English Test 3

1. Although its publicity has been ___, the film itself is intelligent, well-acted, handsomely produced and altogether ___

A. tasteless respectable

B. extensive moderate

C. sophisticated moderate

D. risqu crude

E. perfect spectacular

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2. The Inuit natives of Alaska's North Slope worry that ___ oil exploration might ___their sensitive natural environment.

A. additionalassist

B. currentbolster

C. curtailedshatter

D. unregulateddamage

E. controlledreassess

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3. Ants live in colonies based on ___; each member contributes to the good of all by actively working with others in performing necessary tasks.

A. Heredity

B. Individualism

C. Cooperation

D. Reasoning

E. Instinct

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Each question below consists of a related pair of words or phrases, followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.

4. STUDYING: LEARNING::

A. running : jumping

B. investigating : discovering

C. reading : writing

D. dancing : swimming

E. talking : listening

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5. AFTERNOON : DUSK ::

A. breakfast : dinner

B. yesterday : tomorrow

C. Sunday : Saturday

D. night : dawn

E. arise : lay down

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6. VIBRATION: SOUND :

A. gravity : pull

B. watercolor : paint

C. accident : death

D. worm : reptile

E. arrive : home

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7. RUN : RACE ::

A. walk : pogo stick

B. swim : boat

C. fly : kite

D. sink : bottle

E. repair : automobilee

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Read the passages and answer the questions asked at its end.Almost a century ago Alfred Binet, a gifted psychologist, was asked by the French Ministry of Education to help determine who would experience difficulty in school. Given the influx of provincials to the capital, along with immigrants of uncertain stock, Parisian officials believed they needed to know who might not advance smoothly through the system. Proceeding in an empirical manner, Binet posed many questions to youngsters of different ages. He ascertained which questions when answered correctly predicted success in school, and which questions when answered incorrectly foretold school difficulties. The items that discriminated most clearly between the two groups became, in effect, the first test of intelligence. Binet is a hero to many psychologists. He was a keen observer, a careful scholar, an inventive technologist. Perhaps even more important for his followers, he devised the instrument that is often considered psychology's greatest success story. Millions of people who have never heard Binet's name have had aspects of their fate influenced by instrumentation that the French psychologist inspired. And thousands of psychometricians specialists in the measurement of psychological variables earn their living courtesy of Binet's invention.Although it has prevailed over the long run, the psychologist's version of intelligence is now facing its biggest threat. Many scholars and observers and even some iconoclastic psychologists feel that intelligence is too important to be left to the psychometricians. Experts are extending the breadth of the concept proposing much intelligence, including emotional intelligence and moral intelligence. They are experimenting with new methods of ascertaining intelligence, including some that avoid tests altogether in favor of direct measures of brain activity. They are forcing citizens everywhere to confront a number of questions: What is intelligence? How ought it to be assessed? And how do our notions of intelligence fit with what we value about human beings? In short, experts are competing for the "ownership" of intelligence in the next century.

8. According to the passage, which of the following is most similar to the "barometer" developed by Binet?

A. The S.A.T. or other standardized college admission test.

B. The written portion of a driver's license test.

C. Open tryouts for a varsity athletic team

D. An electronic scan of brain-wave activity.

E. The trivia questions of a game show.

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9. The author suggests which of the following about "citizens everywhere"?

A. They do not have a sufficiently accurate definition of intelligence to evaluate recent scientific developments.

B. They stand to benefit from recent progress in the scientific assessment of intelligence.

C. The experiments they are performing with new methods of intelligence measurement are valuable and interesting.

D. They are at odds with the experts over who should have the right to define "intelligence."

E. Traditionally they have not given careful consideration to some important issues concerning intelligence.

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10. As used in line # 8, "discriminated" most nearly means

A. equalized

B. predetermined

C. showed favoritism

D. displayed intolerance

E. distinguished

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Answer Sheet

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