Verbal section
Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
WITHHOLD: (a) offer (b) threaten (c) finish (d) fumble (e) tighten.
LINEAR: (a) airtight (b) frail (c) time-consuming (d) lacking flavor (e) not straight.
PREFERENCE: (a) militancy (b) disrespect (c) dislike (d) anxiety (e) grief.
MINGLE: (a) break open (b) place beneath (c) grapple with (d) initiate (e)
separate.
BUOYANCE: (a) humility (b) depression (c) stupidity (d) rarity (e)
repulsiveness.
Answers: a, e, c, e, b. Percentage of students answering correctly, 92, 90, 89, 89 and 58.
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
1. Psychologists report that some freed hostages initially feel . . . toward their captors rather than the more expected . . . probably because they are relieved to be alive.
a) antipathy, mistrust
b) kindness, appreciation
c) revulsion, fear
d) hatred, contempt
e) gratitude, hostility
Answer: (e) 88 percent of the students answered correctly.
2. Because Byzantine icons had to conform to strict and formal rules, with fixed patterns repeated over and over again, the majority of them are more conspicuous for their craftsmanship than for their . . .
a) precision
b) integrity
c) execution
d) traditionalism
e) inventiveness
Answer: (e) 58 percent of the students answered correctly.
Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
GLOSSARY/TERMS
a) cookbook/recipes
b) novel/binding
c) debate/participants
d) cards/holidays
e) course/syllabus
Answer: (a) 94 percent of the students answered correctly.
Math section
(10-10) (10+10)
a) -80
b) 0
c) 10
d) 20
e) 100
Answer: (b) 84 percent of the students answered correctly.
If a robot walks at a constant rate of 50 steps per minute, how many minutes will it take the robot to walk 225 steps?
a) 4
b) 4 1/2
c) 5
d) 5 1/2
e) 6
Answer: (b) 94 percent answered correctly
A rectangle has an area of 56 square inches and a perimeter of 30 inches. What is the difference between the length of its longer side and the length of its shorter side?
a) 26 inches
b) 20 inches
c) 12 inches
d) 5 inches
e) 1 inch
Answer: (e) 38 percent answered correctly.
