GRE Preparation Kit 5 - Section 1[1 - 20]

[Samuel]

SECTION 1

1. We first became aware that her support for the new program was less than---- when she declined to make a speech in
    its favor.
    (A) qualified
    (B) haphazard
    (C) fleeting
    (D) unwarranted
    (E) wholehearted

2. When a person suddenly loses consciousness, a bystander is not expected to ---- the problem but to attempt to ---- its 
    effects by starting vital functions if they are absent
    (A) cure.. precipitate
    (B) minimize.. predict
    (C) determine.. detect
    (D) diagnose.. counter
    (E) magnify.. evaluate

3. The remark was only slightly ----, inviting a chuckle, perhaps, but certainly not a ----.
    (A) audible.. reward
    (B) hostile.. shrug
    (C) amusing.. rebuke
    (D) coherent.. reaction
    (E) humorous.. guffaw

4. Doors were closing on our past, and soon the values we had lived by would become so obsolete that we would seem to
    people of the new age as ----as travelers from an ancient land.
    (A) elegant
    (B) ambitious
    (C) interesting
    (D) comfortable
    (E) quaint

5. Ability to ---- is the test of the perceptive historian, a history, after all, consists not only of what the historian has
    included, but also, in some sense, of what has been left out.
    (A) defer
    (B) select
    (C) confer
    (D) devise
    (E) reflect

6. Some artists immodestly idealize or exaggerate the significance of their work; yet others, ---- to exalt the role of the
    artist, reject a transcendent view of art
    (A) appearing
    (B) disdaining
    (C) seeking
    (D) failing
    (E) tending

7. Estimating the risks of radiation escaping from a nuclear power plant is ---- question, but one whose answer then
    becomes part of a value-laden, emotionally charged policy debate about whether to construct such a plant.
    (A) an incomprehensible
    (B) an undefined
    (C) an irresponsible
    (D) a divisive
    (E) a technical

8. TREE: FORESTRY::
    (A) tractor: agriculture
    (B) experiment: laboratory
    (C) fuel: combustion
    (D) flower: horticulture
    (E) generator: electricity

9. COMMAND: REQUEST
    (A) presume: inquire
    (B) recommend: propose
    (C) summon: invite
    (D) refuse: rebel
    (E) authorize: permit

10. PESTLE: GRIND::
     (A) whetstone: sharpen
     (B) balloon: float
     (C) mill: turn
     (D) hinge: fasten
     (E) switch: conduct

11. ILLITERACY: EDUCATION
     (A) bureaucracy: clarification
     (B) oppression: agreement
     (C) vagrancy: travel
     (D) inequity: redistribution
     (E) inclemency: evasion

12. REVERENCE: RESPECT::
     (A) resiliency: vitality
     (B) appreciation: dependency
     (C) avidity: enthusiasm
     (D) imagination: cre ativity
     (E) audacity: sentiment

13. APOSTROPHES:WORD
     (A) letters: alphabet
     (B) verbs: syntax
     (C) ellipses: sentence
     (D) commas: punctuation
     (E) paragraphs: essay

14. EXAGGERATION: CARICATURE::
     (A) craft: art
     (B) detail: sketch
     (C) illusion: story
     (D) brevity: epigram
     (E) sophistication: farce

15. MALLEABLE: SHAPE
     (A) apathetic: emotion
     (B) irresolute: opinion
     (C) demonstrable: evidence
     (D) irredeemable: value
     (E) gustatory: taste

16. BOLSTER: SUPPORT::
     (A) axis: revolve
     (B) spackle: paint
     (C) leakage: caulk
     (D) heat: insulate
     (E) tackle: hoist

Geologists Harris and Gass hypothesized that the Red Sea rift developed along the line of a suture (a splice in the Earth's crust) formed during the late Proterozoic era, and that significant observable differences in the composition of (5)the upper layers of rocks deposited on either side of the suture give clues to the different natures of the underlying igneous rocks. Other geologists argued that neither the upper rock layer nor the underlying igneous rocks on the one side of the rift (10)differ fundamentally from the corresponding layers on the other side. These geologists believe, therefore, that there is inadequate evidence to conclude that a suture underlies the rift. In response, Harris and Gass asserted that the upper rock (15)layers on the two sides of the rift had not been shown to be of similar age, structure, or geochemical content. Furthermore, they cited new evidence that the underlying igneous rocks on either side of the rift contain significantly different kinds of rare metals.

17. Part of the Harris and Gass hypothesis about the Red Sea rift would be weakened if it could be demonstrated that the 
     composition of upper rock layers
     (A) cannot cause a suture to develop
     (B) has no effect on where a suture will occur
     (C) cannot provide information about the nature of underlying rocks
     (D) is similar on the two sides of a rift unless a suture divides the two sides
     (E) is usually different from the composition of underlying rocks

18. It can be inferred from the passage that the "Other geologists" (line 8 ) would be most likely to agree with which of the
      following statements?
     (A) Similar geological features along both sides of a possible suture imply the existence of that suture
     (B) Sutures can be discovered only where they are not obscured by superimposed geological features.
     (C) The composition of igneous rocks permits prediction of the likelihood of a rift developing through them.
     (D) It is possible to date igneous rocks by carefully studying the different kinds of rare metals contained in them and by
           observing their similarity to the layer of rock that lies above them.
     (E) The existence of rock layers on one side of a rift that are similar in composition to rock layers on the other side
           suggests that no suture exists between the two sides.

19. It can be inferred from the passage that Harris and Gass have done which of the following?
     (A) Drawn detailed diagrams of the Red Sea rift.
     (B) Based their conclusions on the way in which sutures develop in the Earth's crust.
     (C) Rejected other geologists objections to their hypothesis about the Red Sea rift.
     (D) Suggested that the presence of rare metals in rocks indicates an underlying suture.
     (E) Asserted that rifts usually occur along the lines of sutures

20. According to the passage, Harris and Gass have mentioned all of the following properties of rocks along the Red Sea rift
      EXCEPT
     (A) age of the upper layers of rock
     (B) structure of the upper layers of rocks
     (C) geochemical content of the upper layers of rocks
     (D) metallic content of the underlying igneous rocks
     (E) age of the underlying igneous rocks