraordinary students with stellar grades, test scores
d. Admission to college was less competitive before. and
activities should prepare for eventual rejection.
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PASSAGE 6: Adapted from Donald Richie. Criterion.com. http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1323-remembering-kurosawa

Remembering Kurosawa

1 Not that he himself wanted to be remembered. Rather, he wanted his work to be remembered. He once wrote: “Take ‘myself,’
subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’” It was as though he thought he did not exist except through his movies. When I was
writing my book about him, he sometimes complained that there was nothing to write about if I persisted in asking him about
himself. He became interested in my project only when he learned it was to be called The Films of Akira Kurosawa.
5 He was interested in practice—how to make films more convincing, more real, more right. He would have agreed with Picasso’s
remark that when critics get together they talk about theory, but when artists get together they talk about turpentine. He was
interested in focal lengths, in multiple camera positions, in color values, just as he was interested in convincing narrative, in
consistent characters, and in the moral con cern that was his subject.
I do not think he even considered himself an artist. He talked about his methods as though he were a carpenter or a
mason. And he was old-fashioned enough to believe in the traditional Japanese lack of distinction between the arts and
the crafts.
10 Though he sometimes said that he photographed merely in order to have something to edit, he was nonetheless very particular
about how and what he filmed. He had the castle for Throne of Blood dismantled, unphotographed, when he found that the
carpenters had used nails, an anachronism the long-distance lens would have readily revealed; he allegedly had assistants pour
twenty years’ worth of tea into the teacups for the hospital scenes of Red Beard, in order to achieve the proper patina.
14 To exercise such complete control, Kurosawa had also to exhibit such socially unattractive qualities as egotism and a dictatorial
disposition. “Though I am certainly not a militarist,” he once said, “if you compare a production unit to an army, then the script is
the battle fla g and the director is the commander of the front line.”
17 I remember a number of consequently bellicose blowups, lots of storming off the set, and an unfortunate habit of needling
individuals in order show the others what awaited if they did not behave. It was through the employment of such perhaps necessary
strategies that he had earned his sobriquet of Tenno— the Emperor—a title not at all popular in postwar Japan.
20 It was, indeed, Kurosawa’s concern for perfecting the product that led to his later reversals. Though many film companies wou ld
have been delighted by such directorial devotion, Japanese studios are commonly more impressed by cooperation than by innovation.
They thus refused to fund h is films. He occasionally did not finish a production on time and/or went over the amount of money
budgeted; they said he was expensive, difficult to work with. And he was famously uncooperative with the media.
24 As a result, his films became fewer. Convinced that Kagemusha would never get made, Kurosawa spent his time painting
pictures of every scene—this collection would have to take the place of the unrealized film. He had, like many other directors, long
used storyboards. These now blossomed into whole galleries—screening rooms for unmade masterpieces.
27 Finally, fully abandoned by big-business Japan, Kurosawa had to search for funds elsewhere—Russia, the USA, France. Like
Lear himself, he wandered the blighted heath to get the money for Ran. All of this was then seen by the local media as yet more
proof of horrid Western influence on his films.
Once, exasperated by this repeated canard, he said: “I hear a lot about foreigners being able to understand my movies, but I
