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Reading Test 5
65 Minutes, 52 Questions
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

.Directions.

Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading each
passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or implied in the
passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).

Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage.
This passage is taken from a novel called First Time
Out, about a young man name Nolan and his first
employment experience after graduating from
college.
One by one, Nolan's colleagues on the account
strategy team entered the conference room. As
each came in, the thick glass door eased shut, but
Line not before a draft of cold air rushed through,
5 fighting to establish equilibrium between the
extremely hot room and the hallway. Seated across
from the door, Nolan welcomed each refreshing
burst of air, which reminded him of a breeze
dipping over the top of a convertible’s windshield.
10 He met each entrant with an awkward combination
of a forced, gritted-teeth smile and one raised
eyebrow. He believed the dual gesture conveyed
confidence.
As the team members sat down, Nolan
15 continued his conversation with Daphne Hines, the
first person who had entered. She had instinctively
sat near the head chair that Chet Bansommé would
occupy. They were now talking across the table
with four pairs of ears monitoring closely.
20 "My dad and Chet were roommates in
college," said Nolan.
"So you must know him well, then...lucky
you!" Daphne replied. "We all love Chet. He's
been good to all of us." Smiling, she looked around
25 the room, inviting the others to comment. Jay
Harper, a senior account specialist, cleared his
throat as if to speak, but said nothing.
Daphne's smile evaporated when she spotted
Chet outside the glass door, finishing a phone call.
30 His eyes darted into the room, down the hall, then
into the room again. The glass was thick enough to
shield the attendees from his conversation. Finally,
Chet put the phone in his breast pocket and entered
with a confident stride.
35 "Good afternoon, everyone. I appreciate your
making time to get together for a few minutes today
since we couldn't get to it yesterday. The main
purpose is to formally introduce Nolan. Then I
thought we could give status updates on the Curtis
40 Savings project."
Chet ran down a very short list of Nolan's
accomplishments. Nolan watched the team's
reactions, wearing the same smile he had used to
greet the team members. Chet then introduced the
45 rest of the team, beginning with Daphne. Nolan's
attention flagged, and he ran his left hand through
his hair. It really was spectacular today. Nolan
knew he had nailed it this morning: a dab of gel
crested the longer hair on top of his head from the
50 part line toward the back of his right ear. He
remembered his mom had once caught him styling
his hair in the hallway mirror at home during high
school, prompting her to whisper: "It’s what's inside
that counts, especially when we're talking about
55 your head." Nolan knew better, though. This
meeting was his chance to make a first impression
on the account strategy team, an impression he
wanted to live long in his colleagues' memories.
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At the meeting's end, Nolan tucked his empty . .2……………………………………… . ..……….
60 legal pad under his arm, and moved to make his
mark. He had planned this move from the moment The passage suggests which of the following
he had sat down. about the relationship between Nolan and
Daphne?
"Chet, may I just have a second?"
A) They were siblings.
"Sure, Nolan. What's up?"
B) They were college roommates.
65 "I noticed that the conference room is … C) They just met and were politely chatting.
lacking. I find nothing inspiring, nothing
D) Daphne was Nolan’s new boss.
stimulating. I think we need some art work, maybe,
or some quotes on the wall, or some more color at
least. We can't expect people to think creatively if
70 we don't foster a culture of creativity in everything
we do."
. 3………………………………………. .. ……….
It was well said, thought Nolan. He liked the
word "we," and the focus on "culture." Based on the passage, it is reasonable to
conclude that Chet Bansommé is
Chet furrowed his brow. "I like the fact that
75 you're thinking big picture. That is good. But right A) a senior account specialist.
now, we haven't budgeted for a facilities upgrade, B) a recent college graduate.
and, truthfully, I like a room of focused people …
C) a high-ranking member of the company.
without distractions."
D) a consultant in charge of a savings project.
As Chet finished with a steely glare for
80 emphasis, Nolan felt a rush of contrarianism surging
through his exquisitely-coiffed head. He was not
used to hearing "no," implied or otherwise.
. .4………………………………………. ..……….

Which choice provides the best evidence for the

. .1………………………………………. .. ………. answer to the previous question?

According to the passage, which of the following A) Lines 20-21 (“My dad … said Nolan”)
is true about the conference room described? B) Lines 23-24 (“We all … of us”)
A) It had an oval table at its center. C) Lines 25-27 (“Jay Harper … nothing”)
B) Its air temperature was cooler than that in the D) Lines 38-40 (“Then I … project”)
hallway.
C) It had an electric glass door that
automatically slid open and then closed.
D) It had seating for several people.

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. .5……………………………………… . ..………. . .8……………………………………… . ..……….

As used in line 19, “monitoring” most nearly Which of the following best describes Chet’s
means reaction to Nolan’s suggestion regarding the
conference room in lines 65-71 (“I noticed …
A) testing. everything we do”) ?
B) listening.
A) Chet welcomes the suggestion
C) watching. enthusiastically and applauds Nolan for his
D) spying. creativity.
B) Chet is annoyed by the suggestion and finds
it distracting.
C) Chet agrees with the suggestion and
expresses frustration with the company’s
budgetary restrictions.
. .6………………………………………. ..………. D) Chet disagrees with the suggestion, but
knows that the others in the conference room
As used in line 46, “flagged” most nearly means agreed with it.
A) rose.
B) flapped.
C) waned.
. .9………………………………………. ..……….
D) lingered.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
answer to the previous question?
A) Line 74 (“Chet … brow”)
B) Lines 74-75 (“I like … picture”)
. .7………………………………………. ..………. C) Lines 77-80 (“truthfully … emphasis”)
D) Lines 81-82 (“He was … otherwise”)
The rhetorical effect of the language that follows
the colon in lines 48-50 (“a dab … right ear”) is
to
A) describe Nolan’s hair style in detail. . .10 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
B) suggest that Nolan is very vain.
Which of the following best describes the tone of
C) promote the use of hair products.
the passage?
D) explain a statement made earlier in the
sentence. A) Morose
B) Descriptive
C) Argumentative
D) Humorous

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Questions 11-20 are based on the following
passage and the accompanying graphic.
This passage discusses immigration legislation
passed during the 20th century.
Throughout American history, immigration has
provoked anxiety in both immigrants and nationals
alike. Immigrants have wondered whether they can
Line settle comfortably in their new destinations and
5 have often missed their homelands. Native-born
and other citizens have worried about the extent to
which newcomers will affect their everyday lives.
Such anxiety was rampant during the fifty year
period from 1880 to 1930, when huge numbers of
10 immigrants, mostly from Europe, arrived on
American shores. Domestically, citizens were
gravely concerned about assimilating the
burgeoning immigrant populations. As a result,
foreign-born residents faced discrimination in many
15 forms, including organized displays of hatred by the
Ku Klux Klan. Anti-Italian, anti-Irish, anti-
Chinese, and anti-Polish demonstrations were
common across the country.
The anti-immigration movement spurred the
20 United States government to pass a series of laws
restricting immigration. The first of these laws, the
Immigration Act of 1917, barred broad categories of
people, including criminals, alcoholics, anarchists,
and "idiots" from entering the country. The Act
25 also instituted the Asiatic Barred Zone, a section of
the world from which no immigrants would be
accepted. The zone included India, Indonesia,
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and most of China and
Mongolia.
30 In 1921, Congress passed additional
legislation, called the Emergency Quota Act, in
response to the escalation anti-immigrant sentiment.
The end of World War I in 1918 had witnessed the
return of large numbers of troops from Europe.
35 That influx, combined with the continuing flow of
immigrant peoples, raised unemployment levels and
contributed to a two-year economic depression that
began in 1920.
The Emergency Quota Act designated the
40 areas of the world from which immigrants would be
allowed to arrive using the National Origins
Formula. According to the formula, the number of
incoming residents from a particular country could
be no greater than three percent of the total number
45 of people from that country already in the United
States as tallied by the 1910 census. The formula
established quotas that favored immigrants from
northern Europe, particularly Germans and English,
since there were large numbers of those immigrants
50 on the American mainland by 1910.
Further modifications to immigration policy
came with the passage of the Immigration Act of
1924. The National Origins Formula was
readjusted, reducing the numbers of immigrants
55 from a country to two percent of the existing
population from that country. Immigrants who
were relatives of residents were given preferential
treatment.
The three immigration laws had the desired
60 effect of quelling the national anxiety over
immigration by stemming the flow of foreign-born
residents. By 1930, the total foreign-born
population began a steady decline that lasted over
three decades. During that time, the only major
65 modification in immigration legislation came in
1952, when Congress passed the Immigration and
Nationality Act. This act upheld the previously
established quotas and gave preference to
immigrants with special work skills. Congress
70 passed the act over the veto of President Truman,
who believed the quota system outdated. He felt the
isolationist nature of the act was not in keeping with
the United States' new role as the world's leading
influence.
75 Eventually, public and political sentiment fell
in line with Truman's view. The civil rights
movement of the 1960s criticized American
immigration policy as unwelcoming to people of
certain races. President Lyndon Johnson signed the
80 Immigration and Nationality Act in 1965, which
removed the immigration barriers constructed by
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earlier legislation. A new quota system limited the . .13 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
number of immigrants from each country, providing
a racially balanced flow of newcomers. This Act According to the passage, which of the
85 has greatly shaped the United States of today, with following laws included provisions that targeted
large numbers of Asian, African, and Hispanic the past conduct and/or state of mind of those
immigrants having settled in the country as a result wishing to immigrate to the United States, rather
of President Johnson's initiative. than their ethnicity or homeland?

