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PART 1

1. The Wallerstein study indicates that even after a decade young men and women still experience

some of the effects of a divorce occurring when a child.

(A) occurring when a child

(B) occurring when children

(D) that occurred when they were children

(E) that has occurred as each was a child

2. Since 1981, when the farm depression began, the number of acres overseen by professional

farm-management companies have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is

about Colorado's size.

(A) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, an area that is about Colorado's size

(B) have grown from 48 million to nearly 59 million, about the size of Colorado

(D) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, an area about the size of Colorado's

(E) has grown from 48 million up to nearly 59 million, about Colorado's size

3. Some bat caves, like honeybee hives, have residents that take on different duties such as

defending the entrance, acting as sentinels and to sound a warning at the approach of danger,

and scouting outside the cave for new food and roosting sites.

(A) acting as sentinels and to sound

(B) acting as sentinels and sounding

(D) to act as sentinels and to sound

(E) to act as a sentinel sounding

4. The only way for growers to salvage frozen citrus is to process them quickly into juice

concentrate before they rot when warmer weather returns.

(A) to process them quickly into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer weather

returns

(B) if they are quickly processed into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns to rot

them

weather returns

(D) if the fruit is quickly processed into juice concentrate before they rot when warmer

weather returns

(E) to have it quickly processed.into juice concentrate before warmer weather returns and rots

the fruit

5. Carbon-14 dating reveals that the megalithic monuments in Brittany are nearly 2,000 years as

old as any of their supposed Mediterranean predecessors.

(A) as old as any of their supposed

(B) older than any of their supposed

(D) older than any of their supposedly

(E) as old as their supposedly

6. In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of

enzymes that are the organism's trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is

irritating it.

(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it

(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the. chemical irritant

(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it

(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant

7. Dr. Hakuta's research among Hispanic children in the United States indicates that the more the

children use both Spanish and English, their intellectual advantage is greater in skills

underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic.

(A) their intellectual advantage is greater in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal

logic

(B) their intellectual advantage is the greater in skills underlaying reading ability and

nonverbal logic

logic

(D) in skills that underlay reading ability and nonverbal logic, their intellectual advantage is

the greater

(E) in skills underlying reading ability and nonverbal logic, the greater intellectual advantage

is theirs

8. Lacking information about energy use, people tend to overestimate the amount of energy used

by equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate

that used by unobtrusive equipment, such as water heaters.

(A) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate

that

(B) equipment, such as lights, that are visible and must be turned on and off and underestimate

it when

(D) visible equipment, such as lights, thatmust be turned on and off and underestimate that

(E) visible equipment, such as lights, that must be turned on and off and underestimate it when

9. Astronomers at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a distant supernova explosion, one

that they believe is a type previously unknown to science.

(A) that they believe is

(B) that they believe it to be

(D) they believe that is

(E) they believe to be of

10. However much United States voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the

govemment as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a

movement toward a minimal state.

(A) However much United States voters may agree that

(B) Despite the agreement among United States voters to the fact

(D) Even though United States voters may agree

(E) There is agreement among United States voters that

11. Based on accounts of various ancient writers, scholars have painted a sketchy picture of the

activities of an all-female cult that, perhaps as early as the sixth century B.C., worshipped a goddess known in Latin as Bona Dea, "the good goddess."

(A) Based on accounts of various ancient writers

(B) Basing it on various ancient writers' accounts

(D) By the accounts of various ancient writers they used

(E) Using accounts of various ancient writers

12. Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in

the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are growing and are

seldom in equilibrium.

(A) Formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small

businesses in the same way as they do to established big businesses, because they are

growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

(B) Because they are growing and are seldom in equilibr ium, formulas for cash flow and the

ratio of debt to equity do not apply to new small businesses in the same way as they do to

established big businesses.

subject to the same applicability of formulas for cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity

as established big businesses.

(D) Because new small businesses are growing and are seldom in equilibrium, formulas for

cash flow and the ratio of debt to equity do not apply to them in the same way as to

established big businesses.

(E) New small businesses are not subject to the applicability of formulas for cash flow and the

ratio of debt to equity in the same way as established big businesses, because they are

growing and are seldom in equilibrium.

State officials report that soaring rates of liability insurance have risen to force cutbacks in the

operations of everything from local governments and school districts to day-care centers and recreational facilities.

