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Revised GRE, Saturdays Test: 04

Reading Comprehension Set

In Los Angeles, a political candidate who buys saturation radio advertising will get maximum name recognition.

The statement above logically conveys which of the flowing? (A) Radio advertising is the most important factor in political campaigns in Los Angeles. (B) Maximum name recognition in Los Angeles will help a candidate to win a higher percentage of votes cast in the city. (C) Saturation radio advertising reaches every demographically distinct sector of the voting population in Los Angeles. (D) For maximum name recognition, a candidate need not spend on media channels other than radio advertising. (E) A candidates record of achievement in the Los Angeles area will do little to affect his or her name recognition there. In recent years, attacks The argument above depends upon which of the following by Dobermans on assumptions? small children have (A) No reasonable justification for these attacks by Dobermans on risen dramatically. small children has been discovered. Last year saw 35 such (B) Other household pets, such as cats, dont display the same violent attacks in the tendencies that dogs do. continental United (C) The number of attacks by Dobermans on small children will States alone, an continue to rise in the coming years. increase of almost 21 (D) A large percentage of the attacks by Dobermans on small children percent over the could have been prevented by proper training. previous years total. (E) The behavior toward small children exhibited by Dobermans is Clearly then, it is representative of the dogs in general. unsafe to keep dogs as pets if one has small children in the house. An investigation must be Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the launched into the operations argument above? of the private group that is (A) The Balaland Republic is currently engaged in a bloody and training recruits to fight escalating civil war. against the Balaland (B) Diplomatic relations between the United States and the Republic. The U.S. neutrality Balaland Republic were severed last year. Act plainly forbids U.S. (C) The recruits are being trained to fight only in the event the citizens from engaging in United States goes to war against the Balaland Republic. military campaigns against (D) The training of recruits is funded not by U.S. citizens but any nation with which we are rather by a consortium of individuals from abroad. not at war. Since no war has (E) Charges cannot be brought against the private group that is been declared between the training the recruits unless an investigation is first launched. United States and the Balaland Republic, we should bring charges against these fanatics, who are in open defiance of the law.

Text Completion Set 1. Even minor wounds caused by animal attacks must be carefully treated, lest the _____ become infected. (A) schism (B) laceration (C) cicatrix (D) snippet (E) blister

2. Considered by even her family to be quietly prim, Mary shocked the house by her sudden outburst, breaking away from her normally _____ disposition. (A) wanton (B) morbid (C) jejune (D) staid (E) archaic 3. Hers was not a quick but a thorough intelligence; however (i) ____, she came to (ii) ____ all things touching her life. Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) unmindfully (D) understand (B) ploddingly (E) appreciate (C) desperately (F) jettison 4. Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca was (i) ____ written as a (ii) ____ for the actress Sarah Bernhardt and later (iii) ____ into the famous Puccini opera. Blank (i) Blank (ii) Blank (iii)
(A) reluctantly (B) unintentionally (C) originally (D) metaphor (E) vehicle (F) warning (G) edited (H) misrepresented (I) adapted

5. (i)_____ the students' (ii) _____ evaluations, the professor's work as an educator was without fault, and he was hailed as both competent and likable. Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) Spurning (D) panegyric (B) Judging by (E) tepid (C) In lieu of (F) blandishing 6. Although the poet attempted a masterful expression of human emotion, his writing was in fact_______, lacking both depth and aesthetic appeal. (A) trenchant (B) prosaic (C) distinct (D) vapid (E) unequivocal (F) ardent

7. One of the great (i) _____ amongst philosophers of many democratic nations--from ancient Greece to the modern United States--has been how to resolve the conflict between democratic ideals and the quest for personal gain, or how one can seek personal (ii) _____ while praising sacrifice for the common good. Blank (i) Blank (ii) (A) resolutions (D) frugality (B) propositions (E) opulence (C) enigmas (F) profligacy 8. In an effort to avoid revealing their culpability, the boys responded with _____ tale, hoping the seemingly pointless story would distract their parents. (A) a poignant (B) a candid (C) an opaque (D) a parochial (E) an oblique (F) a circuitous 9. Among the many appalling stereotypes propagated during the Colonial era, a _____ native population was an exceptionally common one, depicting the indigents as eagerly throwing themselves into physical confrontation. (A) truculent (B) docile (C) bellicose (D) strident (E) indefatigable (F) querulous 10. Tannin possesses a _____ flavor and is found in a variety of drinks, most notably red wine and tea, causing the dry, bitter aftertaste in the drinker's mouth. (A) savory (B) vapid (C) acrid (D) saccharine (E) tumid (F) acerbic