Foreign-Born Population in the United States A) The Immigration Act of 1917

1860 to 2000 B) The Emergency Quota Act
Millions Percent C) The Immigration and Nationality Act
50 20 passed by Congress in 1952
Percentage of total D) The Immigration and Nationality Act
40 16
population signed by President Johnson in 1965
30 12

20
Total foreign-born 8
population
. .14 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
10 4
The passage suggests that which of the
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following individuals would have had the best
chance of immigrating to the United States in
the late 1920s?
A) A skilled worker from China.
. .11 ………………………………… . ..…… …. B) A German man whose siblings were already
settled in the United States.
According to the first paragraph (lines 1-7), the C) An Englishman with a criminal record.
anxiety surrounding immigration was caused by
D) A mentally disabled Mongolian women
A) overpopulation. whose son was already settled in the United
States.
B) misunderstandings.
C) uncertainty.
D) economic concerns.
. .15 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Which choice provides the best evidence for the

. .12 ………………………………… . ..…… …. answer to the previous question?

As used in line 12, “gravely” most nearly means A) Lines 21-24 (“The first … country”)
B) Lines 24-29 (“The Act … Mongolia”)
A) deathly.
C) Lines 56-58 (“Immigrants … treatment”)
B) seriously.
D) Lines 67-69 (“This act … skills”)
C) overly.
D) solemnly.

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. .16 ………………………………… . ..…… …. . .19 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

As used in line 61, “stemming” most nearly Which choice provides the best evidence for the
means answer to the previous question?
A) cutting. A) Lines 21-24 (“The first … country”)
B) reducing. B) Lines 62-64 (“By 1930 … decades”)
C) reversing. C) Lines 67-69 (“This act … skills”)
D) stopping. D) Lines 72-74 (“He felt … influence”)

. .20 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

. .17 ………………………………… . ..…… …. According to the graphic, which of the following

statements is accurate?
In order to better align the text with the graphic,
the year “1930” in line 62 should be changed to A) The total foreign-born population (in
millions) was equal to the percent of total
A) 1880. population in 1880.
B) 1900. B) The total foreign-born population (in
millions) was equal to the percent of total
C) 1920. population in 1980.
D) 1960. C) Even though the total foreign-born
population increased from 1880 to 1900, the
percentage of total population decreased
during the same period.
D) By 2020, the percentage of total population
will likely be greater than 20.
. .18 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Based on the passage, it is reasonable to

conclude that at some point prior to 1952
A) many immigrants to the United States were
anarchists.
B) the United States welcomed more
immigrants than any other country.
C) the United States was not the most
influential country in the world.
D) no skilled workers immigrated to the United
States.

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Questions 21-31 are based on the following passage.
Passage 1 is an excerpt from a speech given by
President George W. Bush from the Oval Office on
October 26, 2001, as he signed the USA PATRIOT
Act into law. Passage 2 is an excerpt from an
address delivered by Senator Al Gore in the
Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution
Hall on November 9, 2003.
Passage 1
We’re dealing with terrorists who operate by
highly sophisticated methods and technologies,
some of which were not even available when our
Line existing laws were written. The bill before me takes
5 account of the new realities and dangers posed by
modern terrorists. It will help law enforcement
identify, dismantle, disrupt, and punish terrorists
before they strike.
For example, this legislation gives law
10 enforcement officials better tools to put an end to
financial counterfeiting, smuggling, and money-
laundering. Secondly, it gives intelligence
operations and criminal operations the chance to
operate not on separate tracks, but to share vital
15 information so necessary to disrupt terrorist attacks
before they occur.
As of today, we’re changing the laws
governing information-sharing. And as importantly,
we’re changing the culture of our various agencies
20 that fight terrorism. Investigating and countering
terrorist activity are top priorities for both law
enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Surveillance of communications is another
essential tool to pursue and stop terrorists. The
25 existing law was written in the era of rotary
telephones. This new law that I sign today will
allow surveillance of all communications used by
terrorists, including e-mails, the Internet, and cell
phones.
30 As of today, we’ll be able to better meet the
technological challenges posed by this proliferation
of communications technology. Investigations are
often slowed by limit on the reach of federal search
warrants. Law enforcement agencies have to get a
35 new warrant for each new district they investigate,
even when they’re after the same suspect.
Under this new law, warrants are valid across
all districts and across all states. And, finally, the
new legislation greatly enhances the penalties that
40 will fall on terrorists or anyone who helps them.
Current statutes deal more severely with drug-
traffickers than with terrorists. That changes today.
Passage 2
Now, if it wants to, the federal government has
the right to monitor every website you go to on the
45 internet, keep a list of everyone you send email to
or receive email from and everyone who you call on
the telephone or who calls you – and they don’t
even have to show probable cause that you’ve done
anything wrong. Nor do they ever have to report to
50 any court on what they’re doing with the
information. Moreover, there are precious few
safeguards to keep them from reading the content of
all your email. Everybody fine with that?
If so, what about this next change? For
55 America’s first 212 years, it used to be that if the
police wanted to search your house, they had to be
able to convince an independent judge to give them
a search warrant and then (with rare exceptions)
they had to go bang on your door and yell, “Open
60 up!” Then, if you didn’t quickly open up, they could
knock the door down. Also, if they seized anything,
they had to leave a list explaining what they had
taken. That way, if it was all a terrible mistake (as it
sometimes is) you could go and get your stuff back.
65 But that’s all changed now. Starting two years
ago, federal agents were given broad new statutory
authority by the USA PATRIOT Act to “sneak and
peak” in non-terrorism cases. And the new law
makes it very easy to get around the need for a
70 traditional warrant: simply by saying that searching
your house might have some connection (even a
remote one) to the investigation of some agent of a
foreign power. Then they can go to another court—
a secret court—that more or less has to give them a
75 warrant whenever they ask.
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. .21 …………………………… . ..… … ….
Passage 1 suggests that which of the following
statements is the most accurate?
A) It is not uncommon in the United States for
laws to lag behind the reality of the times.
B) Some terrorists are technologically savvy or
have access to people who are.
C) Financial counterfeiting is a relatively new
white-collar crime.
D) Only now are intelligence agencies able to
stop terrorist acts before they occur.
. .22 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 1-4 (“We’re dealing … written”)
B) Lines 6-8 (“It will … strike”)
C) Lines 9-12 (“For example … laundering”)
D) Lines 12-16 (“Secondly… occur”)
. .23 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The rhetorical effect of the third sentence of the
third paragraph (lines 20-22) is to
A) introduce a new secondary theme.
B) explain the priorities of two important
government agencies.
C) offer a specific example to help support an
assertion made in the previous sentence.
D) suggest that the new law being discussed
has already begun to change the culture of
the public-service sector.
. .24 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
As used in line 30, “meet” most nearly means
A) welcome.
B) discuss.
C) match up.
D) respond to.
. .25 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Passage 2 most strongly suggests that the USA
PATRIOT Act has led to which of the following
negative consequences?
A) The compromise of due process
B) The invasion of personal privacy
C) An increase in terrorist funding
D) An overtly corrupt federal government
. .26 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Based on the passages, with which of the
following statements would both the author of
Passage 1 and the author of Passage 2 most
likely agree?
A) The federal government should be
authorized to fight terrorism by any means.
B) The state governments, rather than the
federal government, should fight terrorism.
C) The USA PATRIOT Act permits, in some
circumstances, federal agents to read
personal email communications without the
sender’s consent.
D) The USA PATRIOT Act is likely to be
repealed within the next few years.
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. .27 ………………………………… . ..…… …. . .30 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

In contrast with Passage 1, Passage 2 focuses Which choice provides the best evidence for the
more on answer to the previous question?
A) the specific language of the USA PATRIOT A) Lines 51-53 (“Moreover … email”)
Act.
B) Lines 61-63 (“Also, if … taken”)
B) the negative consequences of the USA
C) Lines 63-64 (“That way … back”)
PATRIOT Act.
D) Lines 73-75 (“Then they … ask”)
C) the heightened sense of safety that
Americans feel because of the USA
PATRIOT Act.
D) the evolving world of terrorism and the
need for the USA PATRIOT Act.

. .31 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

. .28 ………………………………… . ..…… …. Which of the following best summarizes the two
passages?
As used in line 57, “independent” most nearly
means A) Passage 1 promotes a solution to a problem,
while Passage 2 explains the problem in
A) unbiased. more detail.
B) self-ruling. B) Passage 1 identifies a problem, while
C) sovereign. Passage 2 minimizes the scope of the
problem.
D) unrelated.
C) Passage 1 introduces a method, while
Passage 2 promotes an alternate method.
D) Passage 1 promotes a solution to a problem,
while Passage 2 criticizes the solution.
. .29 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Based on Passage 2, it is reasonable to infer that

