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The prize competition was ____ as a showcase for new technology, but instead the competition was marred by disqualifications and disputes.

The new institute provides intensive postgraduate teaching to a wide range of students, in the hope that these students will use their knowledge to boost the country’s ____ economy.

Like other metaphors, the “book of Nature” has two facets: it is ____ but if taken literally, it may mislead.

The increasing interactivity emerging in the latest computer systems means that the traditional view of the computer as a ____ of information now unduly limiting.

Turings life exerts a powerful and ____ effect on writers ? the combination of the highly intellectual and the personally dramatic is hard to resist.

As a result of his regimented upbringing, that left him unable to see the nuances of complex situations, he was often accused of being ____ .

It is paradoxical that String Theory inspires such widespread respect when it is so ____ that few could ever hope to master its claims.

Those with a reputation for ____ behavior seldom inspire respect: unwavering adherence to a viewpoint is more admired than flexibility.

The courtiers of the time had to be ____ in order to survive in an atmosphere where the least sign of rebellion could lead to banishment or worse.

Forgiveness was fine in theory, but she had trouble in accepting a religion that would allow ____ evil-doers access to heaven.

The Countess dressed with a (an) ____ elegance which seemed to proclaim to the world just how distinguished she was.

It is a waste of time to ____ someone so dimwitted; he is too dull to recognize your barbs.

The teacher was so abstracted that she gave a ____ evaluation of what was really an interesting solution to the problem she had set.

Punishment for transgressions of the law ceases to have a deterrent effect if the punishment is frequently ____ .

Not only love affects the eye of the beholder; other emotions also ____ the interpretation of the events that we witness.

The human mind can often reject the most ____ data in favor of something that, though valueless, at least sounds familiar.

____ behavior never has the effect its practitioners hope for; the attempt to hide only draws attention to what is hidden.

He completed the work with unusual ____ ; his need to get out of the office overcame his habitual torpor.

When Smithers took over as chairperson, her colleagues were looking forward to a less confrontational time on the board of governors, since they reasoned that no one else was likely to be as ____ as her predecessor.

When faced with an urgent problem for which there is no immediately obvious solution, we tend to welcome any suggestion, however ____ , that might throw light on the dilemma.

Should we really care for the greatest actors of the past could we have them before us? Should we find them too different from our accent of thought, of feeling, of speech, in a thousand minute particulars which are of the essence of all three? Dr. Doran’s long and interesting records of the triumphs of Garrick, and other less familiar, but in their day hardly less astonishing, players, do not relieve one of the doubt. Garrick himself, as sometimes happens with people who have been the subject of much anecdote and other conversation, here as elsewhere, bears no very distinct figure. One hardly sees the wood for the trees. On the other hand, the account of Betterton, “perhaps the greatest of English actors,” is delightfully fresh. That intimate friend of Dryden, Tillatson, Pope, who executed a copy of the actor’s portrait by Kneller which is still extant, was worthy of their friendship; his career brings out the best elements in stage life. The stage in these volumes presents itself indeed not merely as a mirror of life, but as an illustration of the utmost intensity of life, in the fortunes and characters of the players. Ups and downs, generosity, dark fates, the most delicate goodness, have nowhere been more prominent than in the private existence of those devoted to the public mimicry of men and women. Contact with the stage, almost throughout its history, presents itself as a kind of touchstone, to bring out the bizarrerie, the theatrical tricks and contrasts, of the actual world. In the expression One hardly sees the wood for the trees, the author apparently intends the word trees to be analogous to

