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PUPCET Practice Test Booklet PREPARED BY: G.i.f PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 1 Language Proficiency...

PUPCET Practice Test Booklet PREPARED BY: G.i.f PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 1 Language Proficiency 1-70 I. Error Identification: Select the letter of the portion of the sentence that contains an error. If there is no error, select D to indicate that the sentence contains no error. Each item may only have up to one error underlined. 1. In the 1990’s, the People’s Republic of China grew economically, territorially, and culturally. No Error. A B C D 2. Latin is practically a dead language, spoken only by students, academics, and the Catholic clergy. No Error. A B C D 3. In November 29, 1890, the Imperial Japanese Diet convened for the first time. No Error A B C D 4. The financial expert which flew in to advice the president, came from London. No Error. A B C D 5. In 2010, Harvard University had an acceptance rate of 6.9%, and will have rejected students with perfect SAT scores. A B C No Error. D 6. Akihiro tried to acquire as many of the valuable and groundbreaking knowledge as he can from the lecture. No Error. A B C D 7. Ateneo’s rank of 307 in the 2010 QS University rankings is far ahead of La Salle, ranked 451. No Error. A B C D 8. The Continental Congress is drafting a constitution for the delegates they will address in June. No Error. A B C D 9. Xabi Alonso’s shot was wide off the mark and the goalkeeper Casillias did not have to make a save. No Error. A B C D 10. The proposal made by the British Labour Party was in opposition of privatization of state holdings. No Error. A B C D PUPCET Practice Test 1 II. Sentence Completion: Select the word/words that best completes/ the sentence. 11. Just like National Bookstore, Barnes & Noble sells 12. The Royal Albert Hall ____ South Kensington, _____ and writing tools. London, was opened by Queen Victoria in 1871. a. Stationary a. On b. Stationery b. In c. Stationarry c. Over d. Stationairy d. Along 13. Alexei had ______ over the vast Siberian expanse 14. As one continues to play basketball, ____ will realize more than once. that handling the ball becomes second nature. a. Drove a. He b. Drived b. They c. Driven c. I d. Been Driving d. One 15. My dad gave Erik and ____ some UAAP season 16. Economics students in Cambridge University’s tickets. Trinity College are tipped to become ______ in the future. a. Me b. I a. A technocrat c. Them b. Technocrats d. Us c. Technocrat inclined d. Technocrats themselves 17. Johnny _____ ate the cookies by the time we got 18. Students prefer the Ateneo ____ other private home. colleges and universities because of the unique Jesuit education it provides. a. All ready b. Al ready a. Than c. Already b. More than d. Readily c. To d. Compared to 19. The amalgamation of the various unions across the 20. Neither Mikhail Gorbachev ____ Boris Yeltsin country _____ given workers more leverage. emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union with his reputation intact. a. Has b. Have a. Or c. Had b. Nor d. Will have c. And d. But PUPCET Practice Test 1 III. Vocabulary A. Synonyms: Select the word/s that best capture the meaning of the italicized word. 21. As a result of inbreeding, some members of the 22. The rapid staccato of raindrops on the roof kept Russian Imperial household suffered from everyone from sleeping early. hemophilia. a. Sharp, rapid sounds a. Bloodthirstiness b. Heavy banging b. Infertility c. Incessant tapping c. Uncontrollable Bleeding d. Flowing d. Mental Disorders 23. The candidate committed a serious faux pas when he 24. George Orwell brilliantly portrayed a socialist described the laborers as “ignorant.” dystopia in his book 1984. a. Sin a. Fable b. Misstep b. Anti-utopia