the author of Passage 2 believes that
A) the USA PATRIOT Act gives the
government too much search authority.
B) federal agents are likely to exercise powers
that go beyond those granted by the USA
PATRIOT Act.
C) the USA PATRIOT Act will not make
Americans safer.
D) the USA PATRIOT Act will only
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Questions 32-42 are based on the following
passage and supplementary material.
This passage discusses mercury poisoning.
Mercury poisoning was first identified by
Albert Stock, a German chemist who fell ill while
working in a laboratory in Berlin in 1923. Stock
Line determined that his illness was caused by constant
5 exposure to the liquid mercury found in some of his
lab equipment. The severity of his illness caused
Stock to research mercury and mercury poisoning in
detail; he went on to publish over 50 papers on the
subject.
10 Stock's discovery was significant. Prior to his
findings, doctors regularly prescribed a medicine
known as "blue mass," which contained significant
mercury. Patients took blue mass as a painkiller
and to combat tuberculosis and parasitic invasions.
15 Historians have documented President Abraham
Lincoln's reliance on blue mass in the early 1860s.
Lincoln stopped taking blue mass because he
thought it caused his behavior to become erratic.
Despite Stock's discoveries, mercury poisoning
20 did not concern the wider public until the 1950s,
when a series of industrial disasters in Japan led to
massive mercury poisonings. The most severe
incident occurred in Minamata, a small fishing town
on the southwest coast. In the 1930s, a local
25 chemical company began dumping tons of a
mercury-containing compound in the Minamata
bay. Over the next two decades, the mercury found
its way into the food chain. At first, residents
noticed cats would start moving strangely, or
30 "dancing," in the streets before collapsing and
dying. Later, many people exhibited similarly
bizarre behavior, which became known as "cats-
dancing disease."
In 1956, medical researchers determined that
35 the fish caught in Minamata Bay had consumed
prodigious quantities of mercury-laden algae and
smaller organisms. These fish had amassed
concentrations of mercury in their bodies that were
toxic to cats and humans, causing the odd behavior
40 and fatalities. The researchers also determined that
because the mercury had entered the bloodstreams
of pregnant mothers, subsequent generations were
apt to suffer as well. By the time the mercury had
been cleaned from the bay in 1997, an estimated 2
45 million people in Minamata and the surrounding
area had experienced some form of illness as a
result of the massive mercury levels that plagued
the local waters.
Sadly, mercury poisoning is not unique to
50 Minamata. Manufacturers of all kinds have used
waterways to dispose chemicals since the Industrial
Revolution. Through the natural flow of these
waterways into oceans, as well as the evaporation of
mercury-tainted water that returns to the oceans
55 through rainfall, marine populations all over the
world have been widely exposed to mercury
contamination. The consequences have been dire.
The reproductive abilities of fish that ingest high
concentrations of mercury are severely
60 compromised. The fish that do survive can channel
mercury poisoning to animals higher in the food
chain.
In 2004, the threat of mercury poisoning
prompted the United States federal government to
65 issue guidelines regarding the consumption of fish
by women who may become pregnant, pregnant
women, nursing mothers, and young children. The
Food and Drug Administration, in combination with
the Environmental Protection Agency,
70 recommended that these people should avoid shark,
swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish, four fish that
routinely contain high levels of mercury. The
guidelines were constructed in response to studies
like that performed by the New York State
75 Department of Health (NYSDOH). NYSDOH
discovered a sharp rise in individuals with high
levels of mercury beginning in 1998.
Eager to investigate the spike, NYSDOH
conducted interviews and surveys with those adults
80 who had high mercury levels. Approximately 99
percent of the cases from 2001 through 2008
resulted from non-occupational exposure to
mercury: the adults had eaten fish regularly,
typically several times a week. Salmon, tuna, and
85 swordfish were cited as the most commonly
consumed fish.
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The elevated mercury levels likely have roots . .33 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
in the increasing popularity of sushi, a cuisine that
often features raw fish. Analysts estimate that the As used in line 10, “significant” most nearly
90 number of American sushi bars quintupled between means
1988 and 1998. Because elevated mercury levels
are the result of consistent consumption of A) important.
contaminated fish, the timing of the spike in B) momentous.
mercury cases suggests that the sushi craze was a C) material.
95 factor.
D) observable.
Number of Adults Who Tested Positive
for Some Level of Mercury Poisoning
4500
4000 . .34 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Positive =
3500
Number of Adults

Mercury level The primary function of the second paragraph

3000 greater than (lines 10-18) is to
2500 20 ng/mL in
urine A) provide some historical context for Stock’s
2000 findings.
1500 B) offer an example of how most people were
1000 poisoned with mercury during the 1800s.
500 C) offer an example of a famous American
who suffered from mercury poisoning.
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D) detail the suffering caused by a medicine
known as “blue mass” in the 19th century.
Year
Data collected by NYSDOH

. .35 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

. .32 …………………………… .
The first paragraph (lines 1-8) suggests that
mercury poisoning is
A) easily treatable.
B) often lethal.
C) not always fatal.
D) not mentally debilitating.
..… … ….
Based on the passage, it is reasonable to
conclude that
A) more cats have suffered from mercury
poisoning than humans.
B) fish become laden with mercury by
consuming mercury.
C) mercury poisoning can alter inheritable
traits in human DNA.
D) mercury changes the taste of fish like
salmon.

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. .36 ………………………………… . ..…… …. . .39 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Which choice provides the best evidence for the Which choice provides the best evidence for the
answer to the previous question? answer to the previous question?

A) Lines 28-31 (“At first … dying”) A) Lines 24-27 (“In the 1930s … bay”)
B) Lines 34-37 (“In 1956 … organisms”) B) Lines 63-72 (“In 2004 … mercury”)
C) Lines 40-43 (“The researchers … as well”) C) Lines 80-86 (“Approximately … fish”)
D) Lines 84-86 (“Salmon … consumed fish”) D) Lines 87-89 (“The elevated … fish”)

. .40 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

. .37 ………………………………… . ..…… …. In order to better align the language of the

Which of the following statements is supported
by the graph that accompanies the passage?
A) Children are not affected by mercury
poisoning.
B) Reported cases of severe mercury poisoning
spiked in 2006.
C) More than 500 of the adults tested in 1986
were found to have more than 20 ng/mL of
mercury in their urine.
D) Between 1994 and 1998, the percent of the
adult population that suffered from mercury
poisoning remained relatively stable.
passage with the graph, the phrase “individuals
with high levels of mercury” (lines 76-77)
should be changed to which of the following?
A) individuals with low levels of mercury in
their urine
B) adults with significant levels of mercury in
their urine
C) men and women with many levels of
mercury poisoning
D) people with severe mercury poisoning in
their bodies
. .41 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

As used in line 92, “consistent” most nearly

means
. .38 ………………………………… . ..…… …. A) dogged.
The passage most strongly supports which of the B) dependable.
following statements? C) regular.
A) Many of the people tested by NYSDOH D) unvarying.
were exposed to mercury at work.
B) Most of the sushi served in America comes . .42 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
from the Minamata Bay in Japan.
Which of the following best describes the tone
C) Scientific studies show a direct link of the passage?
between the increased popularity of sushi
and increased levels of mercury in adults. A) Casual
D) Pregnant women may safely eat certain B) Neutral
types of fish during their pregnancies. C) Persuasive
D) Argumentative

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Questions 43-52 are based on the following passage.
This passage discusses "the marshmallow test," an
experiment examining immediate gratification.
A lot of the advice that self-help gurus and life
coaches dole out can be condensed into one simple
nugget: willpower pays. For example, personal
Line finance experts urge young professionals to invest
5 in a retirement account at an early age. The
earnings on these investments will mount over time,
providing security in later years. Many people,
however, choose not to heed this time-tested advice.
When deciding between a night out with friends or
10 saving for retirement, many elect to live for the
moment.
In the late 1960s, Stanford University
psychologist Walter Mischel was intrigued by
people's varying abilities to defer pleasure in order
15 to achieve a long-range goal. He designed a simple
experiment, now popularly known as "the
marshmallow test," to gauge the willpower of
children. In the experiment, run in 1971, a tester
brought a preschool-age child into a room
20 containing nothing but a table with a treat, often a
marshmallow, but sometimes a pretzel or a cookie.
The tester explained that the child was welcome to
eat the treat immediately, or wait for approximately
fifteen minutes, at which point the child would
25 receive a second treat. The tester then left the room.
The results of the experiment fascinated
Mischel. A minority of the subjects ate the treat
immediately, but most attempted to delay
gratification in the hopes of earning the additional
30 reward. Of the subset that tried for the second treat,
only about one-third were successful. Mischel
found that, in most cases, age was a factor; the older
preschoolers were more capable of avoiding the
temptation of the first treat.
35 Mischel wondered whether there might be any
correlation between a child's self-control and future
achievement. He reasoned that success in school or
any extracurricular endeavor entailed some level of
sacrifice, so the ability to achieve a longer-term
40 objective at a young age might predict similar
outcomes later in life.
Nearly two decades after the original
experiments, Mischel contacted the parents of the
children involved in the marshmallow test.
45 Through surveys and interviews, as well as hard
data from grades and test scores, he concluded that
a child's success in school and other pursuits
corresponded strongly to his or her ability to delay
pleasure, witnessed as early as pre-school.
50 Mischel eventually went a step further,
contacting the subjects, who were now well into
their adult years. He found strong correlations
between the body mass of the subjects and the
ability they had displayed in preschool to resist
55 temptation; those subjects who attained, or were
close to attaining, the second reward had lower
body masses than those who struggled to attain the
reward.
Mischel's results have since raised a number of
60 questions among psychologists. Some have
wondered whether the ability to avoid immediate
gratification is an inherent trait, something that
people either have or do not have. Subsequent
variations of the marshmallow test have
65 demonstrated that those who are able to hold out for
a second reward are simply better at distracting
themselves during the required waiting period.
Immediate gratification can, thus, be avoided by
immersion in a mentally engaging activity, whether
70 work or play. Those people who have trouble
distracting themselves are too focused on the treat
before them. Psychologists suggest that, if people
can distract themselves from short-term gains, they
will be better equipped to reap long-term rewards.
75 Mischel's work has also interested scientists in
other disciplines. In 2011, neuroscientists gathered
some of the original subjects of the marshmallow
test, some forty years after Mischel's initial work.
The neuroscientists performed brain imaging on the
80 subjects while presenting temptations. These
scientists found higher activity in the prefrontal
cortex, the complex decision-making area of the
brain, in those who had deferred pleasure as
preschoolers. Those who had difficulty delaying
85 gratification showed more activity in the ventral
striatum, an area linked to addictions.
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. .43 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
As used in line 8, “time-tested” most nearly
means
A) old.
B) slow.
C) proven.
D) good.
. .44 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The passage suggests all of the following about
Mischel’s “marshmallow test” EXCEPT:
A) it involved both male and female pre-
school-age children.
B) the children who participated viewed eating
a marshmallow, pretzel, or cookie as a treat.
C) the children who participated were old
enough to understand the instructions.
D) all of the children who successfully resisted
the first treat became successful adults.
. .45 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
According to the passage, it is reasonable to
conclude that
A) Mischel’s test was costly when compared to
other tests performed during the early 1970s.
B) Mischel’s test inspired other scientists to
conduct related studies.
C) none of the child participants in Mischel’s
study died before reaching adulthood.
D) the primary cause of obesity among adults
is a lack of willpower.
. .46 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 18-21 (“In the experiment … cookie”)
B) Lines 42-44 (“Nearly two … test”)
C) Lines 52-58 (“He found … reward”)
D) Lines 63-67 (“Subsequent … period”)
. .47 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The primary rhetorical effect of the second
sentence of the seventh paragraph (lines 60-63)
is to
A) offer an example that supports an assertion
made in the preceding sentence.
B) introduce a secondary theme.
C) provide evidence that contradicts Mischel’s
findings.
D) demonstrate creative thinking in the
scientific community.
. .48 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The passage suggests that, based on results,
participants in the marshmallow test could
reasonably be separated into
A) three groups
B) four groups.
C) five groups.
D) six groups.
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. .49 ………………………………… . ..…… …. . .51 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Which choice provides the best evidence for the As used in line 76, “disciplines” most nearly
answer to the previous question? means
A) Lines 18-21 (“In the experiment … cookie”) A) fields.
B) Lines 27-31 (“A minority … successful”) B) jobs.
C) Lines 31-34 (“Mischel found … treat”) C) categories.
D) Lines 35-41 (“Mischel wondered … life”) D) standards.

