English Test 3

1. Although its publicity has been ___, the film itself is intelligent, wellacted, handsomely produced and altogether ___
A. tasteless respectable
B. extensive moderate
C. sophisticated moderate
D. risqu crude
E. perfect spectacular
Answer
2. The Inuit natives of Alaska's North Slope worry that ___ oil exploration
might ___their sensitive natural environment.
A. additionalassist
B. currentbolster
C. curtailedshatter
D. unregulateddamage
E. controlledreassess
Answer
3. Ants live in colonies based on ___; each member contributes to the
good of all by actively working with others in performing necessary tasks.
A. Heredity
B. Individualism
C. Cooperation
D. Reasoning
E. Instinct

Answer
Each question below consists of a related pair of words or phrases,
followed by five lettered pairs of words or phrases. Select the lettered
pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the
original pair.
4. STUDYING: LEARNING::
A. running : jumping
B. investigating : discovering
C. reading : writing
D. dancing : swimming
E. talking : listening
Answer
5. AFTERNOON : DUSK ::
A. breakfast : dinner
B. yesterday : tomorrow
C. Sunday : Saturday
D. night : dawn
E. arise : lay down
Answer
6. VIBRATION: SOUND :
A. gravity : pull
B. watercolor : paint
C. accident : death
D. worm : reptile

E. arrive : home
Answer
7. RUN : RACE ::
A. walk : pogo stick
B. swim : boat
C. fly : kite
D. sink : bottle
E. repair : automobilee
Answer
Read the passages and answer the questions asked at its end.
Almost a century ago Alfred Binet, a gifted psychologist, was asked by
the French Ministry of Education to help determine who would
experience difficulty in school. Given the influx of provincials to the
capital, along with immigrants of uncertain stock, Parisian officials
believed they needed to know who might not advance smoothly through
the system. Proceeding in an empirical manner, Binet posed many
questions to youngsters of different ages. He ascertained which
questions when answered correctly predicted success in school, and
which questions when answered incorrectly foretold school difficulties.
The items that discriminated most clearly between the two groups
became, in effect, the first test of intelligence. Binet is a hero to many
psychologists. He was a keen observer, a careful scholar, an inventive
technologist. Perhaps even more important for his followers, he devised
the instrument that is often considered psychology's greatest success
story. Millions of people who have never heard Binet's name have had
aspects of their fate influenced by instrumentation that the French
psychologist inspired. And thousands of psychometricians specialists
in the measurement of psychological variables earn their living

courtesy of Binet's invention.Although it has prevailed over the long run,

the psychologist's version of intelligence is now facing its biggest threat.
Many scholars and observers and even some iconoclastic
psychologists feel that intelligence is too important to be left to the
psychometricians. Experts are extending the breadth of the concept
proposing much intelligence, including emotional intelligence and moral
intelligence. They are experimenting with new methods of ascertaining
intelligence, including some that avoid tests altogether in favor of direct
measures of brain activity. They are forcing citizens everywhere to
confront a number of questions: What is intelligence? How ought it to be
assessed? And how do our notions of intelligence fit with what we value
about human beings? In short, experts are competing for the
"ownership" of intelligence in the next century.
8. According to the passage, which of the following is most similar to the
"barometer" developed by Binet?
A. The S.A.T. or other standardized college admission test.
B. The written portion of a driver's license test.
C. Open tryouts for a varsity athletic team
D. An electronic scan of brain-wave activity.
E. The trivia questions of a game show.
Answer
9. The author suggests which of the following about "citizens
everywhere"?
A. They do not have a sufficiently accurate definition of intelligence to
evaluate recent scientific developments.
B. They stand to benefit from recent progress in the scientific assessment of
intelligence.
C. The experiments they are performing with new methods of intelligence
measurement are valuable and interesting.

D. They are at odds with the experts over who should have the right to
define "intelligence."
E. Traditionally they have not given careful consideration to some
important issues concerning intelligence.
Answer
10. As used in line # 8, "discriminated" most nearly means
A. equalized
B. predetermined
C. showed favoritism
D. displayed intolerance
E. distinguished
Answer

Answer Sheet
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D
6
A
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C
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