certainly never thought of them when I was making the films. Perhaps because I am making them for today’s young Japanese, I find
a Western -looking format most practical, but I really only make my pictures for young Japanese in their twenties.”
32 With the young, the director was different. During one of his birthday parties—there were some Mosfilm guests, so it must have
been 1975, when negotiations were concluding on Dersu Uzala—it had been all business talk and grumpiness, and then Kurosawa’s
little grandson toddled in. The change in the director was so swift, so dramatic, that I was as surprised as the Soviets were. The stern
figure of authority, the Emperor himself, melted before our eyes, and here was a doting grandpa and a smiling, trusting grandchild—
since children liked him as much as he liked them: just look at the kids in Rhapsody in August, the little tubercular patient in Drunken
Angel, even that baby in Rashomon.
37 He was very fond not only of the young, but older kids as well. It was perhaps another birthday, or a celebration of some sort,
when the much younger director Nagisa Oshima suddenly approached Kurosawa. Everyone turned to stare. Oshima had never
before spoken to Kurosawa, would have refused to, had attacked him, as well as many another grown-up Japanese film director.
40 And here was the young perpetrator again setting upon his aging target. But now his purpose was different. I was near enough
to the two that I could hear Kurosawa being congratulated, on whatever the occasion was, but also being addressed as “sensei,” a title of the
highest respect, “teacher” plus “master.”
42 What had happened? I have no idea. Perhaps Oshima had reconsidered, and just as Shohei Imamura later decided that his
mentor, Yasujiro Ozu, was not the calcified creator he had earlier accused him of being but a teacher from whom he had learned
much, so Oshima had come to recognize the worth of Kurosawa.
45 I wonder what Kurosawa made of this. There is no knowing, but it might have seemed to him a kind of vindication—the most
noticeably rebellious of the young rebels was now seeking him out, an indication that his films, always moral and even toward the end
moralistic, held lessons that could be imparted across the generations.
48 And that was what he valued most. Who he himself was interested him very little, because just as he insisted that his heroes
neglect the past and live only in the present, so was he unconcerned with anything that had happened to him.
50 He perhaps initially thought that in my book I was after a summing-up, a taking into account of the past but not the present. If
so, then it would follow that I was not properly concerned with life. Life is not that.
52 And in Kurosawa’s films, the major theme is that the heroes are always, from Sugata on, not being but becoming. They
live in a present where, though history may indicate, it does not define. You cannot sum up a living person. You can sum up
only the dead.
54 Maybe that is why the films of Kurosawa remain so alive and why this dedicated director, about whom we really don’t know all
that much, becomes so admirably the sum of all of his parts.
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221. Why was Kurosawa only interested in the author’s 222. Why does the Picasso use the word turpentine in line
project when 6?
he learned it was to be called “The Films of Akira
Kurosawa?” a. He wanted to convey the fact that artists were more
concerned
a. Kurosawa had an unfulfilled ego. with the practical side of art, not theory.
b. He wanted to show how artists were obsessed over the
b. He was flattered by the title. emotions
c. It will help him become remembered by the future and feelings that their works invoke.
generations of
c. Artists were impractical, and thus discussed only
the world, which was his objective. mundane
d. He did not believe that he could be written or talked concerns.
about
d. He wanted it to complement with the discussion on
without his films, because his life was only about his films. theory by
critics.