(A) rates of liability insurance have risen to force

(B) rates of liability insurance are a force for

(D) rises in liability insurance rates are forcing

(E) liability insurance rates have risen to force

14. Paleontologists believe that fragments of a primate jawbone unearthed in Burma and estimated

at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of a crucial step along the evolutionary path that

led to human beings.

(A) at 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(B) as being 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of

(D) to be 40 to 44 million years old provide evidence of

(E) as 40 to 44 million years old provides evidence of what was

In his research paper, Dr. Frosh, medical director of the Payne Whitney Clinic, distinguishes mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from genuine manic-depressive psychosis.

(A) mood swings, which may be violent without their being grounded in mental disease, from

genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(B) mood swings, perhaps violent without being grounded in mental disease, and genuine

manic-depressive psychosis,

and genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(D) between mood swings, perhaps violel3t without being grounded in mental disease, from

genuine manic-depressive psychosis

(E) genuine manic-depressive psychosis and mood swings, which may be violent without

being grounded in mental disease

16. Unlike a typical automobile loan, which requires a fifteen to twenty-percent down payment,

the lease-loan buyer is not required to make an initial deposit on the new vehicle.

(A) the leaseoloan buyer is not required to make

(B) with lease-loan buying there is no requirement of

~ (D) for the lease-loan buyer there is no requirement of

(E) a lease-loan does not require the buyer to make

17. Native American burial sites dating back 5,000 years indicate that the residents of Maine at

that time were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people.

(A) were part of a widespread culture of Algonquian-speaking people

(B) had been part of a widespread culture of people who were Algonquian-speaking

(D) had been people who were part of a widespread culture that was Algonquian-speaking

(E) were a people which had been part of a widespread, Algonquian-speaking culture

18. Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary

Welsh--were strong and interesting women, very different from the often pallid women who populate his novels.

(A) Each of Hemingway's wives--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and

Mary Welsh--were strong and interesting women,

(B) Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and Mary Welsh each of them

Hemingway's wives--were strong and, interesting women,

Welshwwere all strong and interesting women,

(D) Strong and interesting women--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and

Mary Welsh each a wife of Hemingway, was

(E) Strong and interesting women--Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gelhom, and

Mary Welsh every one of Hemingway's wives were

19. In addition to having more protein than wheat does, the protein in rice is higher quality than

that in wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

(A) the protein in rice is higher quality than that in

(B) rice has protein of higher quality than that in

(D) rice protein is higher in quality than it is in

(E) rice has a protein higher in quality than

20. An array of tax incentives has led to a boom in the construction of new office buildings; so

abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that investors regularly scour the country

for areas in which to build.

(A) so abundant has capital been for commercial real estate that

(B) capital has been so abundant for commercial real estate, so that

(D) sfich has the abundance of capital been for commercial real estate that

(E) such has been an abundance of capital for commercial real estate,

21. Defense attorneys have occasionally argued that their clients' misconduct stemmed from a

reaction to something ingested, but in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some

food

allergy, the perpetrators are in effect told that they are not responsible for their actions.

(A) in attributing criminal or delinquent behavior to some food allergy

(B) if criminal or delinquent behavior is attributed to an allergy to some food

(D) if some food allergy is attributed as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

(E) in attributing a food allergy as the cause of criminal or delinquent behavior

22. The voluminous personal papers of Thomas Alva Edison reveal that his inventions typically

sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly from previous works.

(A) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but evolved slowly

(B) sprang to life not in a flash of inspiration but were slowly evolved

(D) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but had slowly evolved

(E) did not spring to life in a flash of inspiration but they were slowly evolved

23. A Labor Department study states that the numbers of women employed outside the home grew

by more than a thirty-five percent increase in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force.

(A) numbers of women employed outside the home grew by more than a thirty-five percent

increase

(B) numbers of women employed outside the home grew more than thirty-five percent

percent

(D) number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent

(E) number of women employed outside the home was raised by more than a thirty-five

percent increase

24. The first decision for most tenants living in a building undergoing being converted to

cooperative ownership is if to sign a no-buy pledge with the other tenants.

(A) being converted to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(B) being converted to cooperative ownership is whether they should be signing

(D) conversion to cooperative ownership is if to sign

(E) conversion to cooperative ownership is whether to sign

25. The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual

bulls and cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest

whenever they were put on show.

(A) excited

(B) it excited

(D) would excite

(E) it had excited

26. Of all the possible disasters that threaten American agriculture, the possibility of an adverse

change in climate is maybe the more difficult for analysis.

(A) is maybe the more difficult for analysis

(B) is probably the most difficult to analyze

(D) is probably the more difficult to analyze

(E) is, it may be, the analysis that is most difficult

27. Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young journalists,

Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader.