c. Offense c. Myth d. Insult d. Utopia 25. Fabio never liked the ancient necropolis at the 26. The Pope appointed a new apostolic nuncio to outskirts of town. France. a. A large and old cemetery a. Bishop b. A city on a hill b. Cardinal c. An elevated villa c. Envoy d. A dark city d. Prelate 27. In medieval England, papists, or Catholics, could be 28. In the U.K. the name of the Scottish city Edinburgh, obtruncated if caught. in the vernacular, is actually pronounced “E-din- burrah.” a. Deported b. Beheaded a. Native Language or Dialect c. Tortured b. Local Slang d. Imprisoned c. Peculiar manner d. Surrounding area 29. The nomadic Mongols lived in yurts since the days of 30. The Apotheosis of Washington is a unique work of Genghis Khan. art that can be found in the U.S. Capitol. a. Tents a. Glorification b. Houses b. Deification c. Caravans c. Inauguration d. Wagons d. Archetype PUPCET Practice Test 1 B. Antonyms: Select the word that is the opposite of the meaning of the highlighted word. Choose the best answer available. 31. The defendant was acquitted by the court in 32. Van Gogh certainly wasn’t a proponent of yesterday’s hearing. achromatic painting. a. Arrested a. Colorful b. Absolved b. Abstract c. Convicted c. Matte d. Released d. Multifaceted 33. After his coronation, Louis XIV was warmly 34. Coach Mike, ever the optimist, went into the game applauded by the Parisians on the streets. with such confidence. a. Acidulation a. Underdog b. Decimation b. Pessimist c. Abdication c. Antagonist d. Denunciation d. Naysayer 35. It was thought as late as the 1960’s that a proletarian 36. The shaft that kept the roof up stayed rigid, even as takeover was inevitable. the wind and rain gained strength. a. Bourgeoisie a. Flaccid b. Anarchist b. Pliable c. Elitist c. Broken d. Government d. Bent 37. Back in her time, Margaret Thatcher was an eminent 38. The redoubtable Netherlands football squad, stacked world leader, although she was very unpopular with with world-class players, was humbled in the recent the U.K.’s leftist north. European Championships. a. Infamous a. Feeble b. Obscure b. Doubtable c. Unimportant c. Formidable d. Articulate d. Perturbing 39. The government proved to be profligate in its 40. Germany abrogated its agreements with the Allied spending, constructing unnecessary theatres and powers, continuing with the Anschluß and the convention centers. annexation of Czechoslovakia. a. Wise a. Ratified b. Careful b. Liquidated c. Frugal c. Permitted d. Creative d. Countermanded PUPCET Practice Test 1 IV. Improving sentences: Select the item that will change the underlined portion and make the sentence grammatically correct and more effective. Select choice A if no improvement is necessary. Choose the best answer. 41. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and the 42. Right of the bat, the critics told the painter that his work rapid creation of jobs is the objective of the incoming was horrendous. administration. a. Right of the bat, the critics a. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and the b. Right off the bat, the critics rapid creation of jobs is c. Right with the bat, the critics had b. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and jobs d. Right on the bat, critics have created is already c. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and rapid creation of jobs are d. Having moderated inflation, economic growth and rapid job creation is 43. Dan Brown is the author which had been the major cause 44. Erick was made to choose between staying at home for the of numerous conspiracy theories regarding the Church, the game or his girlfriend’s debut in the theatre. Masons and the Illuminati. a. Staying at home for the game or his girlfriend’s debut a. Dan Brown is the author which had been the major cause b. Staying at home for the game and attending his girlfriend’s b. Dan Brown has been causing debut c. Dan Brown is the author who caused c. Staying at home for the game or attending his girlfriend’s d. Dan Brown has been the author who had caused debut d. Staying for the game and attending to his girlfriend 45. Frederick the Great of Prussia exhibited wisdom and being 46. The unification of the English and Scottish monarchies was idealistic, traits appropriate for the ideal monarch that the the cause of much friction in the new British state. Enlightenment thinkers portrayed him as. a. Monarchies was the cause a. Exhibited wisdom and being idealistic, traits appropriate b. Monarchies were the cause b. Exhibited wisdom and idealism c. Monarchies caused c. Exhibited wisdom and idealistic traits that are especially d. Monarchy were a divisive cause proper d. Exhibited wisdom and idealism, traits appropriate 47. The tensions between Japan and China were so high as to 48. By the age of 21, most children in the world of today would both countries have prepared their militaries for a have gone on to live by themselves. potential attack. a. Most children in the world of today a. China were so high as to both countries b. Most children in the modern world b. China was so high that both countries c. Most children now c. China were so high that both countries d. Most children, as of the present, d. China were so high that both, beginning today with missile barriers 49. The Philippine economy grew by 7.8%, which is higher 50. The Ateneo is one of the oldest institutions in Asia, dating than China, which grew by 7.5%. back to the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from its exile. a. Which is higher than China, which drew by 7.5% b. Which is higher than 7.5%. a. To the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from its exile. c. Which is higher than China’s growth of 7.5%. b. In the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned it from exile. d. Which is higher than the Chinese rate of growth. c. In the 1800’s, when the Jesuits have returned from their extensive exile. d. To the 1800’s, when the Jesuits returned from their exile. PUPCET Practice Test 1 V. Improving Paragraphs: Read the given paragraph and answer the questions that follow. Choose the most effective and grammatically correct answer. This is the first draft of an essay written by a journalist. It has multiple errors in usage and grammar. 1 The Japanese have built a reputation for the most eccentric things. 2 Its difficult to find a place to begin with, as this eccentricity is present in most facets of Japanese life. 3 For example, to show how this eccentricity affects everything, we can start with the humble toilet. 4 Japanese toilets are naturally weird. 5 First off, is the famous Washlet, which is one of the most advanced toilets in the world. 6 These toilets have heated seats, warm water massages, warm air dryers, automatic deodorizers and a digital thermostat. 7 Also, one more Japanese oddity in the toilet world is the Otohime or “Sound Princess.” 8 These devices are available in women’s cubicles, mainly because Japanese women feel ashamed when other people hear the sounds they make when they are in the toilet. 9 The Otohime, when activated, creates the sound of flushing water, therefore drowning out the sounds the users make. 51. How can the first sentence be improved? 52. Which part of sentence 2 is erroneous? a. It cannot be improved a. No part is erroneous b. Replace the word “eccentric” with the word “weird” b. “Its” c. Insert the word “creating” after “for” c. “a place to begin with” d. Replace the phrase “The Japanese” with the phrase “The d. “this eccentricity is present” Japanese people” 53. After which sentence is it most appropriate to begin a new 54. Which sentence should be removed? paragraph? a. 2 a. 1 b. 4 b. 6 c. 9 c. 9 d. 6 d. 2 55. How can sentence 7 be improved? 