223. Kurosawa had the castle from which film dismantled

because it 224. Why did Kurosawa gain the title of “Tenno?”
was used nails?
a. Because he made only ten films in his life as a matter of
principle.
a. Rashomon
b. Because of his destructive nature in and out of work.
b. Throne of Blood
c. Because of his dictatorial style as director.
c. Kagemusha
d. Because of the fame he garnered in Japan and abroad.
d. Sugata

225. What did Kurosawa do when he realized that local

organizations and 226. What did the event in lines 33-36 show about Kurosawa?
companies would not fund his films?
a. Kurosawa was still obsessed over minor details in his later years.
a. He gave up and focused on less expensive films, and was thus
able to
b. The Soviets from Mosfilm had an easy time negotiating, since
continue his work. Kurosawa
was desperate for funding.
b. He immigrated to America to gain funding.
c. Kurosawa had another side to his strict and dictatorial nature.
c. He made detailed storyboards of his unmade films and looked for
funding
abroad. d. Age had tempered Kurosawa’s attitude.
d. He quit filmmaking for the rest of his life, and focused on taking
care of
his grandchildren and negotiating film contracts instead.

228. What does the word vindication, mentioned in line 45, mean
227. What do lines 38-39 imply about Kurosawa? for
Kurosawa?
a. He was not popular among Japanese filmmakers.
a. It gave him approval to make even more films after rejection by
Japanese
b. His reputation was tarnished by his collaboration with Mosfilm. producers.
c. Oshima had a personal grudge against Kurosawa because he b. It affirmed the influence and greatness of his films, after the
fired him doubts cast
when he was just beginning in the industry. over him by his countrymen.
d. Kurosawa was never seen as a sensei by anybody before or after c. It let him retire peacefully and return life he had before
the filmmaking.
meeting. d. It fulfilled his desire to become known as the greatest Japanese
filmmaker
of his generation.

229. Lines 45-49 indicate that ________. 230. Why does the author say that you “cannot sum up the dead” in line 53?
a. Kurosawa was still obsessed over his reputation. a. Life was, in Kurosawa’s point of view, only about the past.
b. To contrast with the perception that he was “summing up”
b. Kurosawa had created his newest films to cement his legacy. Kurosawa’s life
c. Kurosawa was about to die, and intended to pass on his c. To point out a common misconception among scholars of
experience to a Kurosawa
successor.
d. Kurosawa will always remain a mysterious figure whom we may
d. Kurosawa was always more concerned about imparting lessons never
to future know well enough.
generations
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PASSAGE 7: An excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. http://www.theloiterer.org/ashton/year00/passion3.html

In the story, Elizabeth had just expressed her gratitude to Mr. Darcy, whom she dislikes, for his assistance to her family. She left little doubt that her
feelings about him had completely changed. Darcy replies:

1 If you will thank me,' he replied, 'let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness toyou might add force to the other inducements which led me on,
I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you.'
3 Elizabeth was too much embarrassed to say a word. After a short pause,her companion added, 'you are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still
what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.'
5 Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently,
gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he aluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and
pleasure his present assurances. The happiness which this reply produced was such as he had probably never felt before, and he expressed himself on the
occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do. Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eyes, she might have seen how
well the expression of heartfelt delight diffused over his face became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings which, in
proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.
11 They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects. .

231. The phrase “If you will thank me” in line 1 indicates that 232. What does the word “inducements” in line 2 most nearly
_______. mean?

a. Mr. Darcy was egotistical. a. Motives

b. Mr. Darcy was looking for a favor from Elizabeth. b. Initiatives

c. Mr. Darcy did something good for Elizabeth’s family. c. Thoughts

d. Mr. Darcy helped everyone in town with their problems. d. Punishments

233. What does the phrase “I believe I thought only of you,” in line
2 mean? 234. Why was Elizabeth embarrassed by Darcy’s remarks?

a. Mr. Darcy did not care at all for Elizabeth’s family. a. She was flattered and shocked by his unexpected remarks.

b. Mr. Darcy did it out of his affection for Elizabeth. b. Darcy was making her family look helpless.

c. Mr. Darcy was an obsessive and mad person. c. Darcy was being rude to Elizabeth

d. Mr. Darcy only wanted to return a favor to Elizabeth for her help. d. Elizabeth felt that Darcy was trying to embarrass her again.

235. What does the word “trifle’ mentioned in line 3 most nearly
mean? 236. What did Darcy wish to express in lines 3-5?
a. That if Elizabeth still dislikes him, she only needs to say so, then
a. To eat he will
leave her life.
b. To dabble
b. That he is willing to make peace, even if they hated each other
before.
c. To squander
c. That their love has never faltered at all.
d. To give back
d. That he had no affection for her at all.

237. What did Mr. Darcy feel about Elizabeth’s reaction in lines 6- 238. Though Elizabeth was not able to see Darcy’s affection
8? visually, ____.

a. Regret a. Darcy conducted himself in such a manner that showed it.

b. Happiness b. Darcy’s words expressed it.

c. Pride c. Darcy still showed his contempt through his body language.

d. Shame d. It showed in his actions.

