Agreement
is
Gibson’s [51] is entirely disappointing to me, so far as his own sculptures are
A) NO CHANGE
B) was
C) will be
D) being
B) Was
He says the majority of painters continue [57] they’re work when the sun shines from the north—they paint with blue light.
they’re
A) NO CHANGE
B) their
C) there
D) them
B) their
—are memorable pictures; [55] but not the View of Athens, with its blue, island-studded sea.
but not
A) NO CHANGE
B) so is
C) given that
D) for example
B) so is
Which of the following choices best matches the tone of the passage? I mean, who has to struggle more than the person who tries to master himself?
A) NO CHANGE
B) Let’s be real: who has to struggle more than someone trying to master himself?
C) Who is forced to struggle more than some person just trying to master himself?
D) Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself?
D) Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself?
Frey is a very [54] monotonous landscape painter—finished in execution and poetic in feeling.
monotonous
A) NO CHANGE
B) miscellaneous
C) meritorious
D) mischievous
C) meritorious
I could see nothing but feeble imitations of the antique—no [53] spontaneity and no vigor.
spontaneity and no vigor.
A) NO CHANGE
B) spontaneity and vigor.
C) spontaneity and none vigor.
D) spontaneity and not vigor.
A) NO CHANGE
concerned excerpt the
so far as his own sculptures are [52] concerned except the Cacciatore, which he sent to the Great Exhibition, I could see nothing but feeble imitations of the antique
A) NO CHANGE
B) concerned; and except the
C) concerned except, the
D) concerned; except the
D)concerned; except the
His promise
I really liked some of his cartoons:one large one of our Savior passing from the midst of the throng who were going to cast him from the brow of the hill at Capernaum one foot resting on a cloud borne up by cherubs—and [60] his promise representing the Parable
A) NO CHANGE
B) a sketch of mine
C) some smaller round cartoons
D) our Savior
C) some smaller round cartoons
Which of the following choices best matches the tone of the passage?
I really liked some of his cartoons
A) NO CHANGE
B) The perception of his cartoons by my ocular senses delighted me
C) The viewing of his cartoons just really delighted me
D) Some of his cartoons pleased me
D) Some of his cartoons pleased me
As I [63] poured through the conference program in the last few weeks
poured
A) NO CHANGE
B) pored
C) pared
D) parroted
B) Pored
Riedel interested [56] greatly us with his account of the coincidence between the views of light and colors at which he had arrived through his artistic experience,
greatly us
A) NO CHANGE
B) us greatly
C) great us
D) us great
B) us greatly
Sounds exciting, [67] and not everyone is thrilled at the prospect of sharing healthcare data widely.
and
A) NO CHANGE
B) but
C) so
D) therefore
B) but
Which of the following choices represents the clearest and most concise way to convey all of the information in the sentence?
The man himself is more interesting than his pictures: a benevolent calm and quiet conviction breathes from his person and manners.
A) NO CHANGE
B) The man himself is more interesting than his pictures in his person and manners: a benevolent calm and quiet conviction breathes.
C) A benevolent calm and quiet conviction breathes: the man himself is more interesting than his pictures in his person and manners.
D) A benevolent calm breathes in his person and manners, the man himself more interesting than his pictures.
A) NO CHANGE
It’s as easy as having an app on your smartphone that can measure your blood pressure or a wristwatch that can [65] tell time and send alerts to you or your physician.
tell time
A) NO CHANGE
B) detect changes in your heartbeat
C) connect to an appointment-reminder app
D) light up in the dark
B) detect changes in your heartbeat
If, at one time, the United States possessed what might have been called a monopoly of atomic power, that monopoly [75] seized to exist several years ago.
seized
A) NO CHANGE
B) ceased
C) ceded
D) seeded
B) ceased
They became vain in their own conceits because they [50] will choose to be great rather than humble.
will choose
A) NO CHANGE
B) chose
C) are chosen
D) will have been chosen
B) chose
But let no one think that the expenditure of vast sums for weapons and systems of defense [78] had guaranteed absolute safety for the cities and citizens of any nation
had guaranteed
A) NO CHANGE
B) can guarantee
C) will have guaranteed
D) was guaranteeing
B) can guarantee
One, the knowledge now possessed by several nations will eventually be shared by others—possibly all others.
One
A) NO CHANGE
B) However
C) First
D) Thus
C) First
Weapons of such a devastating nature naturally raise questions of ethics in war.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Fortunately, the United States is the only country yet to have harnessed this power.
C) It took many years of arduous research and development to produce such weapons.
D) But the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might are not ours alone.
D) But the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might are not ours alone.
A good and devout man arranges in his mind the things he has to do not according to the whims of evil [44] information but according to the dictates of right reason.
information
A) NO CHANGE
B) installation
C) inclination
D) indisposition
C) inclination
to find a way by which [79] the minds of men, men’s hopes, the souls of men everywhere can move forward toward peace and happiness and well-being.
the minds of men, men’s hopes, the souls of men
A) NO CHANGE
B) men’s minds, men’s hopes, the souls of men
C) men’s minds, the hopes of men, the souls of men
D) the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men
D) the minds of men, the hopes of men, the souls of men
Since that date in 1945, the United States of America has conducted [72] fortytwo-test explosions.
forty-two-test explosions.
A) NO CHANGE
B) forty-two test explosions.
C) forty two-test explosions.
D) forty two test explosions.
B) forty-two test explosions.
On the day of judgment, surely, we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done; not how well we have spoken but [48] how well we have lived.
how well we have lived.
A) NO CHANGE
B) whether or not we’ve lived well.
C) how well some of us have lived.
D) well, whether some of us have lived well.
A) NO CHANGE
Which of the following choices best matches the tone of the passage? It’s super obvious to me that we must not lack patience in this quest.
A) NO CHANGE
B) We have to be patient in this quest, okay?
C) I totally know that we can’t lack patience in this quest.
D) In this quest, I know that we must not lack patience
D) In this quest, I know that we must not lack patience
If men used as much care in uprooting vices and [47] destroying virtues as they do in discussing problems,
destroying virtues
A) NO CHANGE
B) implanting virtues
C) destroying learning
D) implanting learning
B) implanting virtues