56. What is wrong with sentence 9? a. It cannot be improved a. It refers to the gadget as “Otohime.” b. Replace the phrase “Also, one more” with “Another” b. The use of the verb “drowning’ is inappropriate. c. Remove the word “Otohime” c. The word “creates” does not follow Subject-Verb d. Attach sentence 8 to sentence 7. Agreement rules. d. There is no error. PUPCET Practice Test 1 VI. Paragraph Arrangement: Arrange the sentences in a coherent and logical manner, in the form of a paragraph. Select the best answer from among the choices. a. Before him, people thought of themselves as beings that were special, set apart from all creation. b. With this is mind, the notion of being no different from the heathen chimpanzees in the rainforests of Africa caused quite a stir back in his day. c. In time, Darwin has proved that he was correct, and his theory is now generally accepted students, teachers and academics everywhere. d. Charles Darwin was the man who formulated the theory of evolution. 57. What should be the first sentence? 58. What should be the last sentence? a. (a) a. (a) b. (b) b. (b) c. (c) c. (c) d. (d) d. (d) 59. What should be the third sentence? 60. What could be the title of this short essay? a. (a) a. The Life and Works of Charles Darwin b. (b) b. Survival of the Fittest c. (c) c. Evolution’s Eventual Acceptance d. (d) d. The Socio-Political Ramifications of Darwinism STOP! -END OF SECTION- --Do not turn to any other section-- PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 2 General Information 61-85 25 items; 10 minutes 61. The first nation to launch a satellite and a man to space 62. Taiwan’s official name is ______. was ______. a. Republic of China a. The United States of America b. Chinese Taipei b. The United Kingdom c. Republic of Taiwan c. Japan d. Kuomintang d. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 63. Who was the author of Catcher in the Rye? 64. What was the most downloaded song on iTunes in the year 2012? a. Henry Thoreau b. Matthew Emerson a. “Starships” – Nicky Minaj c. J.D. Salinger b. “Call me Maybe” – Carly Rae Jepsen d. William Faulkner c. “Payphone” – Maroon 5 d. “What Makes You Beautiful” – One Direction 65. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago narrowly lost a 66. Who was the Japanese emperor that presided over presidential election against which candidate? Japan’s transition towards modernization? a. Joseph Estrada a. Hirohito b. Gloria Arroyo b. Mutsuhito c. Corazon Aquino c. Jimmu d. Fidel Ramos d. Amaterasu 67. When was the Ateneo founded? 68. When a human is infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), _____ may occur. a. 1901 b. 1764 a. HIV/AIDS c. 1829 b. Sore Eyes d. 1859 c. Warts d. Smallpox 69. Which celebrity is the father of Kim Kardashian’s 70. The South and North Korea are separated at which child? parallel? a. Jay-Z a. 39th parallel b. Kanye West b. 43rd parallel c. Kris Humphries c. 38th parallel d. Kris Jenner d. 29th parallel PUPCET Practice Test 1 71. Which writer wrote Historie de ma vie and became 72. The Ottoman Empire had its beginnings where? famous in history for his womanizing? a. Anatolia a. Henry XIII b. Syria b. Giacomo Casanova c. Persia c. Maximilien de Robespierre d. Constantinople d. Amerigo Vespucci 73. Which is the 12th longest river in the world? 74. During the Seven Years’ War, which country occupied Manila and most of Luzon? a. Yangtze b. Amazon a. The Netherlands c. Mississippi b. Spain d. Mekong c. France d. Great Britain 75. Which is not part of the United Kingdom? 76. What is inscribed on the gates of hell in Dante’s Inferno? a. Scotland b. Wales a. “Through me you go into a city of weeping; through me you c. Ireland go into eternal pain; through me you go amongst the lost d. England people” b. “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” c. “Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.” d. “Hope not ever to see heaven again.” 