SECTION III TIME - 30 minutes 45 QUESTIONS :RA For each question in this section choose the best answer. Each passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Answer all questions following a passage on the basis of what is STATED or IMPLIED in that passage. :RA :PB The character of most nations in their colonial dependencies is in an inverse ratio of excellence to their character at home. The best people in the mother-country will generally be the worst in the colonies; the worst at home will be the best abroad. Or, perhaps, I may state it less offensively thus: - The colonists of a well-governed country will degenerate; those of an ill-governed country will improve. I am now considering the natural tendency of such colonists if left to themselves: of course, a direct act of the legislature of the mother-country will break in upon this. Where this tendency is exemplified, the cause is obvious. :RA In countries well-governed and happily conditioned, none or very few, but those who are desperate through vice or folly, or who are merely trading adventures, will be willing to leave their homes and settle in another hemisphere; and of those who do go, the best and worthiest are always striving to acquire the means of leaving the colony, and of returning to their native land. In ill-governed and ill-conditioned countries, on the contrary, the most respectable of the people are willing and anxious to emigrate for the chance of greater security and enlarged freedom, and if they succeed in obtaining these blessings in almost any degree, they have little inducement, on the average, to wish to abandon their :RA second and better country. Hence, in the former case, the colonists consider themselves as mere strangers, sojourners, birds of passage, and shift to live from hand to mouth, with little regard to lasting improvement of the place of their temporary commerce; while, in the latter case, men feel attached to a community to which they are individually indebted for otherwise unattainable benefits, and for the most part learn to regard it as their abode, and to make themselves as happy and comfortable in it as possible. I believe that the internal condition and character of the English and French West India Islands of the last century amply verified this distinction; the Dutch colonists most certainly did, and have :RA always done. Analogous to this, though not found on precisely the same principle, is the fact that the severest naval discipline is always found in the ships of the freest nations, and the most lax discipline in the ships of the most oppressed. Hence, the naval discipline of the Americans is the sharpest; then that of the English; then that of the French (I speak as it used to be); and on board a Spanish ship, there is no discipline at all. At Genoa, the word "Liberty" is, or used to be, engraved on the chains of the galley-slaves and the doors of the dungeons. :RA :PE :Q3 1. The underlying idea of this passage is that (a) colonists tend to deteriorate when conditions are favorable for wealth and easy living (b) there is a close link between the character of a nation's colonies and its naval discipline (c) good government in a mother country makes people less inclined to emigrate to colonies and less willing to remain there permanently (d) strict control of a colony by the mother country results in lack of progress (e) the nation governs best which governs least :RCC :Q3 2. The purpose of the writer is apparently to (a) analyze the factors which determine colonial characteristics (b) argue in favor of greater liberty for colonies (c) plead for stricter naval discipline (d) expose weaknesses in the government of England (e) show why England lost her American colonies :RCA :Q3 3. The tone of the passage is (a) critical (b) expository (c) ironical (d) archaic (e) humorous :RCB :Q3 4. As proof of his main contention, the writer draws for illustration on (a) the merchants of Genoa (b) colonial French West India Islands of a former century (c) the lack of naval discipline among Americans (d) England of the fifteenth century (e) contemporary Holland :RCB :PQ :PB Nowhere in the world is surf swimming more popular than in Australia. In 1,420 miles of shore stretching from Cairns to Sydney, there is an average of one public beach every fifteen miles. However, there are few places in the world where the water is more treacherous. Deep channels extend all the way to the shore, and twenty-foot waves backwash into these holes, creating undertows which sweep unsuspecting swimmers out to be drowned. Every year hundreds of lives are lost, and many more would be but for the Surf Lifesaving Association of Australia. There is an organization of ten thousand strong young men and women who patrol every mile of the beach. During one summer, trained members of the association saved more :RA than one thousand lives under conditions that were rough enough to result in smashed arms and legs of their own. Unlike the United States lifeguards, the Australians do not work for money. On the contrary, they even pay for the privilege of belonging to the organization. Neither do they get medals for a job well done. The men and women volunteer for the work. :RA :PE :Q3 5. The selection suggests that surf swimming is popular in Australia because (a) they teach surf swimming to very young children in Australia (b) public beaches are plentiful (c) Australians crave danger (d) the weather is conducive to swimming (e) the shoreline is filled with deep channels :RCB :Q3 6. The water is considered dangerous because (a) the shoreline is so long and winding (b) they do not pay lifeguards very much (c) deep channels cause backwash that create heavy undertow (d) Australia is an island subject to heavy waves (e) the summer is so long :RCC :Q3 7. The best title for this selection is (a) The Beautiful Beaches In Australia (b) Surf Swimming In Australia (c) The Training Of