. .52 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

.. 50 ………………………………… . ..…… …. Based on the passage, all of the following would
likely be true about an adult who earned the
According to the passage, which of the
second treat in Mischel’s marshmallow test as a
following might help a person avoid a
child EXCEPT:
temptation?
A) such person performed well in high school.
A) Taking a hot shower
B) such person started a successful business.
B) Trying to remember the lyrics of a song
C) such person had relatively low body mass
C) Yielding to a different temptation throughout his or her adulthood.
D) Sitting quietly while trying to think about D) such person’s ventral striatum became very
nothing active when presented with a temptation
during a neurological test.

STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work in this section only.
Do not return to any other section in the test.
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Writing Test 5
35 Minutes, 44 Questions
Turn to Section 2 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

.Directions.

Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will
consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other
questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence
structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more
graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing
decisions.

Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will
direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.

After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves
the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of
standard written English. Many questions include a “NO CHANGE” option. Choose that
option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.

Questions 1-11 are based on the following passage. . .1………………………………………. ..……….

Computer Animators: With Patience Comes A) NO CHANGE

Realism B) there audiences
Computer animation has enhanced visual C) their audiences
entertainment throughout the media marketplace. D) they’re audiences’
On television, many children's shows captivate
..1.. their audience’s with computer-generated
characters that move realistically through colorful . .2………………………………………. ..……….
and “cartoonesque” three-dimensional worlds. On
A) NO CHANGE
the big screen, science fiction and fantasy films B) Some video games
feature digitally-rendered kingdoms inhabited by C) In video games
fanciful creatures that move with lifelike fluidity. D) For video games
..2.. On videos games, elaborately detailed worlds
that derive their sophistication from computer
animation immerse players for hours on end.

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..3.. Beyond these areas, computer animation is . .3………………………………………. .. ……….
becoming increasingly prevalent online on a daily
Which of the following offers the best transition
basis. Search engines, which have become from the preceding paragraph?
incredibly useful over the last decade, and Internet A) NO CHANGE
advertising, which is a multi-billion-dollar industry, B) That’s why
..4.. relies on computer animation to interest C) Nevertheless
viewers navigating screens crowded with text and D) Just like television, film, and video games
still images.

. .4………………………………………. ..……….
..5.. With the growing and evolving use of
computer animation, the need for digital animators A) NO CHANGE

is on the rise. Increasingly, young people with B) relied

C) was relying
interest in both art and technology are investigating
D) rely
computer animation as a possible career option.
This occupation is not for the impatient, however.
Animation is a painstaking and time-consuming . .5……………………………………… . ..……….
process. Animators must create detailed virtual
Which of the following is the most acceptable
models using specialized software, and the models alternative to the underlined portion?
only achieve realism after the animators take great
A) Because of
care in creating them. Once the models are B) That’s why
fashioned, they must be manipulated ..6.. slowly, C) Since
carefully, and thoughtfully throughout the duration D) Without
of a scene or sequence in order to produce a fluid

. .6……………………………………… . ..……….

A) NO CHANGE
B) slow, careful, and thoughtful
C) slowly and carefully
D) slowly with careful thought

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motion of believable movement. ..7.. A well- . .7………………………………………. ..……….
executed thirty seconds of three-dimensional
The writer would like to conclude the paragraph
computer animation with moving figures and a with a sentence that provides an example of how
much time computer animation takes. Which
detailed backdrop can take a team of several
sentence best accomplishes the writer’s goal?
animators months to perfect.
A) NO CHANGE
B) A good clip of 3-D animation can take a ton
[1] Aspiring computer animators can obtain of time to create.
employment several ways. [2] Traditional and C) Three-dimensional computer animation can
take even a team of animators months to
online universities offer programs in computer
create.
animation that include courses in computer D) Talented 3-D computer animators get paid a
programming, computer graphics, and graphic lot of money because their work is so detail
oriented and time consuming.
design. [3] Art schools also offer computer
animation programs, though these predictably focus
more on the artistic side of the occupation than the
. .8……………………………………… . ..……….
technical side. [4] Many of these programs will
place students in internships ..8.. where they can A) NO CHANGE
B) where students
gain valuable experience. ..9..
C) when students
D) during which students

. 9………………………………………. .. ……….

After rereading the preceding paragraph, the

writer realizes that the following sentence has
been left out:
For example, some aspiring animators earn
an educational degree before seeking
employment.
Where is the best place to add the sentence?
A) After Sentence 1
B) After Sentence 2
C) After Sentence 3
D) After Sentence 4

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Once they have completed their education,
computer animators typically work in animation
studios, production studios, video-game companies,
or advertising agencies. The ability to work well
with a team of like-minded professionals is critical.
.. 10.. Tasks include creating storyboards for projects,
creating models of characters and setting elements,
and altering colors, movements or other features.
Though the work is arduous, most successful
computer animators relish seeing the fruit of their
labors in the form of a stylish ..11.. finished product.
...10 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The writer would like to add a phrase after the
word critical in the preceding sentence (along
with proper punctuation). The writer would like
the phrase to begin to explain why computer
animators must have the ability to collaborate
with other professionals. Which one of the
following phrases best accomplishes the writer’s
goal?
A) because no one can do it alone.
B) because virtually all animation projects
require multiple tasks that require different
skill sets to complete.
C) because even the most talented young
computer animators start their careers with
entry-level positions.
D) because storyboarding is much different than
computer animation.
. .11 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Which of the following is the LEAST acceptable
alternative to the underlined word?
A) final
B) end
C) completed
D) closed
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Questions 12-22 are based on the following . .12 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
passage.
A) NO CHANGE
Medicare and America’s Aging Population B) the card was delivered directly to Truman by
The first person to receive a Medicare card President Lyndon B. Johnson
was Harry S. Truman, who served as President of C) Truman received his card directly from
President Lyndon B. Johnson
the United States from 1945 to 1953. In 1965, long
D) President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the
retired at the age of 81, ..12.. the card was given to card directly to Truman
Truman directly by President B. Lyndon Johnson,
moments after Johnson had signed the Medicare . .13 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Act into law. Truman had first suggested the idea
A) NO CHANGE
of public health insurance ..13.. in 1945: Johnson
B) in 1945. Johnson
wanted to reward Truman for being "the real daddy C) in 1945, and Johnson
of Medicare." D) in 1945; and Johnson

Medicare is a government-run insurance

program created to help Americans over 65 pay for . .14 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

their medical costs. Funding for Medicare comes
from trust funds held by the United States Treasury.
Money flows into these funds from payroll taxes,
and the funds can be used for Medicare expenses.
.. 14.. Economists estimate that the trust funds should
be able to keep Medicare running smoothly until
2030. At that time, however, ..15.. they may face
several difficulties.
By adding the word only to the preceding
sentence, the writer would like to make it clear
that money in Medicare funds must be used
exclusively for Medicare expenses. Where
should the word only be placed in the sentence to
best accomplish the writer’s goal?
A) Before the word flows
B) After the word taxes
C) Before the word funds
D) After the word expenses

. .15 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

A) NO CHANGE
B) the program
C) the government-run program known as
Medicare
D) Americans

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One factor that will surely impact Medicare is . .16 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
.. 16.. the growing elderly population. In 2000, about
A) NO CHANGE
35 million Americans were classified as elderly, or B) the increasing number of old folks
over 65 years of age. That number is expected to C) the rising population of grandmas and
rise to 71 million by the year 2030. If it does, the grandpas

