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I English
1. FABLE
2. CARGO
3. TRANSIENT
4. FELICITY
5. ESTEEM
6. STRIPED
7. VERSE
8. INFRINGE
10. SATURNINE
11. PACIFIC
12. CONSCIOUS
13. DOUBT
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14. VILIFY
15. OSTENSIBLE
16. GAUGE
17. HOLLOW
18. YELL
20. REFUSE
Directions:
The passages below are followed by questions on the vocabulary, style, and meaning
of the passages. After reading each passage, choose the best answer to each question.
Answer all questions for each of the passages in terms of the context within the
passage.
The prevalence of positive or negative feelings about physique is a sign of which traits
are valued and appreciated by a society or by the world community. Where there is
features, the members of a subordinated group may come to repudiate their own physical
characteristics and in mixed populations even penalize those individuals who manifest
the disapproved characteristics to the most marked degree. The concept of negritude in
Africa is an example of a vigorous attempt to reassert the primacy, for a given group, of
its own physical type. We must recognize the rising demand for the kind of world in
which people can enjoy the way they look, be proud of the way their parents looked, and
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Carefully read the following passage and complete the exercise which follows it.
For almost thirty years since it first captured nearly half the word market, Japan
dominated international shipbuilding. Even during the world slump, when the
general decline in demand had been exacerbated by the South Korean attack on
the market, Japan managed to maintain its position. The cost, however, was
high. Japanese shipbuilders were forced to reduce their capacity and to cut their
workforce by almost as much as their United Kingdom counterparts. This created
problems for Japans large companies, since they had committed themselves to
lifetime employment for their workers. Although some of the surplus workforce
was re-deployed in new industries and many retired, it was clear that the
The problems stemmed from two sources. Although Japan had continued to
increase its market share, the large shipbuilders were already in financial
difficulties with most of them running at a loss. At the same time, the world
market had contracted dramatically. The situation was worsened with the
number of surplus vessels as yet unpaid for and soon to appear on the market.
The decline in the Japanese domestic market was soon to be felt by all the
alternatives.
because.
2. One of the origins of the problems experienced by the Japanese was that
Comprehension (Vocabulary)
The words are taken from the passage above. Which of the alternative
correct.
1. EXACERBATE
A. Lessen B. Reduce C. Worsen D. Cause
2. IN JEOPARDY
3. CONTRACT
4. SLUMP
5. STEM
6. CAPTURED
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In each of the sentences of this section, one portion is underlined. Beneath each
sentence you will find five ways of writing the underlined part; the first of these
always repeats the original, and the other four are all different. If you think the
original sentence is better than any of the suggested changes, choose the first
answer A; otherwise, select the best revision from the given options.
EXAMPLE
1. Heavy smoking and to overeat are activities which a heart patient must
forego.
A. Heavy smoking and to overeat
Because Standard English requires the same grammatical form for two units
parallelism. Among the options offered, only the form Heavy smoking and
1. In the smaller towns of Wisconsin, where one can quickly walk to the greening
hills of Spring.
as ever.
3. The swashbuckling hero was without moral convictions, acceptable manners, and
A. Without moral convictions, acceptable manners, and he had little else in his
favor.
B. without moral convictions or acceptable manners and had little else in his
favor.
D. without moral convictions and acceptable manners or little else in his favor.
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6. If the books have been cataloged last week, why haven't they been placed on the
shelf?
c. was cataloged
d. were cataloged
7. Sabotage came from the French saboter, which meansto clatter with wooden
shoes (sabots).
a. which means to
b. which means, to
c. that means to
d. that means- to
8. In studying an assignment it is wise to read it over quickly at first, than see the
a. first, than
b. first: then
c. first-then
d. first, then
9. Once upon a point a time, a small person named Little Red Riding Hood initated
Grandmother.
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1. Pedro goes either hunting or fishing every day. If it is snowing & windy then Pedro
goes hunting. If it is sunny and not windy then Pedro goes fishing. Sometimes it can
2. The cost of manufacturing tractors in Korea is twenty percent less than the cost of
manufacturing tractors in Germany. Even after transportation fees and import taxes
are added, it is still cheaper to import tractors from Korea to Germany than to produce
tractors in Germany.
D. The import taxes on a tractor imported from Korea to Germany is less than
3. In 1695 about 11,400 doctors who had treated plague sufferers died and about 23,670
doctors who had not treated plague sufferers died. On the basis of these figures, it can
be concluded that it was more dangerous for doctors not to participate in the treatment
Which of the following statements would cast most doubt on the conclusion above?
A. Expressing the difference between the numbers of deaths among doctors who
had treated plague sufferers and doctors who had not treated plague suffers as
B. Examining the death rates for doctors in the years before and after 1695.
C. Separating deaths due to natural causes during the treatment of plague suffers
D. Comparing death rates per thousand members of each group rather than
4. There are 900 bottles to be filled. Jim and Molly working independently but at the
same time take 30 minutes to fill the bottles. How long should it take Molly working
Statement 1 -
Statement 2 -
sufficient.
5. Of the teams competing in the world archery championships, twenty percent are from
Europe. Half as many are from the United States and one twentieth are from Africa.