Lifeguards (d) Danger Afloat (e) From Cairns To Sydney :RCB :PQ 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. :RA :Q1 8. FUSE:CIRCUIT:: (a) wire:current (b) safety-valve:boiler (c) coil:piston (d) nucleus:cell (e) switch:light :RCB :Q1 9. THRUST:PARRY:: (a) fulminate:thunder (b) progress:digress (c) attack:ward off (d) spring:leap (e) harry:lunge :RCC :Q1 10. LOBSTER:CRUSTACEAN:: (a) dog:mongrel (b) whale:mammal (c) rose:fauna (d) cow:domestic (e) crab:reptilian :RCB :Q1 11. ICING:CAKE:: (a) sand:track (b) crust:tart (c) crest:wave (d) plum:pudding (e) accessory:apparel :RCE :Q1 12. SENTENCE:ABEYANCE:: (a) crime:impeachment (b) judgment:reserve (c) arraignment:indictment (d) decision:prevarication (e) defer:authority :RCB :Q1 13. NOMAD:PERIPATETIC:: (a) pilgrim:itinerant (b) recluse:misanthropic (c) pupil:sedulous (d) charlatan:sedentary (e) runner:cursory :RCA :Q1 14. AUDITORY:EAR:: (a) finger:tactile (b) gustatory:nose (c) sensual:appetite (d) sensory:nerve (e) noisome:hearing :RCD :Q1 15. NOVICE:VETERAN:: (a) apprentice:master (b) novitiate:acolyte (c) recruit:tyro (d) probationer:proselyte (e) neophyte:pioneer :RCA :Q1 16. PEAK:BASE:: (a) acme:zenith (b) crest:wave (c) pinnacle:abyss (d) summit:apogee (e) crisis:career :RCC :Q1 17. ACRID:TASTE:: (a) perturbed:temper (b) cogent:style (c) acrimonious:speech (d) imperious:gesture (e) ruffled:nerve :RCC Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words or sets of words. Choose the word or set of words that BEST fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. :RA :Q2 18. A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he does not know; and will gain more credit by his adroit mode of hiding ignorance than the ____ by his crude attempt to exhibit his erudition. (a) pedagogue (b) plagiarist (c) pediatrician (d) panegyric (e) pedant :RCE :Q2 19. Grandmother's vegetable soup was distinctively flavored because she prepared the ____ herself. (a) conundrums (b) chattel (c) condiments (d) celerity (e) carnage :RCC :Q2 20. Since extremism was repugnant to her, she became a strong advocate of ____ rather than ____. (a) vigilance - justice (b) candor - partiality (c) moderation - abstention (d) tyranny - absolutism (e) garrulity - reticence :RCC :Q2 21. The student's boredom was evident as they sat listening to the lecturer's ____ comments. (a) inane (b) benign (c) innocuous (d) impecunious (e) acerbic :RCA :Q2 22. He was a consummate ____, certain of everything. (a) sage (b) dogmatist (c) rogue (d) gourmand (e) cynic :RCB :Q2 23. A fundamental proposition assumed as ____ or not requiring proof may be termed a(n) ____. (a) obvious - postulate (b) illogical - maxim (c) inference - anomaly (d) self-evident - fallacy (e) theoretical - categorical :RCA :Q2 24. An argument that may be disproved by fact is ____. (a) unassailable (b) contradictory (c) refutable (d) biased (e) veracious :RCC :Q2 25. A lover of the ____ homeowner planted many ____ rose bushes. (a) resilient - somnolent (b) stentorian - climbing (c) gossamer - yellow (d) fragrant - redolent (e) bumptious - aquiline :RCD :Q2 26. If you do not wish to be called a(n) ____, avoid flattering your employer. (a) urchin (b) demagogue (c) proboscis (d) sycophant (e) freebooter :RCD :Q2 27. After much ____, the mother succeeded in getting her young child to take the ____ medicine. (a) braggadocio - inscribed (b) compunction - described (c) lassitude - proscribed (d) tautology - prescribed (e) blandishment - prescribed :RCE :Q2 28. Most modern writers have become ____ and bitter prophets of something that is serious, unrelaxed, and clever. The wizards of the day tell us that all these signs of fatigue are ____ of a new burst of genius. (a) misunderstood - progeny (b) acidulated - inheritors (c) acrimonious - precursors (d) euphonious - indicative (e) antediluvian - symptomatic :RCD :Q2 29. The parent successfully ____ the child's fears with a humorous story; within seconds his son was fast asleep. (a) quelled (b) probed (c) pilfered (d) augmented (e) burnished :RCA :Q2 30. A(n) ____ argument is one that is ____. (a) spurious - genuine (b) disputed - cogent (c) invalid - capacious (d) moot - disputable (e) articulate - baleful :RCD Each question below consists of a word in capital letters, followed by five lettered words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to the word in capital letters. Since some of the questions require you to distinguish fine shades of meaning, consider all the choices before deciding which is best. :RA :Q0 31. PERMEABLE: (a) temporary (b) impervious (c) mandatory (d) permissive (e) intractable :RCB :Q0 32. INCIPIENCE: (a) precipitous (b) senescence (c) reiteration (d) casuistry (e) source :RCB :Q0 33. GAUNT: (a) obese (b) mephitic (c) ponderous (d) curtailed (e) minimal :RCA :Q0 34. INCONTROVERTIBLE: (a) singular (b) replete (c) amenable (d) paradoxical (e) moot :RCE :Q0 35. INTRANSIGENCE: (a) irreconcilable (b) previous (c) acquiescence (d) obduracy (e) impasse :RCC :Q0 36. RABBLE: (a) gentry (b) conglomeration (c) plebeian (d) oligarchy (e) religious meeting :RCA :Q0 37. FLATTERY: (a) depreciation (b) exhilaration (c) deprecation (d) chicanery (e) characterization :RCA :Q0 38. OPULENCE: (a) affluence (b) blasphemy (c) pessimism (d) indigence (e) perspicacity :RCD :Q0 39. PUSILLANIMITY: (a) magnanimity (b) intrepidity (c) sedition (d) indolence (e) bellicosity :RCB :Q0 40. EXONERATE: (a) refute (b) exculpate (c) indict (d) gainsay (e) burden :RCC :Q0 41. PROTRACT: (a) rebut (b) concur (c) involve (d) circumscribe (e) curtail :RCE :Q0 42. ACUMEN: (a) appeasement (b) obtuseness (c) envy (d) contiguity (e) insight :RCB :Q0 43. RECANT: (a) avouch (b) convert (c) beget (d) alleviate (e) recover :RCA :Q0 44. TERRESTRIAL: (a) mundane (b) coruscating (c) celestial (d) territory (e) experimental :RCC :Q0 45. EUPHONY: (a) gamut (b) execration (c) fracas (d) ebullition (e) cacophony :RCE :ET :ET