77. Who is the current manager of Reading Football 78. Who was the communist revolutionary who led a Club? revolution in Cuba, died in Bolivia, and then was immortalized in countless T-shirts and merchandise? a. Arsene Wenger b. Bryan McDermott a. Vladimir Lenin c. Sir Alex Ferguson b. Ernesto “Che” Guevara d. Nigel Adkins c. Mao Zedong d. Leon Trotsky 79. Which was the last dynasty to rule over China? 80. Where are white blood cells in the human body made? a. Zhou b. Tang a. Bone Marrow c. Han b. Thymus Gland d. Qing c. Spine d. Spleen PUPCET Practice Test 1 81. Which celebrity/personality has the most number of 82. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was educated Twitter followers? where? a. Lionel Messi a. Switzerland b. Justin Bieber b. North Korea c. Lady Gaga c. U.K. d. Barack Obama d. China 83. Who made St. Peter’s Baldachin or Ciborium in St. 84. On the feast day of whom did the Imperial Japanese Peter’s Basilica? Army invade the Philippines? a. Michelangelo a. San Isidro Labrador b. Gian Lorenzo Bernini b. The Black Nazarene c. Raphael c. Francis Xavier d. Sandro Botticelli d. The Immaculate Conception 85. In the War of the Austrian Succession, Frederick the Great of Prussia took what part of Habsburg Austria and made it part of Prussia? a. Silesia b. Venice c. Vienna d. Salzburg STOP! -END OF SECTION- --Do not turn to any other section— PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 3 Numerical Ability 86-145 60 items; 50 minutes Instructions: You will be given questions that test your ability in mathematics. Choose the best and simplest answer from among the choices. Take note that figures are not drawn to scale. 86. 27,813 students took the ACET this year. If only x 2 + 25 2,836 students were admitted into the Ateneo among 87. Simplify the expression: those students, what is the Ateneo’s acceptance rate? x 2 −10x + 25 a. 7.5% a. (x-­­5) b. 10.2% b. (x+5) c. 13.4% c. -­­10x d. 9.0% d. 25x 2 88. Given the equation (x − y) × (y − x) = −4 , where x x and y are whole numbers, which of the following can 89. Given the functions f (g) = + x 2 , x( y) = y −1 4 be the value of x? and g( x) = x + 6, what is the value of f (g( x( y))) if y =5? a. 3 b. 5 c. 10 a. 100 b. 56.7 d. -3 c. 102.5 d. 64.5 90. The tuition fee of two semesters in the Loyola 91. What is the x-intercept of y = 17x + 51? Schools costs 150,000. If the fee increases at the rate of 5% per year, around how much will the tuition be a. 5 in 5 years for one semester? b. 3 c. 14 a. 182,326 d. -3 b. 81,274 c. 95,721 d. 191,443 92. Given inscribed angle θ , what is the angle of central 93. Given that x 3 x 5  y 8, what is y 3 equal to if x  4 ? angle δ , which subtends the same arc? a. 64 a. δ 2 b. 24 b. θ δ c. 16 c. 90 d. 42 θ d. 2 PUPCET Practice Test 1 4 94. What is the expression x 3 equivalent to? 95. The flat rate of taxis is 45 pesos. For every half-kilometer, 2 pesos and 50 centavos are added to the fare. What is the equation for the total fare if k is the distance traveled in a. x 7 kilometers and t is the cost? 3 b. x 4 a. 1.25(36  k)  x c. x16 b. 45 + 2.5k = x c. 45 + 5k = x d. x 2 d. k 2  48  x 96. What is the volume of the biggest sphere that can fit in a cube with a volume of 216 cm3 ? a. 9π 2 b. 20 c. 36π d. 40π 97. Given the figure, what is the x-intercept of the ray with 98. Given the figure, where AC=5, and BC=12, what is endpoint (0,3)? the area of the shaded portions of the circle? a. (0, 3) b. (0, 2) a. 21.125π − 30 c. (0,1) b. 20π + 30 d. (0, 2.1) c. 14π − 30 d. 13π − 30 PUPCET Practice Test 1 99. What is the point of intersection of the following 100. Given figure with cubic and linear functions lines? f(x) and t(x), where f(y)=t(y), which could be a value of y? Line A: y = 4 x + 8 Line B: y = 7x + 5 a. (4, 16) b. (5, 10) c. (1, 12) d. (1, 24) a. -1 b. 567 c. 2 d. -6 101. What is the standard deviation of the set of values 102. What is the surface area of a rectangular prism that {2,4,4,4,5,7,9}? has a length of 7, a width of 5 and a height of 6? a. 4 a. 221 b. 2 b. 198 c. 7 c. 214 d. 9 d. 266 256 104. 