(A) Published in Harlem, the owner and editor of the Messenger were two young joumalists,

Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor

leader.

(B) Published in Harlem, two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip Randolph, who

would later make his reputation as a labor leader, were the o~ner and editor of the

Messenger.

Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and Chandler

Owen.

(D) The Messenger was owned and edited by two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A.

Philip Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, and published in

Harlem. ~

(E) The owner and editor being two young journalists, Chandler Owen and A. Philip

Randolph, who would later make his reputation as a labor leader, the Messenger was published in Harlem.

The rise in the Commerce Department's index of leading economic indicators suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months, but that the mixed performance of the index's individual components indicates that economic growth will proceec

at a more moderate pace than in the first quarter of this year.

(A) suggest that the economy should continue its expansion into the coming months, but that

(B) suggest that the economy is to continue expansion in the coming months, but

(D) suggests that the economy is continuing to expand into the coming months, but that

(E) suggests that the economy will continue to expand in the coming months, but

In three centuries--from 1050 to 1350 several million tons of stone were quarried in France

for the building of eighty cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and some tens of thousands

of parish churches.

(A) for the building of eighty cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and some

(B) in order that they might build eighty cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and some

(D) so that there could be built eighty cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and

(E) such that they could build eighty cathedrals, five hundred large churches, and

What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc has been the use of the new technology to revitalize, in better sound than was ever before possible, some of the classic recorded performances of the pre-LP era.

(A) What was as remarkable as the development of the compact disc

(B) The thing that was as remarkable as developing the compact disc

(D) Developing the compact disc has been none the less remarkable than

(E) Development of the compact disc has been no less remarkable as

Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(A) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of

many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(B) Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people

are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.

(D) Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are

disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

(E) Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills

while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

32. Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were

constructed in violation of the city's building code.

(A) Some buildings that were destroyed and heavily damaged in the earthquake last year were

~ (B) Some buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake last year had been

(D) Last year the earthquake destroyed or heavily damaged some buildings that have been

(E) Last year some of the buildings that were destroyed or heavily damaged in the earthquake

had been

33. From the earliest days of the tribe, kinship determined the way in which the Ojibwa society

organized its labor, provided access to its resources, and defined rights and obligations

involved in the distribution and consumption of those resources.

(A) and defined rights and obligations involved in the distribution and consumption of those

resources

(B) defining rights and obligations involved in their distribution and consumption

consumption

(D) whose rights and obligations were defined in their distribution and consumption

(E) the distribution and consumption of them defined by rights and obligations

34. A report by the American Academy for the Advancement of Science has concluded that much

of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes from the incineration of wastes.

(A) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed comes

(B) much of the currently uncontrolled dioxins that North Americans are exposed to come

to comes

(D) many of the dioxins that are currently uncontrolled and North Americans are exposed to

come

(E) many of the currently uncontrolled dioxins to which North Americans are exposed come

35. In June of 1987, The Bridge of Trinquetaille, Vincent van Gogh's view of an iron bridge over

the Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was the second highest price ever paid for a painting at

auction. ~

(A) Rhone sold for $20.2 million and it was

(B) Rhone, which sold for $20.2 million, was

(D) Rhone was sold for $20.2 million, being

(E) Rhone, sold for $20.2 million, and was

36. Bufo marinus toads, fierce predators that will eat frogs, lizards, and even small birds, are native

to Sou~ America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930's in an attempt to control pests in the state's vast sugarcane fields.

(A) are native to South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930's in an

attempt to control

(B) are native in South America but were introduced into Florida during the 1930's as

attempts to control

attempt at controlling

(D) had been native to South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930's as an

attempt at controlling

(E) had been natives of South America but were introduced to Florida during the 1930's as

attempts at controlling

37. While some academicians believe that business ethics should be integrated into every business

course, others say that students will take ethics seriously only if it would be taught as a

separately required course.

(A) only if it would be taught as a separately required course

(B) only if it is taught as a separate, required course

(D) if it was taught only as a separate and required course

(E) if it would only be taught as a required course, separately

38. Scientists have observed large concentrations of heavy-metal deposits in the upper twenty

centimeters of Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity

there.

(A) Baltic Sea sediments, which are consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

(B) Baltic Sea sediments, where the growth of industrial activity is consistent with these

findings

(D) sediments from the Baltic Sea, findings consistent with the growth of industrial activity in

the area ,

(E) sediments from the Baltic Sea, consistent with the growth of industrial activity there

39. For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with

wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors

against enemy arrows and spears.

