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NEW QUESTION 56
While there will always be a need for social programs geared toward alleviating the poverty of individuals,
the community is perhaps the more relevant level for public policy intervention, especially in rural areas. It
has been recognized that social isolation within urban ghettos is a structural characteristic of urban
poverty, but rural poverty is marked by physical isolation as well. This uniqueness makes rural community
poverty particularly intractable, requiring policies that account for the cost of isolation. It is possible to
provide vocational training for individuals anywhere, but if there are no jobs within the community for
those individuals, the training is largely wasted. The current transition to a service-based economy and
deregulation in transportation (resulting in disproportionately higher transportation costs for relatively
isolated areas) have only exacerbated the growing social and economic distress in rural America,
underscoring the need to redefine poverty and redirect the focus of our funding agencies and
policy-makers in accordance with the new definition. What's needed is a more holistic view on an
aggregate level, where poverty is properly seen as a condition of the local social structure, with income
only one of the salient parameters.
The author seeks to draw which of the following distinctions between urban ghettos and impoverished
rural communities?
- A. Job training programs are more accessible in urban ghettos than in rural communities.
- B. Poverty is more common in rural communities than in urban ghettos.
- C. Funding agencies are more likely to recognize poverty in an urban ghetto than in a rural community.
- D. Residents of urban ghettos typically have better jobs than residents of rural communities.
- E. Impoverished individuals feel more isolated in urban ghettos than in rural communities.
Answer: C
Explanation:
This choice recapitulates the author's main point in the passage: Because of a too-narrow definition of
poverty- one that measures it at only the individual level-impoverished rural communities often (and
unfairly) go unrecognized as such by funding agencies and policy makers, while urban ghettos do not.
NEW QUESTION 57
"Old woman," grumbled the burly white man who had just heard Sojourner Truth speak, "do you think your
talk about slavery does any good? I don't care any more for your talk than I do for the bite of a flea." The
tall, imposing black woman turned her piercing eyes on him. "Perhaps not," she answered, "but I'll keep
you scratching." The little incident of the 1840s sums up all that Sojourner Truth was: utterly dedicated to
spreading her message, afraid of no one, forceful and witty in speech. Yet forty years earlier, who could
have suspected that a spindly slave girl growing up in a damp cellar in upstate New York would become
one of the most remarkable women in American history? Her name then was Isabella (many slaves had
no last names), and by the time she was fourteen she had seen both parents die of cold and hunger. She
herself had been sold several times. By 1827, when New York freed its slaves, she had married and
borne five children. The first hint of Isabella's fighting spirit came soon afterwards, when her youngest son
was illegally seized and sold. She marched to the courthouse and badgered officials until her son was
returned to her. In 1843, inspired by religion, she changed her name to Sojourner (meaning "one who
stays briefly") Truth, and, with only pennies in her purse, set out to preach against slavery. From New
England to Minnesota she trekked, gaining a reputation for her plain but powerful and moving words.
Incredibly, despite being black and female (only white males were expected to be public speakers), she
drew thousands to town halls, tents, and churches to hear her powerful, deep-voiced pleas on equality for
blacks-and for women. Often she had to face threatening hoodlums. Once she stood before armed bullies
and sang a hymn to them. Awed by her courage and her commanding presence, they sheepishly
retreated. During the Civil War she cared for homeless ex-slaves in Washington. President Lincoln invited
her to the White House to bestow praise on her. Later, she petitioned Congress to help former slaves get
land in the West. Even in her old age, she forced the city of Washington to integrate its trolley cars so that
black and white could ride together. Shortly before her death at eighty-six, she was asked what kept her
going. "I think of the great things," replied Sojourner.
This incident occurred in the-
- A. 1840s
- B. 1700s
- C. 1920s
- D. 1760s
- E. 1900s
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 58
The first person in the group starts off by naming anything that is geographical. It could be a city, state,
country, river, lake, or any proper geographical term. For example, the person might say,"Boston." The
second person has ten seconds to think of how the word ends and come up with another geographical
term starting with that letter. The second participant might say, "Norway," since the geographical term has
to start with "N." The third person would have to choose a word beginning with " Y." If a player fails to think
of a correct answer within the time limit, that player is out of the game. The last person to survive is the
champion.
The answer must be-
- A. along a coast line
- B. proper geographical terms
- C. in the same region
- D. in New York
- E. within the United States
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 59
The village of Vestmannaeyjar, in the far northern country of Iceland, is as bright and clean and up-to-date
as any American or Canadian suburb. It is located on the island of Heimaey, just off the mainland. One
January night in 1973, however, householders were shocked from their sleep. In some backyards red-hot
liquid was spurting from the ground.
