Directions: Based on what is stated or implied in the passage,
click the answer to question 1.

  Words are indispensable but also
can be fatal - the only begetters
of all civilization, all angelic
goodness, and the only begetters
5. at the same time of all
superstition, all collective
madness and stupidity, all
worse-than-bestial diabolism, all
the dismal, historical succession
10. of crimes in the name of God,
King, Nation, Party, Dogma.
Never before, thanks to the
techniques of mass
communication, have so many
15. listeners been so completely at
the mercy of so few speakers.
Never have misused words -
those hideously efficient tools of
all tyrants, war-mongers,
20. persecutors, and heresy hunters-
been so widely and disastrously
  influential as they are today.
Generals, politicians, clergymen,
advertisers, and rulers of
25. totalitarian states - all have good
reasons for disliking the idea
of universal education in the
rational use of the language.
To the military, government,
30. clerical, propagandist,
and authoritarian mind such
training seems (and rightfully seems)
profoundly subversive.

1. The author will most likely go on to discuss:
(A) education and language acquisition
(B) decodification of linguistic symbols
(C) symbolic language and communication
(D) the codification of reality through language
(E) propaganda and mass communication



2.

The back-to-back 1994-95 NBA world-champion Houston Rockets had five starters that ranged in height from 6-feet-2-inch Kenny Smith to 6-feet-11-inch Hakeem Olajuwan. Which of the following could NOT be the average height of basketballs champion Rockets?

I. 6 feet 3 inches
II. 6 feet 7 inches
III. 6 feet 8 inches
(A) I. only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II only
(E) II and III only




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(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)



4.



 Directions: Use one set of given answer choices to solve two parts (4a and 4b); first, by completing the two blanks with

4a: only . . . only ,

and then, by completing the blanks with

4b: singular . . . singular

Construct nouns with exactly half of L number of letters in the (ABC's). Each noun has at least N letters. Construct verbs with the remaining letters in the (ABC's). Each verb has at least V letters. If exactly 11.2% of the letters in the (ABC's) remain unconstructed, how many nouns could you construct?
4a.
(A) 8L/9
(B) 4V/9
(C) 4N/9
(D) 4L/9
(E) Cannot be determined from the given data.
 4b.
(A) 8L/9
(B) 4V/9
(C) 4N/9
(D) 4L/9
(E) Cannot be determined from the given data.



Directions: If you think that GMAT sentences 5-7 below are correct, click choice (A). Otherwise click the one BEST version from the remaining choices.

5.
It is something to be shared with future generations and whomever else is out there.
(A) and whomever else is out there.
(B) and whomever else are out there.
(C) and whoever else are out there.
(D) and whoever else is out there.
(E) and whosoever else is out there.

6. My McIntosh 240 amplifier predates the microchip - a continuation of the microelectronics revolution that began with the development of the transistor, a small, low-power amplifier that replaced the large, power hungry vacuum tube.
(A) small, low-power amplifier that replaced
(B) small, low-power amplifier that has replaced
(C) small, low-power amplifier that had replaced
(D) small, low-power amplifier replacing
(E) small, low-power, amplifier for replacement of

7. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
(A) Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
(B) Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
(C) Imitation is the sincere form of flattery.
(D) Imitation is a bona fide form of flattery.
(E) Imitation is the most genuine form of flattery.




Directions: GMAT Questions 8-9 below are based on the following stimulus. Click only the one BEST answer to each question.

A psychiatric investigator divided thirty-four child abusers into two distinct groups: one group of sporadic abusers and the other group of chronic abusers, based on each person's documented record of felony convictions for this illicit behavior. A significantly larger percentage of the chronic-abuser group demonstrated a higher level of anxiety than that demonstrated by the sporadic-abuser group. Published in the Journal of Medicine, a report by the investigator claimed that it was chronic abuse that resulted in higher anxiety.

8.
 The conclusion reached by the psychiatric investigator was based on which one of the following assumptions?
(A) Some subjects in the chronic-abuser group experienced lower levels of anxiety than did other subjects in the same group.
(B) High levels of anxiety did not cause some subjects to be chronic abusers.
(C) Some subjects in the sporadic-abuser group experienced no anxiety.
(D) High levels of anxiety during episodes of abuse caused some to restrict their abusive behavior.
(E) High levels of anxiety caused some subjects to be chronic abusers.

9. Which one of the above answer choices, if true, most seriously weakens the investigator's conclusion?
(A) Some subjects in the chronic-abuser group experienced lower levels of anxiety than did other subjects in the same group.
(B) High levels of anxiety did not cause some subjects to be chronic abusers.
(C) Some subjects in the sporadic-abuser group experienced no anxiety.
(D) High levels of anxiety during episodes of abuse caused some to restrict their abusive behavior.
(E) High levels of anxiety caused some subjects to be chronic abusers.



10. Directions: the Data Sufficiency problem below consists of a question followed by Statement (1) and Statement (2) in which certain data are given. You must decide whether the data given in the two statements are sufficient for answering the question. Using the data given in the statements plus your knowledge of the principles of mathematics and your general knowledge, you are to click
(A) if Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) is not sufficient.
(B) if Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) is not sufficient.
(C) if BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) if EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) if Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

If the first two terms of the sequence, 1, t.gif - 0.10 K, 10.gif - 0.13 K, 10a.gif - 0.12 K, .... 10c.gif - 0.12 K, are 1 and t.gif - 0.10 K respectively, and each succeeding term is the product of t.gif - 0.10 K and the preceding term, is the expression 10d.gif - 0.13 K the positive median of the sequence?

(1) n is a positive even integer.

(2) t.gif - 0.10 K is a natural number.

11.
If rabbit "A" with 10 eggs, rabbit "B" with 30 eggs, and rabbit "C" with 50 eggs hop to Houston to sell their Easter eggs at exactly the same minimal dollar rate and for the same amount of money, for how much must each sell their eggs ?
(A) $10
(B) $20
(C) $30
(D) $40
(E) $50
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