(A) a method to protect

(B) as a method protecting

(D) as a protection of

(E) to protect

40. In metalwork one advantage of adhesive-bonding over spot-welding is that the contact, and

hence the bonding, is effected continuously over a broad surface instead of a series of regularly

spaced points with no bonding in between.

(A) instead of

(B) as opposed to

(D) rather than at

(E) as against being at

41. Under a provision of the Constitution that was never applied, Congress has been required to

call a convention for considering possible amendments to the document when formally asked

to do it by the legislatures of two-thirds of the states.

(A) was never applied, Congress has been required to call a convention for considering

possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do it

(B) was never applied, there has been a requirement that Congress call a convention for

consideration of possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

possible amendments to the document when asked to do it formally

(D) has never been applied, whereby Congress is required to call a convention to consider

possible amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

(E) has never been applied, Congress is required to call a convention to consider possible

amendments to the document when formally asked to do so

42. The current administration, being worded over some foreign trade barriers being removed and

our exports failing to increase as a result of deep cuts in the value of the dollar, has formed a group to study ways to sharpen our competitiveness.

(A) being worried over some foreign trade barriers being removed and our exports failing

(B) worrying over some foreign trade barriers being removed, also over the failure of our

exports

(D) in that they were worded about the removal of some foreign trade barriers and also about

the failure of our exports

(E) because of its worry conceming the removal of some foreign trade barriers, also

concerning the failure of our exports

43. In the minds of many people living in England, before Australia was Australia, it was the

antipodes, the opposite pole to civilization, an obscure and unimaginable place that was

considered the end of the world.

(A) before Australia was Australia, it was the antipodes

(B) before there was Australia, it was the antipodes

(D) Australia was what was the antipodes

(E) Australia was what had been known as the antipodes

44. Using a Doppler ultrasound device, fetal heartbeats can be detected by the twelfth week of

pregnancy.

(A) Using a Doppler ultrasound device, fetal heart-beats can be detected by the twelfth week

of pregnancy.

(B) Fetal heartbeats can be detected by the twelfth week of pregnancy, using a Doppler

ultrasound device.

(D) By the twelfth week of pregnancy, fetal heartbeats can be detected using a Doppler

ultrasound device by a physician.

(E) Using a Doppler ultrasound device, a physician can detect fetal heartbeats by the twelfth

week of pregnancy.

45. Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, it was decided by the

company manager to give her staff a raise.

(A) it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise

(B) the decision of the company manager was to give her staff a raise

(D) the staff was given a raise by the company manager

(E) a raise was given to the staff by the company manager

46. A study commissioned by the Department of Agriculture showed that if calves exercise and

associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker than do

those raised in confinement.

(A) associated with other calves, they will require less medication and gain weight quicker

than do

(B) associated with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight quicker than

than do

(D) associate with other calves, they have required less medication and will gain weight more

quickly than do

(E) associate with other calves, they require less medication and gain weight more quickly

than

47. Displays of the aurora borealis, or "northern lights," can heat the atmosphere over the arctic

enough to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce, electric currents that can cause blackouts in some areas and corrosion in north-south pipelines.

(A) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles, induce

(B) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected, induce

(D) that the trajectories of ballistic missiles are affected and induces

(E) to affect the trajectories of ballistic missiles and induce

48. The golden crab of the Gulf of Mexico has not been fished commercially in great numbers,

primarily on account of living at great depths--2,500 to 3,000 feet down.

(A) on account of living

(B) on account of their living

(D) because of living

(E) because they live

49. The cameras of the V oyager II spacecraft detected six small, previously unseen moons circling

Uranus, which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting the distant planet.

(A) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(B) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known to orbit

(D) doubling to twelve the number of satellites now known as orbiting

(E) which doubles to twelve the number of satellites now known that orbit

50. As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it would

be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.

(A) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision, it

would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind if it were an adult with such vision.

(B) A baby emerges from the darkmess of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that

would be rated about 20/500, or legally blind as an adult.

be rated about 20/500; qualifying it to be legally blind if an adult.

(D) A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that

would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.

(E) As a baby emerges from the darkness of the womb, its rudimentary sense of vision, which

would deemed legally blind for an adult, would be rated about 20/500.

51. While Jackie Robinson was a Brooklyn Dodger, his courage in the face of physical threats and

verbal attacks was not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused to move to the back of a bus in

Montgomery, Alabama.

