SAT Mc Graw Hill 2011

714 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT

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3. My father is so ------- that he will never even
   consider another person’s viewpoint to be
   valid if it is different from his own.
   (A) pragmatic (B) dogmatic (C) phlegmatic
   (D) cordial (E) curt


4. J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potterseries is a collec-
   tion of works that are ------- for children but
   are still ------- to adults.
   (A) penned.. prosaic
   (B) employed.. morose
   (C) censored.. incongruous
   (D) designed.. tedious
   (E) authored.. engaging


5. Julia approaches her homework assignments
   in such ------- way that it is very difficult to be-
   lieve that she is at the top of her class.
   (A) an adept (B) a diligent (C) a fanatical
   (D) an extroverted (E) a laggardly


6. The President was such a ------- orator that his
   opponents were always supremely cautious
   about agreeing to debate him.
   (A) redoubtable (B) staid (C) magnanimous
   (D) weak (E) stoic


7. The newest clothing line revealed at the show
   was an eclectic mix that ranged from the mod-
   est and unadorned to the ------- and garish.
   (A) austere (B) prophetic (C) cordial
   (D) ostentatious (E) solitary


8. Although he purchased his computer only 10
   months ago, rapid improvements in technol-
   ogy have left Raúl with ------- machine.
   (A) an obsolete (B) an adjunct
   (C) a novel (D) an automated
   (E) an elusive


9. Only if the number of applicants continues
   to --------can the admissions committee justify of-
   fering more scholarships in order to increase the
   number of applications.
   (A) mushroom (B) expand (C) plummet
   (D) satiate (E) burgeon

SECTION 3

Time—25 minutes

24 questions

Turn to Section 3 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

Directions:For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and

fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks,

each blank indicating that something has been

omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words

or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose

the word or set of words that, when inserted

in the sentence, bestfits the meaning of the

sentence as a whole.

EXAMPLE:

Rather than accepting the theory unquestion-

ingly, Deborah regarded it with-----.

(A) mirth

(B) sadness

(C) responsibility

(D) ignorance

(E) skepticism

AB C D E