The doubt referred to in line 7 concerns whether

A sanctuary may be defined as a place where Man is passive and the rest of Nature active. Till quite recently Nature had her own sanctuaries, where man either did not go at all or only as a tool-using animal in comparatively small numbers. But now, in this machinery age, there is no place left where man cannot go with overwhelming forces at his command. He can strangle to death all the nobler wild life in the world to-day. To-morrow he certainly will have done so, unless he exercises due foresight and self-control in the mean time. There is not the slightest doubt that birds and mammals are now being killed off much faster than they can breed. And it is always the largest and noblest forms of life that suffer most. The whales and elephants, lions and eagles, go. The rats and flies, and all mean parasites, remain. This is inevitable in certain cases. But it is wanton killing off that I am speaking of to-night. Civilized man begins by destroying the very forms of wild life he learns to appreciate most when he becomes still more civilized. The obvious remedy is to begin conservation at an earlier stage, when it is easier and better in every way, by enforcing laws for close seasons, game preserves, the selective protection of certain species, and sanctuaries. I have just defined a sanctuary as a place where man is passive and the rest of Nature active. But this general definition is too absolute for any special case. The mere fact that man has to protect a sanctuary does away with his purely passive attitude. Then, he can be beneficially active by destroying pests and parasites, like bot-flies or mosquitoes, and by finding antidotes for diseases like the epidemic which periodically kills off the rabbits and thus starves many of the carnivora to death. But, except in cases where experiment has proved his intervention to be beneficial, the less he upsets the balance of Nature the better, even when he tries to be an earthly Providence. The author implies that his first definition of a sanctuary is

The authors argument that destroying bot-flies and mosquitoes would be a beneficial action is most weakened by all of the following except

It can be inferred that the passage is

The purpose of the final paragraph is

Answer this question based on the information in the paragraph below. It has been suggested that long-term prisoners, on release from jail, be given a reasonable state pension to reduce the likelihood of their resorting to crime. Most people instinctively reject the suggestion as they feel it would be like rewarding criminal activity. The supporters of the prisoners’ pension scheme have criticized those who reject this possibility, by claiming that for the critics… Which of the following is the most logical completion of the sentence above?

34 is what percent of 80?

Jack and Kevin play in a basketball game. If the ratio of points scored by Jack to points scored by Kevin is 4 to 3, which of the following could NOT be the total number of points scored by the two boys?

The average of six numbers is 4. If the average of two of those numbers is 2, what is the average of the other four numbers?

What is the next-highest prime number after 67?

Solve: 0.25 x 0.03 =

Dean�s Department Store reduces the price of a $30 shirt by 20%, but later raises it again by 20% of the sale price. What is the final price of the shirt?

How many 3-inch segments can a 4.5-yard line be divided into?

Sheila, Janice, and Karen, working together at the same rate, can complete a job in 3 1/3 days. Working at the same rate, how much of the job could Janice and Karen do in one day?

Dave can deliver four newspapers every minute. At this rate, how many newspapers can he deliver in 2 hours?

Archie�s gas tank is 1/3 full. If Archie adds 3 gallons of gas to the tank, it will be � full. What is the capacity in gallons of Archie�s tank?

Of the following, which is greater than � ?

If an object travels at five feet per second, how many feet does it travel in one hour?

What is the average (arithmetic mean) of all the multiples of ten from 10 to 190 inclusive?

A cubical block of metal weighs 6 pounds. How much will another cube of the same metal weigh if its sides are twice as long?

In a class of 78 students 41 are taking French, 22 are taking German. Of the students taking French or German, 9 are taking both courses. How many students are not enrolled in either course?

A straight fence is to be constructed from posts 6 inches wide and separated by lengths of chain 5 feet long. If a certain fence begins and ends with a post, which of the following could not be the length of the fence in feet? (12 inches = 1 foot)

Helpers are needed to prepare for the fete. Each helper can make either 2 large cakes per hour, or 35 small cakes per hour. The kitchen is available for 3 hours and 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes are needed. How many helpers are required?

Jo’s collection contains US, Indian and British stamps. If the ratio of US to Indian stamps is 5 to 2 and the ratio of Indian to British stamps is 5 to 1, what is the ratio of US to British stamps?

A 3 by 4 rectangle is inscribed in circle. What is the circumference of the circle?

Two sets of 4 consecutive positive integers have exactly one integer in common. The sum of the integers in the set with greater numbers is how much greater than the sum of the integers in the other set?

A circular logo is enlarged to fit the lid of a jar. The new diameter is 50 per cent larger than the original. By what percentage has the area of the logo increased?

After being dropped a certain ball always bounces back to 2/5 of the height of its previous bounce. After the first bounce it reaches a height of 125 inches. How high (in inches) will it reach after its fourth bounce?

Which of the following can be used to illustrate that not all prime numbers are odd?