(A) not unlike that of Rosa Parks, who refused

(B) not unlike Rosa Parks, who refused

(D) like that of Rosa Parks for refusing

(E) as that of Rosa Parks, who refused

52. The rising of costs of data-processing operations at many financial institutions has created a

growing oppommity for independent companies to provide these services more efficiently and

at lower cost.

(A) The rising of costs

(B) Rising costs

(D) Because the rising cost

(E) Because of rising costs

53. There is no consensus on what role, if any, is played by acid rain in slowing the growth or

damaging forests in the eastern United States.

(A) slowing the growth or damaging

(B) the damage or the slowing of the growth of

(D) damaged or slowed growth of

(E) damaging or slowing the growth of

54. Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would

appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the

water as a person standing on land.

(A) water as a

(B) water as to a

(D) water, as it would to the'

(E) water; just as to the

55. A recent study has found that within the past few years, many doctors had elected early

retirement rather than face the threats of lawsuits and the rising costs of malpractice insurance.

(A) had elected early retirement rather than face

(B) had elected early retirement instead of facing

(D) have elected to retire early rather than facing

(E) have elected to retire early rather than face

56. Architects and stonemasons, huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without

benefit of the wheel or animal transport.

(A) huge palace and temple clusters were built by the Maya without benefit of the wheel or

animal transport

(B) without the benefits of animal transport or the wheel, huge palace and temple clusters

were built by the Maya

the wheel

(D) there were built, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, huge palace and

temple clusters by the Maya

(E) were the Maya who, without the benefit of the wheel or animal transport, built huge palace

and temple clusters

57. In astronomy the term "red shift" denotes the extent to which light from a distant galaxy has

been shifted toward the red, or long-wave, end of the light spectrum by the rapid motion of the

galaxy away from the Earth.

(A) to which light from a distant galaxy has been shifted

(B) to which light from a distant galaxy has shifted

(D) of light from a distant galaxy shifting

(E) of the shift of light from a distant galaxy

58. William H. Johnson's artistic debt to Scandinavia is evident in paintings that range from

sensitive portraits of citizens in his wife's Danish home, Kerteminde, and awe-inspiring

views

of fjords arid mountain peaks in the western and northern regions of Norway.

(A) and

(B) to

(D) with

(E) in addition to

59. In 1978 only half the women granted child support by a court received the amount awarded; at

least as much as a million and more others had not any support agreements whatsoever.

(A) at least as much as a million and more others had not any

(B) at least as much as more than a million others had no

(D) more than a million others had no

(E) there was at least a million or more others without any

60. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still a

goal of a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.

(A) like that of earlier generations

(B) as that for earlier generations

(D) as have earlier generations

(E) as it was of earlier generations

61. The Gorton-Dodd bill requires that a bank disclose to~t~ customers how long they will delay

access to funds from deposited checks.

(A) that a bank disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from

deposited checks

(B) a bank to disclose to their customers how long they will delay access to funds from a

/ deposited check

C) its customers how long it will delay access to funds from deposited

that

bankdisclose to

checks

(D) a bank that it should disclose to its customers how long it will delay access to funds from

a deposited check

(E) that banks disclose to customers how long access to funds from their deposited check_is to

be delayed

62. Geologists believe that the warning signs for a major earthquake may include sudden

fluctuations in local seismic activity, tilting and other deformations of the Earth's crust,

changing the measured strain across a fault zone, and varying the electrical properties of

underground rocks.

(A) changing the measured strain across a fault zone and varying

(B) changing measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and varying

) changes in the measured strain across a fault zone, and variations in

(E) changes in measurements of the strain across a fault zone, and variations among

63. Health officials estimate that 35 million Africans are in danger of contracting trypanosomiasis,

or "African sleeping sickness," a parasitic disease spread by the bites of tsetse flies.

(A) are in danger of contracting

(B) are in danger to contract

'(D) are endangered by contraction

(E) have a danger that they will contract

64. Unlike a funded pension system, in which contributions are invested to pay future beneficiaries,

a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security.

(A) a pay-as-you-go approach is the foundation of Social Security

(B) the foundation of Social Security is a pay-as-you-go approach

(D) Social Security's approach is pay-as-you-go

,~i~) Social Security is founded on a pay-as-you-go approach

65. Critics of the trend toward privately operated prisons consider corrections facilities to be an

integral part of the criminal justice system and question if profits should be made from

I ~

incarceration.

