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Verbal Reasoning Sample Questions (1-5)
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For the following questions, lect the two answer choices that, when ud to complete the ntence, fit the meaning of the ntence as a whole and produce completed ntences that are alike in meaning.
1.It is truly paradoxical that the Amazon, the lushest of all rainforests, is
rooted in the most of all soils.
A.acidic
B.coar
C.stark
D.impoverished
E.infertile
F.austere
2.Cynics believe that people who compliments do so in order to
be praid twice.
A.conjure up
B.covet
C.deflect
D.grasp
E.shrug off
F.understand
3. A restaurant's menu is generally reflected in its decor; however, despite this
restaurant's appearance it is pedestrian in the menu it offers.
A.elegant
B.tawdry
C.modern
D.traditional
E.conventional
F.chic
4.International financial issues are typically by the United States
media becau they are too technical to make snappy headlines and too
inaccessible to people who lack a background in economics.
A.neglected
B.slighted
C.overrated
D.hidden
E.criticized
F.repudiated
5.While in many ways their personalities could not have been more different
— she was ebullient where he was glum, relaxed where he was awkward,
garrulous where he was — they were surprisingly well suited.
A.solicitous
B.munificent
C.irresolute
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conic
E.fastidious
F.taciturn
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Verbal Reasoning Sample Questions (6-8)
Questions 6 through 8 are bad on the following reading passage.
Music critics have consistently defined James P. Johnson as a great early jazz pianist, originator of the 1920's Harlem "stride" style, and an important blues and jazz compor. In addition, however, Johnson was an innovator in classical music, composing symphonic music that incorporated American, and especially
African-American, traditions.
Such a blend of musical elements was not entirely new: by 1924 both Milhaud and Gershwin had compod classical works that incorporated elements of
jazz. Johnson, a rious musician more experienced than most classical compors with jazz, blues, spirituals, and popular music, was particularly suited to expand Milhaud's and Gershwin's experiments. In 1927 he completed his first large-scale work, the blues- and jazz-inspired Yamekraw, which included borrowings from spirituals and Johnson's own popular songs. Yamekraw, premiered successfully in Carnegie Hall, was a major achievement for Johnson, becoming his most frequently performed extended work. It demonstrated vividly the possibility of assimilating contemporary popular music into the s
ymphonic tradition.
6.The passage states that Johnson compod all of the following EXCEPT
A.jazz works
B.popular songs
C.symphonic music
D.spirituals
E.blues pieces
7.Consider each of the choices parately and lect all that apply.
The author suggests which of the following about most classical compors of the early 1920's?
A.They were strongly influenced by the musical experiments of
Milhaud and Gershwin.
B.They had little working familiarity with such forms of American
music as jazz, blues, and popular songs
C.They made few attempts to introduce innovations into the classical
symphonic tradition
8.The author suggests that most critics have
A.underrated the popularity of Yamekraw
B.undervalued Johnson's musical abilities
C.had little interest in Johnson's influence on jazz
D.had little regard for classical works that incorporate popular music
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Verbal Reasoning Sample Questions (9-10)
Questions 9 and 10 are bad on the following reading passage.
Scholarship on political newspapers and their editors is dominated by the view that as the United States grew, the increasing influence of the press led, ultimately, to the neutral reporting from which we benefit today. Pasley considers this view oversimplified, becau neutrality was not a goal of early national newspaper editing, even when editors disingenuously stated that they aimed to tell all sides of a story. Rather, the intenly partisan ideologies reprented in newspapers of the early republic led to a clear demarcation between traditional and republican values. The editors responsible for the papers' content — especially tho with republican agendas — began to e themlves as central figures in the development of political consciousness in the United States.