Medicare system will be ..17.. strained by the sheer D) the growing number of really old people

number of Americans who will require medical

attention. . .17 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Which of the following is the LEAST acceptable

In addition, the trend of rising obesity rates in alternative to the underlined word?
the United States threatens to further drive up A) taxed
healthcare ..18.. costs, this further depletes Medicare B) crippled
funds. Health care experts estimate that obesity- C) burdened
related illnesses currently account for over 60 D) stressed
percent of all health care costs in America, and an
even higher percent of obese patients relying on . .18 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Medicare will deplete funds rapidly.
A) NO CHANGE
B) costs; which further depletes
Finally, the family size actually plays a role in
C) costs, further depleting
Medicare's future. Long-term services and supports D) DELETE the underlined portion.
for elderly patients can be broken down into two
categories: informal and formal. Informal care is
. .19 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
provided by family members and friends to elderly
patients who choose to remain in private homes. The writer is considering deleting the preceding
sentence. Should the writer delete the sentence?
Elderly people from large families tend to receive
A) No, because it supports the notion that small
informal care, which does not burden Medicare. families are bad for society.
Formal care is provided by an institution, such as a B) No, because it appropriately continues the
nursing home or hospital. Elderly people from brief discussion of the relationship between
family size and Medicare.
small families tend to require formal care, which
C) Yes, because it contains interesting, but
certainly does burden Medicare. ..19.. largely irrelevant, information.
D) Yes, because it is not supported by any
statistical data.

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More specifically, informal care is "donated," . .20 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
meaning it is freely given by the caregiver.
A) NO CHANGE
Assuming that the value of this care is roughly B) equivalent to that given by a healthcare
.. 20.. equivalent to a healthcare professional, the professional
value of informal care provided to elderly C) equivalent to healthcare professionals

Americans was estimated to be $234 billion in D) equal to a healthcare professional

2011. This represents a huge savings for Medicare.

. .21 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
The problem is that family sizes are shrinking and
the nation’s future senior citizens will not likely be Which of the following is the LEAST acceptable
alternative to the underlined phrase?
able to ..21.. count on family members for informal
A) rely on
care. This would leave Medicare to pick up the cost
B) believe in
through formal care.
C) depend on
D) turn to
Lawmakers need to rethink Medicare funding
in the face of these trends. Otherwise, elderly
. .22 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
patients in 2030 will not find much value in their
own Medicare cards. ..22.. Given that the vertical axis of the graphic
represents the percentage of gross domestic
Future Spending for Long-Term Services and product that Medicare represents each year,
Supports for Elderly Americans: which of the following words should be inserted
Three Possible Scenarios, 2020 to 2050 before the word “Long-Term” to make the title of
the graphic more accurate?
3.5
A) Obesity-Related
Percentage of Gross

Scenario 3
3
Domestic Product

2.5 B) Informal
Scenario 1
2 C) Formal
1.5 D) Domestic
1
Scenario 2
0.5
0
2020 2030 2040 2050
Year
Scenario 1: Obesity level remains constant
Scenario 2: Obesity level decreases to 1978 level
Scenario 3: Obesity level continues to increase
Note: “Percentage of Gross Domestic Product”
refers to spending as a percentage of all money
generated by the United States economy in a given
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Questions 23-33 are based on the following . .23 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
passage.
A) NO CHANGE
Two Versions of “My Favorite Things” B) they choose
Which is better: the original or the remake? C) he or she chooses
Music lovers have debated this question for ages. D) chosen
Perhaps the best way to settle the dispute is to
invoke the Latin maxim, De gustibus non est . .24 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
disputandum, or "In matters of taste, there can be no A) NO CHANGE
dispute." An artist takes a song ..23.. you choose to B) the artist then
sing, finds something appealing within it, and C) then the artist
.. 24.. the artist than attempts to refashion it in some D) DELETE the underlined portion.
way. The finished product bears an individualized
imprint that makes it different from, but not . .25 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
necessarily better than, any other version of the Which of the following alternatives to the
same song, including the original. underlined portion is most acceptable?
A) an indelible
Two versions of the song "My Favorite B) a spectacular
Things" from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical C) a noteworthy
The Sound of Music illustrate how the same song D) an interesting

can become an entirely different creation in the

hands of another artist. The most popular version is . .26 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Julie Andrews's rendition from the 1965 film
version of the musical. The film won the Academy
Award for Best Picture and featured ..25.. an
unforgettable performance by Andrews, who had
just won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Actress
as Mary Poppins. By the time Julie Andrews
reached her late 70s, her net worth was over $45
million. ..26..
The writer is considering deleting the preceding
sentence. Should the writer make the deletion?
A) Yes, because the net worth of the English-
born Julie Andrews should be expressed in
pounds, not dollars.
B) Yes, because the sentence contains
information that is not in line with focus of
the paragraph.
C) No, because the information regarding the
net worth of Julie Andrews proves that she
was successful.
D) No, because the sentence contains
information that is critical understanding the
paragraph.

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In The Sound of Music, Andrews portrays . .27 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
Maria, a young woman coming to grips with her A) NO CHANGE
own future while serving as a governess for seven B) room. They are scared
children. During a thunderstorm, the children pile C) room, but they are scared
into Maria's ..27.. room, and they are scared by the D) room, scared
violent weather. Maria teaches the children "My
Favorite Things," a song that helps them focus on . .28 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
happy thoughts. Maria radiates with care and
The writer wants the final phrase of the sentence
warmth ..28.. as she braves the storm with the to help the reader understand what Maria did to
children late into the night. exude care and warmth. Given that all of the
following are true, which best accomplishes the
writer’s goal?
In 1961, Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane
A) NO CHANGE
recorded a version of "My Favorite Things" with his B) as she lovingly offers the children
quartet. Coltrane had become familiar with the comforting advice through song.
song because of the musical's successful run on C) as she sings what has become an iconic song
in America and around the world.
.. 29.. Broadway, that began in 1959. He applied a
D) allows all seven children to sit on her bed at
different framework to "My Favorite Things" and once.
created a thirteen-minute version of the song that is
recognizable but ..30.. vastly different from the
. .29 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
version made famous by Andrews in The Sound of
A) NO CHANGE
Music.
B) Broadway, that had begun
C) Broadway which found its beginning
D) Broadway, which began

. .30 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

Which of the following is the LEAST acceptable

alternative to the underlined word?
A) spaciously
B) dramatically
C) very
D) significantly

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.. 31.. During the quartet’s final recorded . .31 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
performance, pianist McCoy Tyner played an
Which of the following offers the best transition
extended solo exquisitely. Throughout the solo, he from the preceding paragraph to the current
paragraph?
combined chords and single-note playing that
seemed to skip along in a carefree manner. Of the A) NO CHANGE
B) At the recording studio
musicians in the quartet, he most closely
C) During the recording sessions
approached the spirit of delight and tenderness that
D) In the warmth and comfort of the recording
Andrews achieved in the movie. studio

Coltrane's soloing in the recording is a tour de

force. He alternately plays the song's theme and a
torrent of notes over the driving rhythm section.
.. 32.. It occasionally assumes darker tones, and in . .32 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
those moments Coltrane's soprano saxophone is the
A) NO CHANGE
center of ..33.. a nasty good emotional storm. In the
B) They
song's brighter moments, his ebullient playing C) He
suggests that music is his favorite thing, and he D) The song
exudes a palpable spiritual joy that is his own
unique statement.

. .33 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

A) NO CHANGE
B) an emotional maelstrom
C) sick emotional storm
D) an emotional maelstrom that brings down the
house

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Questions 34-44 are based on the following . .34 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
passage.
Which of the following is the LEAST acceptable
A Remarkable Ringed Planet alternative to the underlined word?
Of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn is A) observed
the most visually distinctive. The seven groups of B) noticed
rings that surround Saturn are uniquely beautiful, C) discovered
lending an air of mystery to the planet. Galileo first D) pinpointed

.. 34.. spotted the planet in 1610. But because his

telescope was weak, he could not quite make out . .35 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
what he was ..35.. seeing; he described Saturn as A) NO CHANGE
having "ears." About a year later, Galileo was B) seeing, he described
surprised to find Saturn's ears gone. Saturn tilted on C) seeing: he described
its axis, so that the plane of the rings was not visible D) seeing. So he described
from Earth. In 1612, a puzzled Galileo
rediscovered the rings. . .36 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

A) NO CHANGE
Just as the possibility of life on other planets
B) two did
intrigues astronomers, so ..36.. to does the prospect
C) too did
of discovering other ringed planets outside of our D) too does
solar system. However, like Galileo, today's
interstellar observers are limited by the effective-
. .37 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
ness of their equipment. ..37.. Astronomers can only
view exoplanets, or planets outside our solar The writer would like to suggest that some
astronomers are not limited to equipment located
system, by noting changes in the brightness of on Earth, when observing exoplanets. The writer
faraway stars. If the light of a particular star dims would like to make this suggestion by adding a
phrase to the beginning of the preceding sentence
for a few hours, astronomers know that an (along with proper punctuation and changes in
exoplanet is orbiting the star and obstructing the capitalization). Which of the following
introductory phrases would best accomplish the
star's light from reaching Earth. writer’s goal?
A) Unfortunately
B) From Earth
C) Using modern equipment
D) Surprisingly