, (A) to be an integral part of the criminal justice system and question if

(B) as an integral part of the criminal justice system and they question if

(D) an integral part of the criminal justice system and question whether

(E) are an integral part of the criminal justice system, and they question whether

66. The Federal Reserve Board's reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both

an acknowledgement of past economic trends and an effort to influence their future direction.

,(~6 reduction of interest rates loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgement of

past economic trends and an effort

(B) reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of

past economic trends as well as an effort

economic trends and attempt

(D) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions is an acknowledgement both of

past economic trends and an effort

(E) reducing interest rates on loans to financial institutions both acknowledge past economic

trends as well as attempt

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers provide workers with unpaid leave so

as to care for sick or newborn children.

(A) provide workers with unpaid leave so as to

(B) to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to

(D) to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can

(E) provide workers with unpaid leave and

68. Often visible as smog, ozone is formed in the atmosphere from hydrocarbons and nitrogen

oxides, two major pollutants emitted by automobiles, react with sunlight.

(A) ozone is formed in the atmosphere from

(~) ozone is formed in the atmosphere when

,~ ozone is formed in the atmosphere, and when

(D) ozone, formed in the atmosphere when

(E) ozone, formed in the atmosphere from

69. Although she had signed a pledge of abstinence while being an adolescent, Frances Willard

was 35 years old before she chose to become a temperance activist.

(A) while being an adolescent

(D) as being in adolescence

N~as an adolescent

70. A President entering the final two years of a second term is likely to be at a severe

disadvantage and often unable to carry out a legislative program.

(A) likely to be at a severe disadvantage and is often unable to

(B) likely severely disadvantaged and often unable to

(D) liable that he or she is at a severe disadvantage and cannot often

(E) at a severe disadvantage, often likely to be unable that he or she can

71. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose

members made monthly payments on their share subscriptions, then taking tums drawing on the funds for home mortgages.

(A) subscriptions, then taking tums drawing

(B) subscriptions, and then taking turns drawing

(D) subscriptions and then took tums, they drew

(E) subscriptions and then drew, taking tums

72. The number of undergraduate degrees in engineering awarded by colleges and universities in

the United States increased by more than twice from 1978 to 1985.

(A) increased by more than twice

(B) increased more than two times

(D) was more than doubled

(E) had more than doubled

73. The British Admiralty and the War Office met in March 1892 to consider a possible Russian

attempt to seize Constantinople and how they would have to act militarily to deal with them.

(A) how they would have to act militarily to deal with them

(B) how to deal with them if military action would be necessary

(D) what military action would be necessary in order to deal with such an event

(E) the necessity of what kind of military action in order to take for dealing with it

74. Growing competitive pressures may be encouraging auditors to bend the rules in favor of

clients; auditors may, for instance, allow a questionable loan to remain on the books in order to

maintain a bank's profits on paper.

(A) clients; auditors may, for instance, allow

(B) clients, as an instance, to allow

(D) clients, such as to be allowing

(E) clients; which might, as an instance, be the allowing of

75. If the proposed expenditures for gathering information abroad are reduced even further,

international news reports have been and will continue to diminish in number and quality.

(A) have been and will continue to diminish

(B) have and will continue to diminish

(D) will continue to diminish, as they have already,

(E) will continue to diminish

76. Gall's hypothesis of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the

brain is widely accepted today.

(A) of there being different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is widely

accepted today

(B) of different mental functions that are localized in different parts of the brain is widely

accepted today

(D) which is that there are different mental functions localized in different parts of the brain is

'widely accepted today

(E) which is widely accepted today is that there are different mental functions localized in

different parts of the brain

77. Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual

reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company

logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film rifles.

(A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify

widely ranging

(B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide

range of

(D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range

(E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to

signify widely ranging

78. The root systems of most flowering perennials either become too crowded, which results in

loss in vigor, and spread too far outward, producing a bare center.

(A) which results in loss in vigor, and spread

(B) resulting in loss in vigor, or spreading

(D) resulting in loss of vigor, or spread

(E) with a resulting loss of vigor, and spread

79. George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of the first European writers to consider the rural

poor to be legitimate subiects for literature and portray these with sympathy and respect in her

novels.

(A) to be legitimate subjects for literature and portray these

(B) should be legitimate subjects for literature: portray these

(D) as if they were legitimate subjects for literal; and portray them

(E) legitimate subjects for literature and'to portray them

80. Salt deposits and moisture threaten to destroy the Mohenjo-Daro excavation in Pakistan, the

site of an ancient civilization that flourished at the same time as the civilizations in the Nile