III. Mathematics
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A. 2x + 9 = 486
B. 9x(x + 9) = 486
C. c. ( x 9) (x + 9) = 486
D. x( x + 9 ) = 486
A. 5 B. 32 C. 232 D. 16
C. 1 D. none
4. Which figure represents the front view of the three dimensional figure shown?
A. Figure 3
B. Figure 4
C. Figure 2
D. Figure 1
Marital
Status
Manager
s
Departmental
heads
Clerk
Stock
persons
Married 8 12 20 15
Unmarried 5 10 25 25
below. If an employee is selected at random, then find the probability that the
A. 105120 B. 13 C. 18 D. 23
6. what is
the area
of the
colored
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7. For what value of a will the system given below have no solutions?
2x + 6y = -2
-3x + ay = 4
A. -4 B. 4 C. 9 D. -9
8. The statement, the difference of a number and its reversal of a two digit number
is a multiple of 9 is:
X+Y-Z=4
X+Y+Z=2
X - Y + 2Z = -3
A. 1 , 0, 1 B.2, 1, 0 C. 0, 1, -1 D.1, 2, -1
10. Which equation best describes the relationship between x and y in this table?
xy
0 -4
4 -20
-4 12
8 -36
A. y = - x/4 - 4
B. y = - x/4 + 4
C. y = - 4x + 4
D. y = - 4x - 4
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11. Nine hundred and seventy seven less than a number is greater than four
hundred and fifty nine. Which of the following choices can be the number?
12. calculate the area of a triangle ABC in the figure, if the area of the rectangle
BCDE is 80in2
A. 4 in.2
B. 82n.2
C. 160n.2
D. 40in.2
13. The base and the height of a parallelogram are 18cm, and 23cm. if its base is
14. Two girls agree to go on a road trip together. They travel (x + 5) km on the first
day. On the second day they travel 2km more than half of the distance they
traveled on the first day. On the third day they drove 3 times as far as they did on
the second day. If they drove 5000km total, find the value of x.
15. Betty and Tracy planned a 5000km trip in an automobile with five tires, of which
four are in use at any time. They plan to interchange them so that each tire is used
the same number of kilometers. What is the number of kilometers each tire will be
used?
half those of Basil and Allie saved 40% of his income. What is the percentage of
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17. If triangle DEF points A, B, and C are taken on DE,DF and EF respectively such
that EC = AC and CF = BC. If angle D = 40 degrees then what does angle ACB
18. If 3 dice are thrown, in how many ways can we obtain a sum of 15? (A toss of
A. 10 B. 8 C. 5 D. 9
19. If a rectangular solid has sides, front and bottom faces with areas of 2x, y/2 and
20. The integers greater than one are arranged in five columns as follows:
2 3 4 5
9 8 7 6
10 11 12 13
17 16 15 14
21. What time does an object takes if released from rest at a position 20m above the
ground?
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yx2=0
y 3x + 2 = 0
3y kx 4 = 0
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 5
23. A student at St. F. X. decided to become his own employer by using his car as a
taxi for the summer. It costs the student $693.00 to insure his car for the 4 months
of summer. He spends $452.00 per month on gas. If he lives at home and has no
other expenses for the 4 months of summer and charges an average of $7.00 per
fare, how many fares will he have to get to be able to pay his tuition of $3280.00?
24. Four children are playing with marbles. At the end of the day one child has 4 less
than half the marbles, the second child has 6 more than one fifth of the marbles,
the third child has one third of what the first child had and the fourth child has 1
less than the third child. How many marbles are there?
A. 45 B. 55 C. 50 D. 60
25. In a class of four students there are four marks given to students A, B, C, and D.
The average of the first two marks is 50. The average of the second and third
marks is 75 and the average of the third and fourth marks is 70. What is the
A. 55 B. 40 C. 45 D. 70
26. If ABCD is a square and ABE is an equilateral triangle, then what is the measure
of < BFC?
A. 105 B. 120 C. 60 D. 45
27. In a class election 432 votes were cast. There were two candidates, A & B. If A
28. The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 50inch. The base is 11inch longer than
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29. The sum of 3 hours 45 minutes and 2 hours 55 minutes is approximately what
percent of a day?
30. The outbound trip of a bus was made at 24mi/h, while the return trip was made at
30mi/h. find the one way distance fi the total running time was 4.5 hour.
A. 30mile B. 60mile C. 35mile D. 55mile
31. A piece of alloy, weighing 30kg contains 12% chromium and another piece of
alloy weighing 20kg contains 7% chromium. The two pieces are melted together
and a new piece of alloy is cast. The percentage of chromium in the new piece is:
32. A man has 3.25 hours at his disposal. He can ride out on a bus at 16mile/h and
walk back at 3.5mile/h. How far can he ride and still be able to return to his
33. If a 2 digit positive integer has its digits reversed, the resulting integer differs
from the original by 27. By how much do the two digits differ?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
34. A factory has 500 workers, 15 percent of whom are women. If 50 additional
workers are to be hired and all of the present workers remain, how many of the
employees to 20 percent?
