(D) 4
(E) 5
23. Biochemists select for experimental study those types of organisms that are most suitable for solving the scientific problems that are of current interest to them. For this reason, it was not until recently that biochemists began to give considerable, attention to the biochemistry of insects.
In the passage above, the author implies that
(A) there was a recent shift in the scientific problems of interest to biochemists
(B) scientists have recently made new contributions to knowledge by studying the biochemistry of insects
(C) biochemists recently changed their primary criterion for selecting the type of organism to be studied
(D) there was a recent increase in the number of individual organisms that biochemists use in their experiments
(E) biochemists would today have less interest in studying insects if they had given more attention in the past to the biochemistry of insects
24. If Wanda visits Albuquerque on a trip, she will also visit Santa Fe, Phoenix, and Tucson on that trip.
If the statement above is true, which of the following statements must also be true?
(A) If Wanda visits Santa Fe, Phoenix, and Tucson on a trip, she will also visit Albuquerque on that trip.
(B) If Wanda visits Phoenix and Tucson on a trip, she will also visit Santa Fe on that trip.
(C) If Wanda visits Tucson on a trip, she will also visit Phoenix on that trip.
(D) If Wanda does not visit Tucson on a trip, she will not visit Santa Fe on that trip.
(E) If Wanda does not visit Phoenix on a trip she will not visit Albuquerque on that trip.
25. In a certain code, the digits from 0 to 9 inclusive are each represented by a different letter of the alphabet and each letter always represents the same digit, if the sum
ALMA
T I A
JUAN
holds when expressed in digits, all of the following can properly by inferred EXCEPT:
(A) A cannot be 0.
(B) A must be less than 5.
(C) N must be even.
(D) L T must be greater than 8.
(E) J must be greater than A by 1.
section 4
1. Our young people, whose ---- sensitivities have not yet become ----, have a purer and more immediate response than we do to our environment.
(A) native.. excited
(B) keen.. calloused
(C) dull.. numbed
(D) impartial.. objective
(E) sophisticated.. perceptive
2. The repudiation of Puritanism in seventeenth- century England expressed itself not only in retaliatory laws to ---- Puritans, but also in a general attitude of ---- for Puritans.
(A) restrict.. contempt
(B) regulate.. regard
(C) benefit.. affection
(D) repress.. respect
(E) evade.. hatred
3. It is a great ---- to be able to transfer useful genes with as little extra gene material as possible, because the donor's genome may contain, in addition to desirable genes, many genes with ---- effects.
(A) misfortune.. unpredictable
(B) disappointment .. superfluous
(C) convenience.. exquisite
(D) accomplishment.. profound
(E) advantage.. deleterious
4. Because it has no distinct and recognizable typo- graphical form and few recurring narrative con- ventions, the novel is, of all literary genres, the least susceptible to ----.
(A) misuse
(B) imprecision
(C) inquiry
(D) definition
(E) innovation
5. The brittle fronds of the Boston fern break easily and become brown, so that the overall appearance of the plant is ---- unless the broken fronds are cut off.
(A) admired
(B) overrated
(C) disparaged
(D) blunted
(E) ruined
6. There is no necessary intrinsic connection between a word and the thing it refers to, the relationship is purely ----.
(A) conventional
(B) consistent
(C) strategic
(D) illustrative
(E) problematical
7. That the Third Battalion's fifty-percent casualty rate transformed its assault on Hill 306 from a brilliant stratagem into a debacle does not ---- eyewitness reports of its commander's extra- ordinary ---- in deploying his forces.
(A) justify.. rapidity
(B) gainsay.. cleverness
(C) corroborate.. determination
(D) invalid
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