239. What does the world “alluded” in line 6 most nearly mean? 240. Line 11 shows that _______.
a. They did not mind each other because of the awkwardness that
a. Referenced came
about.
b. Withheld
b. They were in love, and could not mind anything else.
c. Remembered
c. They were expressing resentment, and so did not talk much.
d. Neglect
d. Although they admitted that they liked each other, they could not
actually
converse with each other properly.
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PASSAGE 8: Invictus by William Ernest Henley

1 Out of the night that covers

me, Black as the Pit from pole to
pole, I thank whatever gods may
be For my unconquerable soul.

5 In the fell clutch of circumstance I

have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

9 Beyond this place of wrath and

tears Looms but the Horror of the
shade, And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

13 It matters not how strait the gate,

How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

241. What is the pit being referred to in line 2? 242. In lines 3-4, the author expresses his ___________.

a. The pit of his enemies a. Pride at being unbeaten or unconquered.

b. An executioner’s pit b. Defiance of fate
c. Hell c. Appreciation of his will to survive
d. His grave d. Indebtedness to the gods

243. What does the word circumstance in line 5 refer to? 244. When the author wrote that he did has “not winced nor cried
aloud,” what was he trying to express?
a. His situation
b. His blessedness a. That he was suffering much
c. His mentality b. That he will not complain or back down to the circumstances
d. His indomitable attitude that befell him
c. That he was weakened by long periods of trying to fight
d. That he will not go against fate anymore.

245. Lines 7-8would most likely convey an image of ________. 246. What lies in the “beyond” being referred to in line 9?

a. A helpless prisoner being executed a. Safety and peace

b. A madman inflicting wounds on himself b. More suffering and darkness
c. A soldier fighting on despite his wounds c. Memories and regrets
d. An animal that remains hostile despite being caged. d. The warm embrace of the gods
247. What does the author say he is as the ‘menace of the years” finds 248. What beckons for the author in line 14?
him?
a. Peace
a. Fearless b. A short break from suffering
b. Destitute c. Death
c. Cold and just barely alive d. Even more suffering and punishment
d. Desperate
249. The words in lines 15-16 are a statement of __________. 250. Based on the tone and content of the passage, the titleInvictus
probably means __________.
a. Fear
b. Impudence a. Fearless
c. Defiance b. Unconquerable
d. Effrontery c. Vanquished
d. Protected by the gods

STOP
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Section 7
Abstract Reasoning
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WMSUCET Practice Test 1
Section 8
Mathematics
251-275
25 items; 15 minutes

252. You got an average score of 72 over 100 in three

251. In this set of numbers, what is the mode? tests. If an
average of 75 is passing and you only have one
more test,
what score must you get in that test to get a passing
{0, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6} mark?

a. 0 and 6 a. 92

b. 24 b. 82

c. 4 c. 84

d. 3 d. 78

253. What is the probability of getting a perfect score in 3 254. A rocket travels at a speed of 3 miles per second.
items How far
would it have traveled at constant speed if the
of a test that have 5 choices per item? rocket was
traveling for 1 hour?
a. 125
10,800
a. miles
b. b. 5,400 miles
c.
1/64 c. 3,600 miles
12, 504
d. miles
d.
125
255. Gabriel is 3 years younger than Frank at b. 450
the moment. When their ages are doubled, Frank
is 6 years older than Gabriel. Finally, the current c. 1000
total of their ages right now is
17. Which of the following could be Gabriel’s d. 840
age right now?

a. 15 years old

b. 7 years old

c. 17 years old

d. 20 years old

257. The Ateneo has 18,000 applicants every

year. Only 25% of these applicants will be
accepted into the college and only the top 10% of
the accepted students can take honors courses in
the School of Management. How many students
can take honors courses in the School of
Management?

a. 520
256.Chris can finish painting a wall in 6 hours. Gretchen
can finish painting the same wall twice as fast as Chris
does. How quickly can they finish painting the wall
together?

a. 3 hours

b. 1 hour

c. 4 hours

d. 2 hours

258. A chemist wants to mix a 5% alcohol solution with

a 10% alcohol solution to make an 8% solution If
there are 3 liters of the 10% solution, around how
many liters of the 5% solution does he need to get an
8% solution?