Flaming "skyrockets" shot up and over the houses. The island's volcano, Helgafell, silent for seven
thousand years, was violently erupting! Luckily, the island's fishing fleet was in port, and within twenty-four
hours almost everyone was ferried to the mainland. But then the agony of the island began in earnest. As
in a nightmare, fountains of burning lava spurted three hundred feet high. Black, baseball-size cinders
rained down. An evilsmelling, eye-burning, throat-searing cloud of smoke and gas erupted into the air,
and a river of lava flowed down the mountain. The constant shriek of escaping steam was punctuated by
ear-splitting explosions. As time went on, the once pleasant village of Vestmannaeyjar took on a weird
aspect. Its street lamps still burning against the long Arctic night, the town lay under a thick blanket of
cinders. All that could be seen above the ten-foot black drifts were the tips of street signs. Some houses
had collapsed under the weight of cinders; others had burst into flames as the heat ignited their oil storage
tanks. Lighting the whole lurid scene, fire continued to shoot from the mouth of the looming volcano. The
eruption continued for six months. Scientists and reporters arrived from around the world to observe the
awesome natural event. But the town did not die that easily. In July, when the eruption ceased, the people
of Heimaey Island returned to assess the chances of rebuilding their homes and lives. They found tons of
ash covering the ground. The Icelanders are a tough people, however, accustomed to the strange and
violent nature of their Arctic land. They dug out their homes. They even used the cinders to build new
roads and airport runways. Now the new homes of Heimaey are warmed from water pipes heated by
molten lava.
This liquid was coming from the -
- A. mountains
- B. sea
- C. ground
- D. ocean
- E. sky
Answer: C
NEW QUESTION 60
GEM : SETTING ::
- A. portrait : subject
- B. ring : necklace
- C. painting : milieu
- D. building : scaffold
- E. diamond : gold
Answer: D
Explanation:
This is a "place for" analogy. A GEM is placed within a SETTING (framework) in jewelry, just as a building
is constructed within the framework of as caffold.
NEW QUESTION 61
COUNTERPOINT : MELODY ::
- A. masonry : brick
- B. pane : window
- C. biography : book
- D. sketch : pencil
- E. coffee : bean
Answer: A
Explanation:
This is a "component of" analogy. COUNTERPOINT refers to the interplay between one MELODY and
one or more others. So each MELODY is a distinct and necessary component of COUNTERPOINT.
Similarly, each brick is a distinct and necessary component of masonry (brick or stone work, such as a
chimney). As for choice (C), beans are ingredients which are combined to make coffee, but the bean itself
is not, as a whole bean, part of the product.
NEW QUESTION 62
The Galapagos Islands are in the Pacific Ocean, off the western coast of South America.
They are a rocky, lonely spot, but they are also one of the most unusual places in the world. One reason is
that they are the home of some of the last giant tortoises left on earth. Weighing hundreds of pounds,
these tortoises, or land turtles, wander slowly around the rocks and sand of the islands. Strangely, each of
these islands has its own particular kinds of tortoises. There are seven different kinds of tortoises on the
eight islands, each kind being slightly different from the other. Hundreds of years ago, thousands of
tortoises wandered around these islands. However, all that changed when people started landing there.
When people first arrived in 1535, their ships had no refrigerators. This meant that fresh food was always
a problem for the sailors on board.
The giant tortoises provided a solution to this problem. Ships would anchor off the islands, and crews
would row ashore and seize as many tortoises as they could. Once the animals were aboard the ship, the
sailors would roll the tortoises onto their backs. The tortoises were completely helpless once on their
backs, so they could only lie there until used for soups and stews. Almost 100,000 tortoises were carried
off in this way. The tortoises faced other problems, too. Soon after the first ships, settlers arrived bringing
pigs, goats, donkeys, dogs and cats. All of these animals ruined life for the tortoises.
Donkey and goats ate all the plants that the tortoises usually fed on, while the pigs. Dogs and cats
consumed thousands of baby tortoises each year. Within a few years, it was hard to find any tortoise
eggs-or even any baby tortoises. By the early 1900s, people began to worry that the last of the tortoises
would soon die out. No one, however, seemed to care enough to do anything about the problem. More
and more tortoises disappeared, even though sailors no longer needed them for food. For another fifty
years, this situation continued. Finally, in the 1950s, scientist decided that something must be done. The
first part of their plan was to get rid of as many cats, dogs and other animals as they could.