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In 2007, astronomers were monitoring . .38 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
exoplanet J1407b, a faraway planet thought to be a The writer most likely included the parenthetical
paltry 16 million years old. (In comparison, the in order to help the reader understand the
inclusion of which word in the sentence that
Earth and Sun are 4.5 billion years old.) ..38.. The precedes the parenthetical?
light emitted from the star around which J1407b
A) monitoring
.. 39.. revolves suddenly demonstrated an odd
B) faraway
sequence of twinkling and fading which lasted not C) paltry
for a few hours, but for two months. The changes D) old
in the light's intensity and the duration of these
changes had never been observed among the
thousands of exoplanets known to exist. . .39 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

A) NO CHANGE
Astronomers Matthew Kenworthy of the B) revolved
Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands and Eric C) was revolving
Mamajec of the University of Rochester studied the D) would have revolved
data from J1407b's light pattern ..40.. meticulously,
and, ultimately, concluded that the planet had an
. .40 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
extraordinarily large system of rings that would
make Saturn's rings appear ..41.. pedestrian. A) NO CHANGE
Kenworthy and Mamajec theorized that J1407b is in B) meticulously concluding, ultimately,
C) meticulously. They ultimately concluded
its infant stages as a planet and is undergoing
D) meticulously, and ultimately concluded
accretion, the process by which a planet grows by
pulling matter into itself through gravity. The
planet's approximately 30 rings are made mostly of
. .41 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
dust that alternately reflects and deflects its sun's
Which of the following is the most acceptable
light. alternative to the underlined word?
A) ordinary
B) transitory
C) mutable
D) uneventful

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Kenworthy and Mamajec .42.. are thoroughly .42 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
convinced that if J1407b were to swap places with
A) NO CHANGE
Saturn, the exoplanet and its rings would dominate
B) have thoroughly convinced themselves
our night sky, even dwarfing a full moon. The rings
C) believe
stretch almost 60 million miles from J1407b's
D) believe more than anything else
center. For perspective, if Earth had those same
rings, they would stretch to a point between
Mercury .43.. or the Sun. The remarkable rings hint
. .43 ………………………………… . ..…… ….
at more mysterious and beautiful discoveries to be
made .44.. in our universe. A) NO CHANGE
B) to
C) and
D) by

. .44 ………………………………… . ..…… ….

The writer wants the final phrase of the passage

to tie in concepts and language used in the first
two paragraphs. Which phrase would best
accomplish the writer’s goal?
A) NO CHANGE
B) in deep space.
C) beyond the realm of our solar system.
D) within the confines or our solar system.

STOP
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3 3
Math Test 5 – No Calculator
25 Minutes, 20 Questions
Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

.Directions.

For questions 1-15, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided, and fill in
the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 16-20, solve the problem and enter your
answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions before question 16 on how to enter
your answers in the grid. You may use any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

.Notes.

1. The use of a calculator is NOT permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for
which f (x) is a real number.

.Reference.

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2𝜋𝜋.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

CONTINUE
 3 3
. .1………………………………………. ..…………. . .3………………………………………. ..………….

Which of the following expressions is equal to 0 1

x= y
for at least one value of x ? 4
3(x + 1) = y
A) 1 + | 2 ‒ 𝑥𝑥 |
B) 1 + | 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 3 | If (x, y) is the solution to the system of equations
above, what is the product of x and y ?
C) 1 + | 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 4 |
D) 1 ‒ | 5 ‒ 𝑥𝑥 | A) 36
B) 15
C) 12
D) 8

. .2………………………………………. ..………….

If f (x) = 2x + 7, then f (‒ 3x) =

. .4………………………………………. ..………….
A) ‒ 3x + 7
g (x) = 2x + k
B) ‒ 6x + 7
In the function above, k is a constant. If g (4) = 4,
C) ‒ 3x + 21 then g (‒ 4) =

D) ‒ 3x ‒ 21 A) ‒ 12
B) ‒8
C) ‒4
D) 4

CONTINUE
 3 3
. .5………………………………………. ..…………. . .7………………………………………. ..………….
2
(x ‒ 3) + 2 In 8 weeks, Jeff must pass a strength test on the
first day of preseason training for the varsity
Which of the following is equivalent to the football team. The test will require Jeff to do 50
expression above? pull-ups. Currently, Jeff can do a maximum of
only 18 pull-ups. In order to build himself up to a
2
A) 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 9
P
maximum of 50 pull-ups, Jeff created a training
schedule that requires him to increase the
2
B) 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 11
P
maximum number of pull-ups he can do by the
2
same number each week over the next 8 weeks.
C) 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 9
P
Which of the following statements best describes
2 what Jeff must accomplish over the next 8 weeks?
D) 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6 𝑥𝑥 + 11
P

A) Jeff must increase the number of pull-ups he

can do by 50 over the next 8 weeks.
B) Jeff must increase the number of pull-ups he
can do by 4 each week over the next 8
weeks.
C) Jeff must increase the number of pull-ups he
can do by 6.25 each week over the next 8
. .6………………………………………. ..………….
weeks.
4 ‒ 𝑏𝑏 3 D) Jeff must increase the number of pull-ups he
If = , which of the following is NOT
𝑎𝑎 7 can do by 1 in the first week, 2 in the second
week, 3 in the third week, and so on, over
true?
the next 8 weeks.

4 ‒ 𝑏𝑏 𝑎𝑎
A) =
3 7

7 3
B) =
𝑎𝑎 4 ‒ 𝑏𝑏

4 ‒ 𝑏𝑏 + 𝑎𝑎 10
C) =
𝑎𝑎 7

4 ‒ 𝑏𝑏 + 𝑎𝑎 3
D) =
𝑎𝑎 10

CONTINUE
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. .8………………………………………. ..…………. ..10 ..……………………………………. ..………….

Which of the following equations represents a line 7+𝑏𝑏

If = 20, what is the value of 𝑏𝑏 ?
that is perpendicular to the line with equation 7−𝑏𝑏
P = 8 + 2T ?
19
A)
A) P ‒ 8 = ‒ 2T 3

B) 4P + 2T + 8 = 0 133
B)
C) P = 16 + 2T 19

D) 6P ‒ 3T + 8 = 0 C) 3

D) 13

. .9………………………………………. ..………….

√2𝑥𝑥 − 13 = 𝑥𝑥 − 8 ...11..……………………………………. ..………….

What is the sum of the solutions of the equation 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 – 4

above? 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 2 – 4

A) 7 How many ordered pairs satisfy the system of

B) 11 equations above?

C) 18 A) 0
D) 77 B) 1
C) 2
D) Infinitely many.

CONTINUE
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..12 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..14 ..……………………………………. ..………….

Kim and Tawanna each ordered lunch at a 1 + 𝑖𝑖

restaurant. The cost of Kim’s lunch was $4 less 2 − 4𝑖𝑖
than the cost of Tawanna’s. The cost of
Tawanna’s lunch was c dollars. If Kim and If the expression above were rewritten in the form
Tawanna split the total cost of lunch and a 15% a + bi, where a and b are real numbers, which of
tip evenly, which of the following expressions the following would be the value of a ?
properly represents the amount, in dollars, each of (Note: i = √− 1 )
the girls paid for lunch?
(Assume zero sales tax on the lunch.) 1
A)
4
A) 1.15(c ‒ 2)
1
B) 0.15(2c ‒ 4) B)
6
C) 0.575(c ‒ 2) 1
C) −
D) 1.15(2c ‒ 4) 10
1
D) −
6

..13 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..15 ..……………………………………. ..………….

y 𝑚𝑚
f (𝑥𝑥) = 𝑥𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑝𝑝
3
(‒ a, 0) (a, 0)
In the function defined above, 𝑚𝑚 and 𝑝𝑝 are
constants. Which values of 𝑚𝑚 and 𝑝𝑝 would result
x in a quadratic function that has no real solutions?

A) 𝑚𝑚 = 1 and 𝑝𝑝 = 2
1
B) 𝑚𝑚 = 6 and 𝑝𝑝 =
2
The two circles defined by the equations
𝑥𝑥 2 + (𝑦𝑦 − 3)2 = 25 and 𝑥𝑥 2 + (𝑦𝑦 + 3)2 = 25 C) 𝑚𝑚 = 9 and 𝑝𝑝 = 1
intersect as shown in the xy-coordinate plane 1
above. The circles intersect at the points (a, 0) D) 𝑚𝑚 = 3 and 𝑝𝑝 =
8
and (‒ a, 0). What is the value of a ?
A) 4
B) 2
C) √3
D) √2
CONTINUE
 3 3
.Directions.

For questions 16-20, solve the problem and enter your answer in the appropriate grid at the bottom of the answer
sheet page on which you have answered questions 1-15.

7
Answer: Answer: 2.5 Answer: 201
12 Either position is correct.
Write answer 7 / 1 2 2 . 5 2 0 1 2 0 1
in boxes. / Fraction / / / / / /
. . . . line . . . . Decimal . . . . . . . .
0 0 0 0 0 0 point 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Grid in
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
result.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Note: You may start your answers
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
in any columns, space permitting.
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Columns not need should be left
blank.

• Mark no more than one circle in any column. • Decimal Answers: If you obtain a decimal answer with
• Because the answer sheet will be machine- more digits than the grid can accommodate, it may be
scored, you will receive credit only if the either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
circles are filled in correctly. For example, if you obtain an answer such as 0.3333…,
you record your result as .666 or .667. A less accurate
• Although not required, it is suggested that you value such as .66 or .67 will be scored as incorrect.
write your answer in the boxes at the top of the
𝟐𝟐
columns to help you fill in the circles accurately. Acceptable ways to grid are:
𝟑𝟑
• Some problems may have more than one correct
answer. In such cases, grid only one answer. 2 / 3 . 6 6 6 . 6 6 7
/ / / / /
• No question has a negative answer. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Mixed numbers such as 3 must be gridded as
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is gridded, it will be 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
/
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
31 1
interpreted as , not 3 .) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

CONTINUE

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..16 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..18 ..……………………………………. ..………….