a. 4.6 liters

b. 6 liters

c. 2 liters

d. 10.3 liters
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259. Rachel saved 100,000 pesos in a bank that has an interest 260. 10 students in section A play Ultimate while 14 play
rate of basketball. If 4
5% per annum. Around how much money will she have in 5 of the students who play Ultimate play basketball too, how
years many
if the amount earned from the interest is deposited with
the students play basketball only?
original amount?
a. 3
a. 121,530 pesos
b. 13
b. 127,627 pesos
c. 10
c. 105,000 pesos
d. 7
d. 1115, 762 pesos

262. A basketball team is behind by 40 points at the start of the

261. What is the median of this set of numbers? 4th
quarter. If the opponent does not score at all in the fourth
quarter,
what is the average number of points the team needs to
{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} score per
30 seconds if the game should be tied by the 10th minute?
a. 3
a. 4 points
b. 4
b. 2 points
c. 7
c. 13 points
d. 3.5
d. 5 points

263. What is the probability of getting a sum of 12 after rolling 264. City A is 10,000 miles away from City B. If a plane travels
a dice at an
average speed of 200 miles per hour, how long will it take
twice? for it to
travel from City A to City B?
a. 1/36
a. 20 hours
b. 1/12
b. 5 hours
c. 1/6
c. 50 hours
d. 1/4
d. 45 hours

265. Justin can finish cleaning the garage in 5 hours. Bella can 266. In a small village of 12,000 people, 20% of all residents
finish have been
cleaning the same garage in 10 hours. They worked vaccinated for the flu. If the village leader wants to
together for increase this
two hours, then Bella left to do some errands, leaving
Justin to percentage to 40%, how many more people will need to be
finish the work. How long did it take in total to clean the
garage? vaccinated?

a. 2.5 hours a. 4,800

b. 3 hours b. 2,000

c. 4 hours c. 2,400

d. 5 hours d. 3,400

267. In a factory, a worker needs to make a 10% solution of 268. KC invested 20,000 pesos into a business that earns 5%
chlorine. If every
there are 15 liters of 20% chlorine solution and an endless year. How much more money will she need to invest in a
supply business
of 5% chlorine solution, what is the minimum amount of that earns 10% per year if she wants to earn 5,000 pesos a
5% year?
solution needed to make a 10% solution?
a. 20,000
a. 30 liters
b. 40,000
b. 15 liters
c. 30,000
c. 10 liters
d. 35,000
d. 5 liters
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269. A pair of shoes costs 5,000 pesos. It was initially being 270. Kim has 400 pesos worth of 20 peso and 50 peso bills. If
sold at a two more
20% discount, but an additional 15% was decreased from than two times the amount of the 50 peso bills is equal to
the the
amount of 20 peso bills, what is the value of the 50 peso
discounted price. What is the price of the pair of shoes? bills she
has
?
a. 3400 pesos
a. 250
b. 3600 pesos
b. 300
c. 4000 pesos
c. 200
d. 3200 pesos
d. 100

272. If John’s password has twenty-eight letters, how many

271. A boat in a river travels upstream at a rate of 10 km/h and possible
upstream at a rate of 14 km/h. What is the speed of the
river’s passwords are there?
current?
a. 28!
a. 1 km/h
b. 27!
b. 3 km/h
c. 5!
c. 4 km/h

d. 2 km/h d. 28 28
273. If 10 cows can produce 20 liters of milk per week, how 274. How many games are played in a season if there are 10
long will it teams and
take 2 cows to make the same amount? each team plays another team only once?

a. 3 weeks a. 10!

b. 2 weeks b. 20

c. 5 weeks c. 30

d. 4 weeks d. 45

275. What is the probability that 2 coins tossed at the same

time will
yield two tails?

a. ½

b. ¼

c. 1/8

d. 1/10

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