Next, they tried to make sure that more baby tortoises would be born. To do this, they started looking for
wild tortoise eggs. They gathered the eggs and put them in safe containers. When the eggs hatched, the
scientists raised the tortoises in special pens. Both the eggs and tortoises were numbered so that the
scientists knew exactly which kinds of tortoises they had-and which island they came from. Once the
tortoises were old enough and big enough to take care of themselves, the scientists took them back to
their islands and set them loose. This slow, hard work continues today, and, thanks to it, the number of
tortoises is now increasing every year.
What happens right after the tortoise eggs hatch?
- A. The scientist raised the tortoises in special pens.
- B. The sailors use the tortoises for food.
- C. The scientists get rid of cats, dogs, and other animals.
- D. The scientists take the tortoises back to their islands.
- E. The scientist encouraged the villagers to help.
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 63
GAINSAY:
- A. argue consistently
- B. defeat oneself
- C. challenge without cause
- D. speak unthinkingly
- E. properly characterize
Answer: A
Explanation:
To GAINSAY is to "deny or contradict, usually one's own previous statements," whereas to argue
consistently is to do the opposite.
NEW QUESTION 64
MORBID : UNFAVORABLE
- A. vigilant:unfavorable
- B. maternal:unfavorable
- C. disputatious:favorable
- D. reputable:favorable
- E. lax:favorable
Answer: D
NEW QUESTION 65
The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal according to their location on one side or
the other of an imaginary geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a ___ direction.
- A. north and south
- B. crosswise
- C. easterly
- D. south east
- E. north and west
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 66
WAR : OFFENSIVE ::
- A. slumber : dream
- B. stadium : soccer
- C. game : poker
- D. school : student
- E. waterfall : river
Answer: A
Explanation:
This is an "environment for" analogy. An OFFENSIVE (a noun here) is an event-a planned attack-that
typically occurs during a WAR. Similarly, a dream is an event that typically occurs during slumber(deep
sleep). As for choice (D), soccer is an event that might take place in a stadium. But to say that soccer
usually occurs in a stadium would be an overstatement. Also, a stadium is a physical place, whereas
WAR and slumber are events.
NEW QUESTION 67
FEEL : HANDLE ::
- A. laugh: giggle
- B. caress : abrade
- C. read : peruse
- D. stimulate : grow
- E. lift : heave
Answer: C
Explanation:
This is a "form of" analogy. To HANDLE is to examine by FEEL; similarly, to peruse is to examine or
scrutinize- usually by reading. The word giggle describes a peculiar form of laughing but not a studied
form, and so choiceC.is not as strong an analogy as choice (A).
NEW QUESTION 68
Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history. Together with her husband, Pierre,
she discovered radium, an element widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other
radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie's amicable collaboration later helped to unlock the secrets of the
atom. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a professor of physics. At the
early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning
prompted her to continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled, however, when she
learned that the university in Warsaw was closed to women.
Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a
French university, where she earned her master's degree and doctorate in physics. Marie was fortunate to
have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre
Curie. Marie and Pierre were married in
1 895 and spent many productive years working together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they
discovered radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was stunned by this horrible
misfortune and endured heartbreaking anguish. espondently she recalled their close relationship and the
joy that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two young daughters to raise by
herself greatly increased her distress. Curie's feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was
asked to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to be
given a professorship at the world-famous university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry
for isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal illness from her long exposure to
radium, she never became disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had
dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the physical world.
When she learned that she could not attend the university in Warsaw, she felt___.
- A. depressed
- B. none of the above
- C. worried
- D. hopeless
- E. annoyed
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 69
OSCILLATE : PENDULUM ::
- A. travel : automobile
- B. swim : pool
- C. purchase : product
- D. obligate : promise
- E. shake : earthquake
Answer: A
Explanation:
This is an "inherent function" analogy. A PENDULUM is designed to OSCILLATE (move back and forth);
similarly, an automobile is designed to travel.
NEW QUESTION 70
When using a metal file, always remember to bear down on the forward stroke only. On the return stroke,
lift the file clear of the surface to avoid dulling the instrument's teeth.
Only when working on very soft metals is it advisable to drag the file's teeth slightly on the return stroke.
This helps clear out metal pieces from between the teeth. It is best to bear down just hard enough to keep
the file cutting at all times. Too little pressure uses only the tips of the teeth; too much pressure can chip
the teeth. Move the file in straight lines across the surface. Use a vice to grip the work so that your hands
are free to hold the file. Protect your hands by equipping the file with a handle. Buy a wooden handle and
install it by inserting the pointed end of the file into the handle hole.
