In this section of the test, you will answer 42 questions found in seven different texts. Within each text are boxes that contain four possible ways to complete a sentence. Choose the word or words in each box that correctly complete each sentence. Mark the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.

Here are two sample questions:

The idea that rocks last forever and that rocks

change is not completely true. If you have ever stood next to a rushing river, you

the water hammering away at the rocks.

The correct answer to Sample 1 is (D), “never.” The correct answer to Sample 2 is (D), “may have seen.”

cookies, pies, and other baked goods this Friday from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. All the delicious desserts will be fresh and homemade

his students. Please plan to stop by our sales table, which will be set up just outside the cafeteria for your

We will be giving out free samples of brownies and oatmeal cookies to

this experiment, you will need several things. The

procedure is to get all your materials ready first, so that once you begin you will not have to stop your work to go get anything. You will need three clean glass containers, a pitcher of cold water, and a basin of warm water. You should also have tape and a pen to

the glass containers. It is also a good idea to have a notepad handy to write down

students to send you an e-mail this weekend if we have any questions on the research assignment you gave. Well, I brought home

books from the library to use for my report on ocean life. But after looking at some of the information, I realize that the topic I wanted to use is much too broad for

Could I change my topic to one that

a more limited subject area? I was thinking of focusing on deep-ocean plant life. Please let me know whether I can do this.

Thanks!

Jessica Saunders

they carry a picture, a logo, or some writing. It is even possible for individuals to custom order T-shirts with unique designs.
T-shirts as we know them today, however, are

what they were in the past. The first T-shirts were usually white, plain-looking undergarments with no designs

on them.

by another shirt, they were considered inappropriate for wearing around the house, much less in public. Many people believe that the practice of wearing a T-shirt as an outer shirt entered into mainstream culture

the popularity of movies of the 1950s starring the American actor James Dean.

just a simple T-shirt, as Dean had done, soon became recognized as an expression of one’s individuality.

of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” Choirs in Australia, China, South Africa, the United States, and Japan all performed at the same time without

To make it appear as though the singers were actually performing together, the organizers

an interesting technical challenge. Because the satellite

carrying the performance had to travel thousands of miles, the broadcasts from the different continents arrived at a central studio in Japan at different times. A signal from South Africa arrived at the studio a full second

a signal from China. Nonetheless, the musicians were coordinated

well that the viewers enjoyed a perfectly synchronized performance. Once received at the studio in Japan, the signals from the different continents

immediately. Instead, the first signals received were delayed.

all the different signals had come in, they were combined and broadcast to the world.

with the same grammar but a completely different set of names for things. All Dyirbal speakers knew both varieties and used one or the other

on whom they were speaking to. In most situations, speakers of Dyirbal

one set of vocabulary; however, when addressing certain family members, such as a mother- or father-in-law,

the other variety. We should

that this situation is quite unlike the familiar scenario

a person uses a different language to communicate with someone from another country. In Dyirbal, all people spoke what

like two different languages—one when talking to certain people

their own family and the other when conversing with friends or strangers.

for delivering water to areas with little rainfall. Unlike canals,

in the ground, aqueducts are built above ground. They originate at high elevations

water can easily be moved downward to lower-lying areas. Ancient aqueducts

all over the world. Many of them were constructed independently by societies that had no contact with each other. The reason why

was built in so many different places around the world is probably because the idea behind it is simple. It is

possible that rather than being purely human inventions, aqueducts were copied from nature. People could simply have noticed

downhill in a straight line over a great distance, as long as no

block its passage.

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