B
y°

W X
x°

V Y 3
Z In the triangle above, the sine of x° is equal to
5
A C 4
D and the cosine of x° is equal to . What is the value
5
In the figure above, ABC is a triangle, segments of the tangent of y° ?
WX, VY, and AC are parallel, BX = XY= 2YC,
and the shaded area is a rectangle. If the length of
segment BD is 36 inches long, what is the length,
in inches, of segment XZ ?

..17 ..……………………………………. ..………….

3 2
x ‒ 3x + 5x ‒ 15 = 0

For what real value of x is the equation above

true?

CONTINUE
.
 3 3
..19 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..20 ..……………………………………. ..………….

2x ‒ 5y = 0 In regions where the average temperature during

5x + 3y = 31
If (x, y) is a solution to the system of equations
above, what is the sum of x and y ?
the winter months is 5 degrees Fahrenheit (° F),
groundwater in the soil of the region typically
freezes to a depth of 6 feet below the surface. In
regions where the average winter temperature is
20° F, groundwater in the soil typically freezes to
a depth of 4.5 feet below the surface. For every
additional 5° F in average winter temperature, the
depth below the surface to which groundwater
freezes decreases by d feet, where d is a constant.
What is the value of d ?

STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work in this section only.
Do not return to any other section in the test.

.
4 4
Math Test 5 – Calculator
55 Minutes, 38 Questions
Turn to Section 4 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

.Directions.

For questions 1-30, solve each problem, choose the best answer from the choices provided, and fill in
the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. For questions 31-38, solve the problem and enter your
answer in the grid on the answer sheet. Please refer to the directions before question 31 on how to enter
your answers in the grid. You may use any available space in your test booklet for scratch work.

.Notes.

1. The use of a calculator is permitted.

2. All variables and expressions used represent real numbers unless otherwise indicated.
3. Figures provided in this test are drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
4. All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated.
5. Unless otherwise indicated, the domain of a given function f is the set of all real numbers x for
which f (x) is a real number.

.Reference.

The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360.

The number of radians of arc in a circle is 2𝜋𝜋.
The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180.

CONTINUE
 4 4
. .1………………………………………. ..…………. . .3………………………………………. ..………….

The monthly membership fee for a health and Derrick begins a chemistry lab with a full 1-liter
fitness center is $15.00. Members are charged an bottle of a given solution. After pouring one-third
additional fee whenever they participate in group of the solution from the bottle into a glass beaker,
exercise class. The additional per-member fee for Derrick pours equal amounts of the remaining
group classes is $1.50 per class. For one month, solution into six flasks. Approximately how many
Hank was charged $25.50. In how many group milliliters (mL) of the solution is in each one of
exercise classes did Hank participate during the the six flasks? (1,000 mL = 1 liter)
month?
A) 167
A) 19
B) 111
B) 15
C) 56
C) 9
D) 7 D) 28

. .2………………………………………. ..…………. . .4………………………………………. ..………….

Jessica can throw the javelin 30 feet. In order to
make the varsity track and field team, she will
need to be able to throw the javelin at least 45
feet. Jessica believes that focused training will
allow her to increase her throwing distance by 4
feet per month during the months leading up to
the start of the season. Which of the following
represents the number of feet Jessica believes she
will be able to throw the javelin m months after
she begins focused training?
Candidate A and Candidate B were the only two
students who ran for senior-class president.
Monica tallied the final votes. She determined
that 45% of the 220 votes cast were for Candidate
A. Based on this information, how many votes
were cast for Candidate B ?
A) 130
B) 121

A) 4m C) 110

B) 4m + 30 D) 99
C) 4m + 45
D) 45 ‒ m

CONTINUE
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. .5………………………………………. ..…………. . .6………………………………………. ..………….

Earthquakes in a South American Country Mark performed 20 more hours of community

service than Peter did last year. If Mark and Peter
10 performed a combined total of 200 community-
9 service hours last year, how many hours did Peter
Severity (0-10 Moment

8 perform last year?

Magnitude Scale)

7
6 A) 120
5
4 B) 110
3 C) 90
2
1 D) 80
0
1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Year

A seismologist studied the magnitude of all

earthquakes that occurred in a certain South . .7………………………………………. ..………….
American country over a certain 50-year period.
The magnitude of each earthquake was measured Line p in the xy-coordinate plane contains points
and recorded using what is known as the Moment in Quadrants I and IV, but not Quadrants II and
Magnitude Scale, a unit-less scale that ranges III. Which of the following must be true about
from 0 to 10, 0 representing no earthquake and 10 line p ?
representing a very severe earthquake. The year
and magnitude of the 15 earthquakes that occurred A) It goes through the origin.
during the study period are displayed in the
B) It has a positive slope.
scatterplot above. After studying the scatterplot,
the seismologist concluded earthquakes in the C) Its slope is zero.
South American country increased in severity
D) Its slope is undefined.
with time. Does the scatterplot support the
conclusion of the seismologist?

A) Yes, because the scatterplot indicates that

the most severe earthquake occurred very
recently.
B) Yes, because the scatterplot suggests that . .8………………………………………. ..………….
the frequency of earthquakes increased with
time. If 5d ‒ 3 ≥ 12, what is the least possible value of
C) No, because the scatterplot does not 5d + 5 ?
indicate a linear relationship between time
and severity. A) 25
D) No, because the scatterplot does not reveal
B) 23
a positive correlation between time and
severity. C) 20
D) 17

CONTINUE
 4 4
..10 ..……………………………………. ..………….
Questions 9-11 refer to the following information.
Of the labeled points, which represents the guinea
pig for which the ratio of total years lived to
Guinea Pig Life Expectancy number of annual medical exams the greatest?

8 B A) A
7
B) B
Total Years Lived

6
5 C) C
A
4 D D) D
3
C
2
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Number of Annual of Medical Exams

..11 ..……………………………………. ..………….

An animal-care technician tried to determine whether
there is a relationship between the number of annual
Which of the following best describes the
medical exams performed on a certain type of guinea
correlation between the number of annual medical
pig and the life expectancy of such guinea pig.
exams and the total years lived in the scatterplot?
The animal-care technician studied 10 guinea pigs A) Positive correlation
from birth. The scatterplot above shows the results of
the study. B) Negative linear correlation
C) Negative non-linear correlation
D) No correlation
. .9………………………………………. ..………….

How many medical exams per year did the guinea

pig that lived the longest receive throughout its
life? ..12 ..……………………………………. ..………….

A) 5 In the xy-plane, the graph of the function f has x-

B) 6 intercepts at 0, 2, and 4. Which of the following
could define f ?
C) 7
2
D) 8 A) f (x) = (x ‒ 2x)(x + 4)
2
B) f (x) = (x + 2x)(x + 4)
2
C) f (x) = (x ‒ 4x)(x ‒ 2)
2
D) f (x) = (x + 4x)(x ‒ 2)

CONTINUE
 4 4
..13 ..……………………………………. ..………….
Questions 14-16 refer to the following information.
Which of the following graphs could properly
b Vacation Fees
represent the equation y = ax , where a is
a positive integer and b is a negative even integer?
Company
A) y A B C
Car (C) $100 $80 $60
x (per-day fee)
Boat (B) $150 $110 $150
(per-day fee)
B) y
Insurance (I) $400 $500 $800
(one-time fee)

x
Lisa is planning a family vacation. She wants to rent
a car and a boat for the week of the vacation. She
also wants to buy travel insurance for a fixed fee,
C) y just in case she or a family member is involved in
an accident during the vacation.

x The total cost, y, for renting the car and the boat for x
days, and for purchasing the insurance for the week,
is given by the equation y = (C + B)(x) + I.

D) y

..14 ..……………………………………. ..………….

x
If Lisa decides to rent the car and boat from the
same company from which she purchases the
insurance, a deal with which company, or
companies, would be the least expensive for a 7-
day vacation?

A) Company A
B) Company B
C) Company C
D) Company B or C

CONTINUE
 4 4
..15 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..18 ..……………………………………. ..………….

Based on the table, for what number of days, x, Indoor Arena Ticket Sales in 2014
would the total cost of renting a boat and car and
purchasing insurance from Company C be less Seat Type of event
expensive than doing so from Company A ? section
Track Hockey Soccer Tennis Total
A) x ≤ 10
Lower 4,000 5,000 5,000 4,200 18,200
B) x > 10
Middle 1,500 2,000 1,800 1,000 6,300
C) x> 6
Upper 800 4,000 2,500 1,000 8,300
D) x≤ 6
Total 6,300 11,000 9,300 6,200 32,800

The table above contains information regarding

..16 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ticket sales for various events hosted in an indoor
arena in 2014. Tickets sold were for seats in one
If the relationship between total cost, y, of renting of three sections: lower, middle, or upper. Based
a car and boat for x days and purchasing insurance on the table, what fraction of total tickets sold
from Company B were graphed in the xy-plane, were for lower section seats at a soccer event?
what would the slope of the line represent?
25
A) The cost of purchasing insurance A)
154
B) The total cost of renting a car
25
C) The per-day cost of renting both the car and B)
82
the boat
25
D) The total per-day cost of renting the car and C)
boat and being insured 164
9
D)
164

..19 ..……………………………………. ..………….

