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You will read a number of passages. Each one is
followed by approximately four questions about
it. Read on the following passage and choose the
best answer, A, B, C or D, to each question.
Answer all questions following a passage on the
basis of what is stated or implied in that
passage.
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in
1821 and emigrated to New York City when she was
ten years old. One days she decided that she wanted to
become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for
woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After
writing many letters seeking admission to medical
schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in
Philadelphia. So determined was she that she taught
school and gave music lessons to earn money for her
tuition.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school,
she decided to further her education in Paris. She
wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection
forced her to abandon the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found
it difficult to start her own practice because she was a
woman. By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a
doctor, along with another female doctor, manage to
open a new hospital, the first for women and children.
Besides being the first female physician in the United
States and founding her own hospital, she also
established the first medical school for women.
1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream
of becoming a surgeon?
A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school
B. She decided to further her education in Paris
C. A serious eye infection halted her quest X
(PARAGRAF 2)
D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the
United States
2. All of the following are “firsts” in the life of
Elizabeth Blackwell, EXCEPT _____
A. She became the first female physician in the
United States
B. She was the first woman surgeon in the United
States X ( PARAGRAF 2 )
C. She and several other women founded the first
hospital for women and
children
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D. She established the first medical school for
women
3. What is the main idea of the passage above?
A. Elizabeth Blackwell overcome serious obstacles
to become the first woman doctor in the United
States X
B. Elizabeth Blackwell had to abandon her plans to
become a doctor because of an eye infection
C. Elizabeth Blackwell even taught music to pay
for her medical studies
D. Elizabeth Blackwell founded the first medical
school for women
4. The word “abandon” in line 12 is closest in
meaning to _____
A. Undertake
B. Give up X
C. Continue
D. Look into
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world,
the GREAT PYRAMID of GIZA was a monument of
wisdom and prophecy built as a tomb for Pharaoh
Cheops in 2720 B.C. Despite its antiquity, certain
aspects of its construction make it one of the truly
great wonders of the world. The thirteen-acre structure
near the Nile river is a solid mass of stone blocks
covered with limestone. Inside are a number of hidden
passageways and the burial chamber for the pharaoh.
It is the largest single structure in the world. The four
sides of the pyramid are aligned almost exactly on true
north, south, east and west-an incredible engineering
feat. The ancient Egyptians were sun worshipers and
great astronomers, so computations for the Great
Pyramid were based on astronomical observations.
Explorations and detailed examinations of the
base of the structure reveal many intersecting lines.
Further scientific study indicates that these represent a
type of time of events-past, present and future. Many
of the events have been interpreted and found to
coincide with known facts of the past. Others are
prophesied for future generations and are currently
under investigation. Many believe that pyramids have
supernatural powers, and this one is no exception.
Some researchers even associate it with extraterrestrial
beings of the ancient past.
Was this superstructure made by ordinary
beings, or one built by a race far superior to any known
today?
5. What has research of the base revealed? A. There
are cracks in the foundation
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B. Tomb robbers have stolen the pharaoh’s body 12. A literary award has been established to honor
C. The lines represent important events Laura Wilder
D. A superior race of people built it A. Authorize
B. Please
6. What was the most probable reason for providing C. Vilify
so many hidden passage? D. Recognize
A. To allow the weight of the pyramid to settle
evenly 13. The water trickled over the edge of the basin
B. To permit the high priests to pray at night A. Poured rapidly
C. To enable the pharaoh’s family to bring food B. Dripped steadily
for his journey to the afterlife C. Rushed
D. To keep grave robbers from finding the tomb D. Flooded
and the treasure buried with the pharaoh

7. The word “intersecting” in line 15 is nearest in This passage refers to the newspaper
meaning to _____ advertisement. Read carefully and choose the
A. Crossing best answer to each question.
B. Aligning
C. Observing Absolutely one of the finest buys on the market.
D. Cutting Spacious home with large living room, separate 15 foot
dining room with crystal chandelier and built-in buffet,
paneled family room with fire place, huge kitchen with
8. What do the intersecting lines in the base
lots of cabinets, big cheery breakfast room, 2 ½ baths,
symbolize?
4 huge bedrooms (one is separate and could be a
A. Architects’ plans for the hidden
playroom or offers complete privacy with separate
passage
entrance for guests). There is a covered patio and
B. Pathways of the great solar bodies landscape yard. Better than new with draperies and
C. Astrological computations new air compressor.
D. Dates of important events taking place $160,000. Call Jeff Lane (home) 999-0011.
throughout time
14. What detail is emphasized in the description of
most rooms?
Below each sentence are four other words or A. Built-ins
phrases, marked A, B, C and D.
B. Type of chandelier
You are to choose the ONE word or phrase that
C. The kitchen
best keeps the meaning of the original sentence
D. Cheerfulness
if it is substituted for the underlined word or
phrase.
15. One feature of the house that is not mentioned is.
A. The draperies
9. The new accounts offered by the bank are B. The walk-in closet in the bedroom
compounded semi-annually C. The landscaped yard
A. Every year D. The paneling in the family room
B. Every six months C. Every two years
D. Every half month 16. The “buffet” mentioned in the description is _____
A. A light fixture
10. The members of the committee were assembled B. A large meal
quickly C. A bookcase
A. Advised D. A serving table for food
B. Informed
C. Gathered Petroleum products, such as gasoline,
D. Consulted kerosene, home heating oil, residual fuel oil and
lubricating oils, come from one source – crude oil found
11. The solution should be applied, left on for thirty below the earth’s surface, as well as under large bodies
minutes, and rinsed thoroughly of water, from few hundred feet below the surface to as
deep as 25,000 feet into the earth’s interior.
A. Periodically
Sometimes crude oil secured by drilling a hole to the
B. Roughly
earth, but more dry holes are drilled than those
C. Safely producing oil. Either pressure at the

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Crude oil wells flows at varying rates, from A. The petroleum products very greatly in physical
about ten to thousands of barrels per hour. Petroleum appearance
products are always measured in forty-two gallon B. Complicated refining processes rearrange the
barrels. chemical structure
Petroleum products vary greatly in physical C. The two atoms in the molecule assume many
appearance: thin, thick, transparent or opaque, but positions
regardless, their chemical composition is made up of D. The pressure needed to force it to the surface
only two elements: carbon and hydrogen, which form causes molecular
compounds called hydrocarbons. Other chemical transformations
elements found in union with hydrocarbons are few and
are classified as impurities. Trace elements are also
18. In line 32, the word “upgrade” is closest in
found, but in such minute quantities that they are
meaning to _____
disregarded. The combination of carbon and hydrogen
A. Improve
forms many thousands of compounds which are
possible because of the various positions and unions of B. Counteract
these two atoms in the hydrocarbon molecule. C. Charge
The various petroleum products are refined by D. Unite
heating crude oil and than condensing the vapor. These
products are the so-called light oils, such as gasoline, 19. Which of the following is true?
kerosene and distillate oil. The residue remaining after A. The various petroleum products are produced
the light oils are distilled is known as heavy or residual by filtration
fuel oil and is used mostly for burning under boilers.
B. Heating and condensing produce the various
Additional complicated refining processes rearrange the products
chemical structure of the hydrocarbons to produce
C. Chemical separation is used to produce the
other products, some of which are used to upgrade and
various products
increase the octane rating of various types of gasoline.
D. Mechanical means, such as centrifuging, are
used to produce the various products
17. Many thousand of hydrocarbon compounds are
possible because _____
20. All of the following are listed as light oils,
EXCEPT _____
A. Distillate oil
B. Gasoline
C. Lubricating oil D. Kerosene

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