A. 35 B. 10 C. 25 D. 30
35. If the sum of two positive integers is 24 and the difference of their squares is 48.
36. The rectangular block below has the length of 9, a width of 4 and a height of 3, as
shown above. If a cylindrical section with a radius of 1 is removed from the solid,
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37. A train usually makes its run in 2hour25minutes at an average speed of 63mile/h.
38. The president of a country and 4 other dignitaries are scheduled to sit in a row on
the 5 chairs represented above. If the president must sit in the center chair, how
many different seating arrangements are possible for the five people?
A.4 B. 5 C. 20 D. 24
39. The length of a rectangle exceeds the width by 14ft. the perimeter is 160ft. find
the dimensions
A.12 X 26 B. 33 X 47 C. 30 X 44 D. 25 X 39
A.2 B. 3 C. 3 D. 14
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Physics
1. Train A starts at 4 miles South of a bridge and heads North at a constant speed of
30 miles per hour. Train B starts 6 miles North of the bridge. What velocity must
Train B have so that the two trains cross the bridge at the same time?
2. At a track meet at Hayward Field, a runner does one quarter-mile lap in 1.25
minutes. Assuming she starts and stops at the same point, what was her average
3. Referring question number two, what was her average velocity for this lap?
4. A person goes out for a bike ride to a nearby town. A record of the trip is as
for a break, and 20 minutes at 15 km/h. What is the distance the person traveled?
6. Nerve impulses typically travel through the body at about 150 miles/hour.
Imagine dropping a brick from one meter onto your big toe. Compare the time it
takes for the brick to fall with the time it takes for the signal to get from your toe
A. It takes 17.3 times longer for the brick to fall than it takes for the signal to
B. It takes 20 times longer for the brick to fall than it takes for the signal to
D. None.
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7. As part a of the drawing shown, two blocks are connected by a rope that passes
over a set of pulleys. The block 1 has a weight of 400 N, and the block 2 has a
weight of 600 N. The rope and the pulleys are massless and there is no friction.
block with a force of 20 N, it just starts to move. What is the coefficient of static
friction?
9. For the above question, a 10 kg block is stacked on top of the 8 kg block. What is
the magnitude F of the force, acting horizontally on the 8 kg block as before, that
11. A car is initially traveling due north at 23 m/s. Find the velocity of the car after 4
12. For question number 11, Find the velocity of the car after 4 s if its acceleration is
13. How high can a man throw a ball if he can throw it with initial velocity 90 mph.
14. Mr. Letourneau is flying his broom stick parallel to the ground. He undergoes two
consecutive displacements. The first is 100 km 10 degrees west of north, and the
second is 120 km 50 degrees east of north. What is the magnitude of the broom
stick's displacement?
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15. It takes you 9.5 minutes to walk with an average velocity of 1.2 m/s to the north
16. A speedboat increases its speed uniformly from 20 m/s to 30 m/s in a distance of
17. For question number 16, find the time it takes the boat to travel the 200-m
distance
A. 8s B. 4s C. 1.5s D. 16s
18. An aircraft has a lift-off of 120km/h. What minimum constant acceleration does
19. A "moving sidewalk" in a busy airport terminal moves 1 m/s and is 200 m long. A
passenger steps onto one end and walks, in the same direction as the sidewalk is
moving, at a rate of 2.0 m/s relative to the moving sidewalk. How much time does
20. The tips of the blades in a food blender are moving with a speed of 20 m/s in a
circle that has a radius of 0.06 m. How much time does it take for the blades to
21. A boy walks to the store using the following path: 0.4 miles west, 0.2 miles north,
0.3 miles east. What is his total displacement? That is, what is the length of the
22. On a day the wind is blowing toward the south at 3m/s, a runner jogs west at
23. A coin is dropped from a 400 m high tower. What is the coin's velocity when it
hits the ground and how long does it take to get there respectively?
24. While you are traveling in a car on a straight road at 90 km/hr, another car passes
you in the same direction; its speedometer reads 120km/hr. What is your velocity
25. A boy of mass 40 kg wishes to play on pivoted seesaw with his dog of mass 15
kg. When the dog sits at 3 m from the pivot, where must the boy sit if the 6.5 me
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Maths Answers:
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. d
6. a
7. d
8. a
9. d
10. d
11. b
12. d
13. d
14. a
15. a
16. b
17. b
18. a
19. b
20. b
21. d
22. b
23. b
24. c
25. c
26. a
27. c
28. b
29. d
30. b
31. c
32. a
33. a
34. a
35. d
36. c
37. d
38. d
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39. b
40. d
physics
1. b
2. c
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
8. a
9. b
10. c
11. d
12. a
13. a
14. a
15. d
16. b
17. a
18. c
19. c
20. d
21. c
22. d
23. a
24. c
25. d
answers English
Answers
I. Vocabulary Section
1. d
2. a
3. b
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. c
8. a
9. a
10. a
11. b
12. a
13. a
14. b
15. b
16. a
17. d
18. d
19. a
20. b
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1. C
2. A
3. C
4. E
5. D
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. D
10. D
1) B
3) D
4) D
5) D
8) A
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