When using a file-
- A. remove the handle
- B. wear protective gloves
- C. always bear down on the return stroke
- D. move it in a circle
- E. press down on the forward stroke
Answer: E
NEW QUESTION 71
The origin of the attempt to distinguish early from modern music and to establish the canons of
performance practice for each lies in the eighteenth century. In the first half of that century, when
Telemann and Bach ran the collegium musicum in Leipzig, Germany, they performed their own and other
modern music. In the German universities of the early twentieth century, however, the reconstituted
collegium musicum devoted itself to performing music from the centuries before the beginning of the
"standard repertory," by which was understood music from before the time of Bach and Handel. Alongside
this modern collegium musicum, German musicologists developed the historical sub-discipline known as
"performance practice," which included the deciphering of obsolete musical notation and its transcription
into modern notation, the study of obsolete instruments, and the re-establishment of lost oral traditions
associated with those forgotten repertories. The cutoff date for this study was understood to be around
1 750, the year of Bach's death, since the music of Bach, Handel, Telemann and their contemporaries did
call for obsolete instruments and voices and unannotated performing traditions-for instance, the
spontaneous realization of vocal and instrumental melodic ornamentation. Furthermore, with a few
exceptions, late baroque music had ceased to be performed for nearly a century, and the orally
transmitted performing traditions associated with it were forgotten as a result. In contrast, the notation in
the music of Haydn and Mozart from the second half of the eighteenth century was more complete than in
the earlier styles, and the instruments seemed familiar, so no "special" knowledge appeared necessary.
Also, the music of Haydn and Mozart, having never ceased to be performed, had maintained some kind of
oral tradition of performance practice. Beginning around 1960, however, early-music performers began to
encroach upon the music of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. Why? Scholars studying performance
practice had discovered that the living oral traditions associated with the Viennese classics frequently
could not be traced to the eighteenth century and that there were nearly as many performance mysteries
to solve for music after 1750 as for earlier repertories. Furthermore, more and more young singers and
instrumentalists became attracted to early music, and as many of them graduated from student- amateur
to professional status, the technical level of early-music performances took a giant leap forward. As
professional early-music groups, building on these developments, expanded their repertories to include
later music, the mainstream protested vehemently. The differences between the two camps extended
beyond the question of which instruments to use to the more critical matter of style and delivery. At the
heart of their disagreement is whether historical knowledge about performing traditions is a prerequisite
for proper interpretation of music or whether it merely creates an obstacle to inspired musical tradition.
Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?
- A. "Performance Practice: The Legacy of the German Collegium Musicum"
- B. "Unannotated Performing Traditions of the Eighteenth and Twentieth Centuries"
- C. "Performance Practice and New Interpretations of the Viennese Classics"
- D. "Competing Views on the Necessity of Historical Knowledge for Inspired Musical Tradition"
- E. "How Far Should Early Music Extend?"
Answer: E
Explanation:
The author's primary concern in the passage is to trace the scope of works included in
performance practice from the early twentieth century to the latter half of the century. The author identifies
and explains the reasons for the trend of including later works within the scope of socalled "early music"
(second and third paragraphs), then refers (in the final paragraph) to a controversy surrounding this trend.
ChoiceD.reflects the author's primary concern as well as embracing the controversy.
NEW QUESTION 72
VERIFY : TRUE
- A. terrify: confident
- B. purify: clean
- C. ratify: angry
- D. signify: cheap
- E. mortify: relaxed
Answer: B
NEW QUESTION 73
LATITUDE:
- A. point of focus
- B. restraint
- C. inflection
- D. strictness
- E. conformity
Answer: B
Explanation:
One meaning of LATITUDE is "freedom from limitations or restraints"-just the opposite of restraint
NEW QUESTION 74
Always read the meter dials from the right to the left. This procedure is much easier, especially if any of
the dial hands are near the zero mark. If the meter has two dials, and one is smaller than the other, it is
not imperative to read the smaller dial since it only registers a small amount. Read the dial at the right first.
As the dial turns clockwise, always record the figure the pointer has just passed. Read the next dial to the
left and record the figure it has just passed. Continue recording the figures on the dials from right to left.
When finished, mark off the number of units recorded. Dials on water and gas meters usually indicate the
amount each dial records.
These instructions show you how to -
- A. read a meter
- B. install a gas meter
- C. turn the dials of a meter
- D. repair a water meter
- E. be prepared for outside employment
Answer: A
NEW QUESTION 75
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