What is the greatest of 3 consecutive integers whose sum is 24 ?

A piece of ribbon 4 yards long is used to make bows requiring 15 inches of ribbon for each. What is the maximum number of bows that can be made?

How many numbers between 200 and 400 meet one or both of the conditions given in the two statements below? Statement 1: The number begins with 3 Statement 2: The number ends with 3

6 pints of a 20 percent solution of alcohol in water are mixed with 4 pints of a 10 percent alcohol in water solution. The percentage alcohol in the new solution is

A picture is copied onto a sheet of paper 8.5 inches by 10 inches. A 1.5 inch margin is left all around. What area in square inches does the picture cover?

Which of the following fractions is greater than 1/3?

38 is 20% of what number?

30% of 70 is what percent of 2000?

A factory produces 100 units in year 1 and 150 units in year 2. What is the percentage change in units produced from year 1 to year 2?

The original price of a motorcycle is $3,000. What is the new price if the original price is reduced by 10%?

If m x n = p and p does not = 0 where m, n, and p are real numbers, which of the following must be true?

If r, s, and t are consecutive odd integers with r

M, N, O are consecutive integers. Which of the following is true?

If x + y = 11 and 2y = 6, then x =

If x is to 8 as 15 is to 12, then x equals

If there are 1.15 land miles in a nautical mile, how many land miles are there in 10 nautical miles?

A trip takes 5 hours in a car moving 40 miles per hour. How long would the trip take in a train moving at 100 miles per hour?

It takes Bill 4 hours to do a job. It takes Jane 2 hours to do the same job. How many such jobs could they do together in 4 hours?

Find the average of m, m + 1 and m + 2

If the average of 6, 9, and x is 10, find x.

Solve for x. Given that 1 < 3x - 5 < 10.

If two angles are supplementary, then their sum is

The diameter of a circle is 10. Find its area.

If 2x + y = 4 and x – y = -1, then y =

If the perimeter of a square is 56, the length of each side is

The angles in a triangle sum to

If the base and height of a right triangle are 6 and 8 respectively, what is the area of the triangle?

What is the measure of the third side of the triangle from #32?

A point is reflected first over the line y = x, then over the x-axis, then over the y-axis. The resulting point has the coordinates (73, 14). The coordinates of the original point were which of the following?

What is 1/11?

If y = 2x + 1, what is the arithmetic mean of 2x, 2x, y, and 3y, in terms of x?

Identify the pattern in the following set of numbers:2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17

What percentage is �?

Fill in the blank: The right-hand column shown in the table below lists _______ for the indefinite integral F(x). F�(x) = f (x) F(x) = f(x)dx1/x Log | x |Sin x -cos xCos x Sin x

If x, y, and z are integers with x?y and y>z, which of the following could x, y, and z represent (respectively)?

What is the maximum number of 2 � foot pieces of wire that can be cut from a wire that is 48 feet long?

A business has decided to resurface a floor section in their warehouse. The section is a square that measures 15 feet on one side. How much is the area that needs to be resurfaced?

If the speed of a car is 200 km per hour, how may minutes does it take to travel 60 km?

94% of Jim’s income last year came from his salary. The rest came from awards his prize winning poodle won in dog shows. If he won $9,600 in dog shows, what was his total income?

What is 5/6?

It is sunny on 83% of the 120 days Silver Slides Waterpark is open on average. How many days will Silver Slides be open this summer?

What is 2/9?

What is 3/8s?

What is 1 � as a simple fraction in lowest terms?

Round 567.342 to the nearest hundredth. What is the answer?

Round 6148.11385 to the nearest thousandths place. What is the answer?

A: {3, 6, 7}B: {2, 8}What is the union of Set A and Set B?

Which of the following is a prime number?

According to the US Standard system, which of the following would be used to measure the volume of water in a bath tub?

Sally, Nick, Bobby, and Kenny are standing in a line. How many different ways can they be ordered?

Which property is the following equation an example of9 x 1/9 = 9

Olivia is writing a recipe for orange-colored fruit salad. She uses 4 apricots for every cantaloupe, 2 peaches for every apricot, and one orange for every cantaloupe. If she uses 8 oranges, how many whole pieces of fruit total will be used for the fruit salad?