Questions 1-6 (Sentence Equivalent) Directions: For each of the following sentences, select the two answers of the six choices given that, when substituted in the sentence, both logically complete the sentence as a whole and create sentences that are equivalent to one another in meaning. Amusingly enough, lawyers sometimes drive their sport cars in the same fashion that they construct their cases: a lawyer noted for the ______ of his arguments, for example, may also be known for the circuitousness of his routes.
A. brevity
B. pertinacity
C. judiciousness
D. deviousness
E. conciseness
F. indirectness
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Directions: Questions 9-20 have three different formats. Unless a question has its own directions that specifically state otherwise, each question has five answer choices, exactly one of which is correct. Twenty children were sharing equally the cost of a present for their teacher. When 4 of the children decided not to contribute, each of the other children had to pay $1.50 more. How much did the present cost, in dollars
A. 50
B. 80
C. 100
D. 120
E. 150
Questions 19-20 are based on the following passage. A recent assessment of the status of global amphibian populations identified habitat loss as the single greatest identifiable factorLine contributing to amphibian declines. Habitat (5) loss primarily results from the residential, agricultural, arboricultural, or recreational development of an area. Anthropogenic conversion of land has caused significant reductions in the wetland, (10) forest, and grassland habitat that amphibians require for their survival. Outright habitat loss probably has the greatest effect on amphibians, but habitat degradation, or the general decline in the health of a habitat, (15) often results from environmental contamina- tion, the introduction of exotic invasive species, or a reduction in required resources within a habitat, and similarly affects amphibians. Likewise, habitat fragmentation (20) (the disruption or fragmentation of habitat into discontinuous or isolated remnants of viable habitat) emerges from isolated patches of habitat loss and can often have delayed effects on animal populations. Directions: For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. In the course of the passage, the author does all of the following EXCEPT
A. define a term
B. cite an authority
C. state a probability
D. qualify a statement
E. make an assertion
Questions 19-20 are based on the following passage. A recent assessment of the status of global amphibian populations identified habitat loss as the single greatest identifiable factorLine contributing to amphibian declines. Habitat (5) loss primarily results from the residential, agricultural, arboricultural, or recreational development of an area. Anthropogenic conversion of land has caused significant reductions in the wetland, (10) forest, and grassland habitat that amphibians require for their survival. Outright habitat loss probably has the greatest effect on amphibians, but habitat degradation, or the general decline in the health of a habitat, (15) often results from environmental contamina- tion, the introduction of exotic invasive species, or a reduction in required resources within a habitat, and similarly affects amphibians. Likewise, habitat fragmentation (20) (the disruption or fragmentation of habitat into discontinuous or isolated remnants of viable habitat) emerges from isolated patches of habitat loss and can often have delayed effects on animal populations. Directions: For the following question, consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply. Which of the following statements about habitat loss is supported by the passage
A. The role of habitat loss in the decline of global amphibian populations is the subject of current evaluation.
B. Outright habitat loss causes less damage to amphibian populations than either habitat degradation or habitat fragmentation.
C. Introducing non-native species to an area may prove detrimental to the native animal populations.
Directions: The passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Once you have read the passage, select the answer choice that best answers each question. Answer all questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. For each of Questions 17-20, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 17-18 are based on the following passage. The stability that had marked the Iroquois Confederacy’s generally pro-British position was shattered with the overthrow of James IILine in 1688, the colonial uprisings that followed (5) in Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland, and the commencement of King William’s War against Louis XIV of France. The increasing French threat to English hege- mony in the interior of North America was (10) signalized by French-led or French-inspired attacks on the Iroquois and on outlying colonial settlements in New York and New England. The high point of the Iroquois response was the spectacular raid of August (15) 5, 1689, in which the Iroquois virtually wiped out the French village of Lachine, just outside Montreal. A counter-raid by the French on the English village of Schenectady in March 1690 instilled an appropriate (20) measure of fear among the English and their Iroquois allies. The Iroquois position at the end of the war, which was formalized by treaties made during the summer of 1701 with the British (25) and the French, and which was maintained throughout most of the eighteenth century, was one of "aggressive neutrality" between the two competing European powers. Under the new system the Iroquois initiated a peace (30) policy toward the "far Indians," tightened their control over the nearby tribes, and induced both English and French to support their neutrality toward the European powers by appropriate gifts and concessions. With which of the following statements would the author be LEAST likely to agree
A. The Iroquois were able to respond effectively to French acts of aggression.
B. James Ⅱ’s removal from the throne preceded the outbreak of dissension among the colonies.
C. The French sought to undermine the generally positive relations between the Iroquois and the British.
D. Iroquois negotiations involved playing one side against the other.
E. The Iroquois ceased to receive trade concessions from the European powers early in the eighteenth century.