..17 ..……………………………………. ..………….
3 2
Anna has a glass vase that is in the shape of a f (x) = 2x + 2x ‒ 4x
2
right circular cylinder. The radius of the base of g (x) = x + x ‒ 2
the cylinder is 3 inches and the height of the
cylinder is 16 inches. If Anna pours 1.5 gallons of The polynomials f (x) and g (x) are defined above.
water into the vase, about how high will the water Which of the following polynomials is divisible
3 by 2x + 5 ?
rise in the cylinder? (1 gallon = 231 in )
A) h (x) = f (x) + g (x)
A) 14.65 inches
B) n (x) = f (x) ‒ g (x)
B) 12.25 inches
C) k (x) = f (x) + 5g (x)
C) 8.45 inches
D) k (x) = 5f (x) ‒ g (x)
D) The vase cannot hold 1.5 gallons of water.

CONTINUE
 4 4
..20 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..22 ..……………………………………. ..………….

Number of Registered Voters in

C B Pleasantville in 2010
2x°
x° Age (years)
O
District 18-29 30-49 50 and Total
A D older
North 80 300 45 425
In the circle above, AB and CD are diameters and South 200 560 200 960
the measure of angle COB is twice the measure of East 45 220 355 620
angle BOD as shown. If the length of minor arc West 150 70 210 430
AC is 8𝜋𝜋, what is length of diameter AB ?
Total 475 1,150 810 2,435
A) 64
The table above shows the number of registered
B) 48 voters in the four districts of the town of
C) 36 Pleasantville. Based on the table, if a registered
voter, who was between 18 and 49 years old back
D) 24 in 2010, were chosen at random, which of the
following is the closest to the probability that the
chosen voter lived in district West?

A) 0.14
B) 0.17
..21 ..……………………………………. ..…………. C) 0.31
Let a and b be numbers such that a < | b |. Which D) 0.51
of the following must be true?

I. ‒ b < a < b ..23 ..……………………………………. ..………….

II. a > 0 Time

(weeks) 0 1 2 3 4
III. b > 0
Population
(hundreds) 1 2 4 8 16
A) I only
B) II only A biologist studied the growth of a colony of
single-celled organisms. The results of the study
C) I, II, and III are set forth in the table above. Based on the
D) None table, which of the following best describes the
relationship between time and population during
the 4-week period?

A) Linear increase
B) Linear decrease
C) Exponential growth
D) Logarithmic decay

CONTINUE
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..24 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..26 ..……………………………………. ..………….

𝑟𝑟 4 Biomass is a term used to describe all plant and

100 �
400
� ‒ 100
The expression above can be used to determine
the amount of interest that $100 earns over a one-
year period when the rate of interest, r percent, is
compounded quarterly. Which of the following
expressions shows the total amount of interest
earned when $100 is invested at 2 percent
compounded quarterly for one year and another
$100 is invested at 4 percent compounded
quarterly during the same year?
animal material that is not classified as a fossil
fuel. Biomass can be burned to produce different
forms of energy. A power plant burns biomass to
produce electricity for a small community. If the
amount of biomass that the plant can convert to
electricity doubles each year, which of the
following graphs could model the biomass burned
by the power plant as a function of time?
A)

Biomass (tons)
6 4
A) 200 �
400
� ‒ 100 2

1
6 4
B) 100 �
400
� ‒ 100 0
0 1 2
4 4
Time (years)
2 4
C) �100 �400� + 100 �400� � ‒ 100 B) Biomass (tons)

2
2 4 4 4
D) �100 �400� + 100 �400� � ‒ 200 1

0
0 1 2
Time (years)
C)
Biomass (tons)

..25 ..……………………………………. ..………….

2
1 𝑥𝑥 5𝑥𝑥 ‒2
+ ‒ = 1
𝑥𝑥+1 𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6 𝑥𝑥 2 ‒ 5𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6
0
0 1 2
𝑥𝑥 + 2 Time (years)
A)
𝑥𝑥 + 1 D)
Biomass (tons)

2
𝑥𝑥 ‒ 4
B)
𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6 1

𝑥𝑥 2 ‒ 3𝑥𝑥 ‒ 8 0
0 1 2
C)
𝑥𝑥 2 ‒ 5𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6 Time (years)

𝑥𝑥 2 ‒ 3𝑥𝑥 + 2
D)
𝑥𝑥 2 ‒ 5𝑥𝑥 ‒ 6

CONTINUE
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..27 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..29 ..……………………………………. ..………….

y f (x) = ‒ (x + 3)(x ‒ 5)
3
All of the following are equivalent forms of the
2 function f above. In which equivalent form does
the maximum value of f appear as a constant or a
1 coefficient?
0 2
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
x A) f (x) = ‒ (x ‒ 2x ‒ 15)
-1
2
B) f (x) = ‒ x + 2x + 15
-2
2
-3 g (x) C) f (x) = ‒ (x ‒ 1) + 16
D) f (x) = (x + 3)(5 ‒ x)
The function g (x) is graphed in the xy-coordinate
plane above. If p is a constant and g (x) = p has
three real solutions, which of the following could
be the value of p ?

A) 1.2
B) 0
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C) ‒ 0.8
D) ‒ 1.6 Which of the following sets of numbers has the
greatest standard deviation?

A) 200, 200, 200

B) 99, 100, 101
..28 ..……………………………………. ..…………. C) 20, 40, 60
D) 2, 4, 6
If a is the average (arithmetic mean) of x and 3, b
is the average of 3x and ‒ 3, and c is the average
of 3x, 1 and 5, what is the sum of a, b, and c in
terms of x ?

A) 3x + 4
B) 3x + 2
C) 6x ‒ 4
D) 18x + 12

CONTINUE
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.Directions.

For questions 31-38, solve the problem and enter your answer in the appropriate grid at the bottom of the answer
sheet page on which you have answered questions 1-30.

7
Answer: Answer: 2.5 Answer: 201
12 Either position is correct.
Write answer 7 / 1 2 2 . 5 2 0 1 2 0 1
in boxes. / Fraction / / / / / /
. . . . line . . . . Decimal . . . . . . . .
0 0 0 0 0 0 point 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Grid in
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
result.
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Note: You may start your answers
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
in any columns, space permitting.
9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Columns not need should be left
blank.

• Mark no more than one circle in any column. • Decimal Answers: If you obtain a decimal answer with
• Because the answer sheet will be machine- more digits than the grid can accommodate, it may be
scored, you will receive credit only if the either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the entire grid.
circles are filled in correctly. For example, if you obtain an answer such as 0.3333…,
you record your result as .666 or .667. A less accurate
• Although not required, it is suggested that you value such as .66 or .67 will be scored as incorrect.
write your answer in the boxes at the top of the
𝟐𝟐
columns to help you fill in the circles accurately. Acceptable ways to grid are:
𝟑𝟑
• Some problems may have more than one correct
answer. In such cases, grid only one answer. 2 / 3 . 6 6 6 . 6 6 7
/ / / / /
• No question has a negative answer. . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
• Mixed numbers such as 3 must be gridded as
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3.5 or 7/2. (If 3 1 / 2 is gridded, it will be 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
/
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
31 1
interpreted as , not 3 .) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
5 5 5 5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

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Over a 10-year period, a marine biologist tagged
320 sea lions in the wild: 180 were female and
140 were male. Over the next 2 years, the marine
biologist tagged another 72 sea lions. If the total
number of male sea lions tagged during the 12-
year period is equal to the total number of female
sea lions tagged during the 12-year period, what
fraction of the final 72 sea lions tagged is female?
..32 ..……………………………………. ..………….
A tank contains 1,000 gallons of water. When a
drain valve is open, water is released from the
tank at a rate of 12 gallons per minute. If the tank
valve is opened (and left open) when the tank is
completely full, how many gallons would be left
in the tank after 17 minutes?
.
Questions 33-34 refer to the following information.
John purchased a dilapidated old house that is
worth $18,000. John believes that, if he
completes various home improvement projects
over a 4-year period, the house will increase in
value by 30 percent each year for the next 4 years.
t
John uses the equation V = 18,000(r) to model
the value, V, of the house after t years.
..33 ..……………………………………. ..………….
What value should John use for r in the equation?
..34 ..……………………………………. ..………….
According to the formula, after how many years
will the house be worth $39,546.00?
CONTINUE
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..35 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..37. .……………………………………. .. … …….

The furlong is a unit of length used in the horse- A

racing industry. A furlong is equal to 0.125 miles.
A race known as the Belmont Stakes is 12
furlongs long. If a horse competing in the
Ɵ
Belmont Stakes runs at a constant rate of 30 miles
O r B
per hour from start to finish, how many minutes
does it take the horse to complete the race? Note: Figure not drawn to scale.

The figure above shows a sector of a circle with

center O. The radius of the circle, r, is 6 inches
and the angle of the sector, Ɵ, is between 1 and 2
radians. What is one possible integer value of
arc AB, in inches? (Note: Disregard the unit
when gridding your answer.)

..36 ..……………………………………. ..…………. ..38 ..……………………………………. ..………….

p = ‒ 16t
2 𝑐𝑐+200
A physics student uses the formula above to
determine the position, p, of a falling object at
time, t. What is the ratio of the position of the
object at t = 2r to the position at t = r ?
S=
5
On a standardized test, the relationship between
the number of questions answered correctly by a
student, c, and that student’s scaled score, S, can
be modeled by the equation above. Based on the
equation, each question answered correctly
increases a student’s scaled score by how many
points?

STOP
If you finish before time is called, you may check your work in this section only.
Do not return to any other section in the test.
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