GRE Preparation Kit 6 - Section 5[1 - 20]

[Samuel]

SECTION 5

Time –30 minutes

38 Questions

1. In spite of the fact that it is convenient to divide the life span of animals into separate stages such as prenatal, adolescent,
    and senescent, these periods are not really----.
    (A) advanced
    (B) variable
    (C) repeatable
    (D) connected
    (E) distinct

2. Although the number of reported volcanic eruptions has risen exponentially since 1850, this indicates not ---- volcanic 
    activity but rather more widespread and ---- record keeping.
    (A) abating..detailed
    (B) increasing..systematic
    (C) substantial..erratic
    (D) stable..superficial
    (E) consistent..meticulous

3. The challenge of interpreting fictional works written under politically repressive regimes lies in distinguishing what is ---- to
    an author's beliefs, as opposed to what is ---- by political coercion.
    (A) innate.. understood
    (B) organic.. imposed
    (C) contradictory.. conveyed
    (D) oblique.. captured
    (E) peripheral.. demanded

4. I am often impressed by my own ---- other people's idiocies: what is harder to ---- is that they, in their folly, are equally
    engaged in putting up with mine.
    (A) analysis of.. justify
    (B) forbearance toward.. underestimate
    (C) exasperation with .. credit
    (D) involvement in .. allow
    (E) tolerance of .. appreciate

5. Despite vigorous protestations, the grin on the teenager's face ----her denial that she had known about the practical joke
    before it was played on her parents.
    (A) belied
    (B) illustrated
    (C) reinforced
    (D) exacerbated
    (E) trivialized

6. Far from undermining the impression of permanent decline, the ---- statue seemed emblematic of its ---- surroundings.
    (A) indecorous.. opulent
    (B) grandiose.. ramshackle
    (C) pretentious.. simple
    (D) ungainly.. elegant
    (E) tawdry.. blighted

7. Despite the fact that it is almost universally ----, the practice of indentured servitude still ---- in many parts of the world.
    (A) condemned... abates
    (B) tolerated.. survives
    (C) proscribed.. persists
    (D) mandated.. lingers
    (E) disdained.. intervenes

8. CANDY: SUGAR::
    (A) chick: egg
    (B) tire: rubber
    (C) pen: ink
    (D) mushroom: spore
    (E) rag: scrap

9. SCRIPT: DRAMA::
    (A) theater: play
    (B) movement: symphony
    (C) photograph: scene
    (D) map: town
    (E) score: music

10. AMBIGUOUS: UNDERSTAND::
     (A) veracious: defend
     (B) blatant: ignore
     (C) prosaic: classify
     (D) arcane: conceal
     (E) plausible: believe

11. MERCURIAL: MOOD::
     (A) callous: emotion
     (B) doleful: energy
     (C) jaundiced: attitude
     (D) whimsical: behavior
     (E) unversed: experience

12. PRISTINE: DECAY::
     (A) adequate: imprecision
     (B) stable: fluctuation
     (C) volatile: force
     (D) symmetric: flaw
     (E) valid: exception

13. DIGRESS: EXCURSIVE::
     (A) improvise: studied
     (B) reiterate: redundant
     (C) excise: prolix
     (D) refute: plausible
     (E) accede: contentious

14. PONTIFICATE: SPEAK::
      (A) indoctrinate: preach
      (B) impersonate: imitate
      (C) obey: listen
      (D) soar: fly
      (E) strut: walk

15. OFFICIOUS: MEDDLE::
      (A) disaffected: rebel
      (B) bustling: excel
      (C) profligate: conserve
      (D) subservient: esteem
      (E) acrimonious: soothe

16. ATTENUATE: THICKNESS::
      (A) separate: substance
      (B) ventilate: circulation
      (C) vaccinate: immunity
      (D) transfer: location
      (E) cool: temperature

An experiment conducted aboard Space Lab in 1983 was the first attempt to grow protein crystals in the low-gravity environment of space. That experiment is still cited as evidence that growing crystals in microgravity can increase crystal size: the authors reported that they grew lysozyme protein crystals 1,000 times larger than crystals grown in the same device on Earth. Unfortunately, the authors did not point out that their crystals were no larger than the average crystal grown using other, more standard techniques in an Earth laboratory. No research has yet produced results that could justify the enormous costs of producing crystals on a large scale in space. To get an unbiased view of the usefulness of microgravity
crystal growth, crystals grown in space must be compared with the best crystals that have been grown with standard techniques on Earth. Given the great expense of conducting such experiments with proper controls, and the limited promise of experiments performed thus far, it is questionable whether further experiments in this area should even be conducted.

17. According to the passage, which of the following is true about the Space Lab experiment conducted in 1983?
      (A) It was the first experiment to take place in the microgravity environment of space.
      (B) It was the first experiment in which researchers in space were able to grow lysozyme protein crystals greater in size
            than those grown on Earth.
      (C) Its results have been superseded by subsequent research in the field of microgravity protein crystal growth.
      (D) Its results are still considered by some to be evidence for the advantages of microgravity protein crystal growth.
      (E) Its results are considered by many to be invalid because nonstandard techniques were employed.
   
18. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would find the Space Lab experiment more impressive if which of the
      following were true? 
      (A) The results of the Space Lab experiment could be replicated in producing other kinds of crystals in addition to
            lysozyme protein.
      (B) The device used in the experiment produced larger crystals on Earth than it did in space.
      (C) The size of the crystals produced in the experiment exceeded the size of crystals grown in Earth laboratories using
            standard techniques.
      (D) The cost of producing the crystals in space exceeded that of producing them using standard laboratory techniques.
      (E) The standard techniques used in Earth laboratories were modified in the Space Lab experiment due to the effects of
            microgravity.

19. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about the device used to grow crystals in the Space Lab
      experiment?
      (A) The device is more expensive to manufacture than are the devices used in standard techniques in an Earth
            laboratory.
      (B) The device has not been used to grow crystals in space since the Space Lab experiment of 1983.
      (C) Crystals grown in the device on Earth tend to be much smaller than crystals grown in it in space.
      (D) Crystals grown in the device in space have been exceeded in size by crystals grown in subsequent experiments in
            space using other devices.
      (E) The experiments in which the device was used were conducted with proper controls.

20. The passage suggests that the author would most probably agree with which of the following assessments of the results
      of the Space Lab experiment?
      (A) Although the results of the experiment are impressive, the experiment was too limited in scope to allow for definitive
            conclusions.
      (B) The results of the experiment are impressive on the surface, but the report is misleading.
      (C) The results of the experiment convincingly confirm what researchers have long suspected.
      (D) Because of design flaws, the experiment did not yield any results relevant to the issue under investigation.
      (E) The results of the experiment are too contradictory to allow for easy interpretation.