1+ tan2 θ = ? 103. Simplify the expression if x  4. x2−4 a. sin2 θ a. 1 b. 2 b. 16 c. cos2 θ c. 4 d. sec2 θ d. 21 PUPCET Practice Test 1 1 6 2 105. ( 4  3)2 =? 106. Simplify the expression (z x ) 15. z4 x 2 3 a. 7  2 12 x 4 15 b. 7  2 7 a. z2 3 c. 25  2 7 b. z2 x 4 45 d. 5  49 x10 5 c. z2 z2 x 2 d. 45 107. Gian wants to build a kite, shown in the figure below, 108. What is the perimeter of the triangle ABC, which is with an area of 30cm 2. What could be the lengths of the within an equilateral triangle with line AB as its altitude, if diagonals that support the kite? AC=6? a. 15 and 10 b. 15 and 15 a. 9  3 2 c. 6 and 10 b. 9  3 3 d. 6 and 5 c. 12  6 3 d. 14 5x + 4 110. Given the equation 43 = 2y + 6 , what is a possible real 109. Given the inequality −6x − 4 < −1 , what are the value of y? possible values of x? a. -35 a. {x | x > 0} b. There are no real values for y b. {x | x < 0} c. 3 2x  6 c. {x | x = 1} d. -32 d. {x | x ∈W } PUPCET Practice Test 1 111. Given this graph of a function, its equation probably has 112. Given triangle ABC, where angle ABC is a right angle, AB =x, 2 ________. BC=y, and AC= (x + 4) , what is y in terms of x? a. (x+4) a. A squared value b. x+4 b. An absolute value c. An exponent c. x 3 d. A regression 2 x +4 d. 113. When the perimeter of square ABCD is doubled, then its area, x, 114. If 5x + n = 45 + 2n , what is n in terms of x? will be ____. a. Quadrupled a. 9 n 5 b. Doubled b. 5x + 45 c. Squared c. −45 + 5x d. Cubed d. x − 9 115. How many values of x can satisfy the following equation? , what is x in terms of y? ) 4 = 4y 4 6 x 116. Given the equation (4 x 3 3  y 5 a. 2y a. One y 3 b. Two b. 4  2 c. Three c. 46y d. More than three d. 4 4y 6 PUPCET Practice Test 1 1 118. What is the height of a trapezoid with an area of 30cm2 117. The radius of a circle is 4. What is the length of of its and bases with lengths of 10 cm and 5 cm? perimeter? 10 a. 1.2 cm a. 1.6π b. 8 cm 4 c. 4 cm b. 10 π d. 0.25 cm c. 0.8π d. 1.2566 119. The sum of two integral numbers is 20. The larger 120. The ratio of females to males in the Loyola Schools is number is the square of the smaller number, and the larger 4:6. If you add the 6000 male students of the Grade School number when squared, has a value greater than 600. What and High School to the 8000 students of the Loyola Schools, are the two numbers? what will be the approximate ratio of females to males? a. 16 and 4 a. 3:10 b. 25 and -5 b. 2:5 c. 36 and 6 c. 3:20 d. 23 and -3 d. 4:11 121. What is the 6th term of this series? 122. Given a circle with the equation (x − 4)2 + (y − 6)2 = 49, what is the equation of the line 1, 5, 11, 17, 33… that intersects the origin and the center? a. 61 a. y  3 x b. 50 2 c. 59 b. y  7x  6 d. 47 c. y  3x d. y  2 x 3 123. In the parabola with the equation y = x 2 + 2x − 3, with 124. If 3x + 4 = n , 6x + 8 is equal to what? an axis of symmetry at x = 1, what is the ordered pair that 2 has the same y-value as the ordered pair (-3, 0)? a. n a. (3, 0) b. 4n b. (2, 0) c. 2n c. (1,0) d. 2n + 3 d. (4,0) PUPCET Practice Test 1 125. What is the area of a circle inscribed in a square with diagonals 126. Given this figure, what is the length of x? (Reminder: figures are not drawn to scale.) that are 4 2 units long? a. 32π b. 4π c. 16π d. 8π a. 9 b. 6 c. 1.5 d. 3 128. The Trans-Siberian Railway travels 9000 km from Vladivostok 127. log5 z  2. What is the value of z? to Moscow in 4 days. It then travels another 3000 km from Moscow a. 10 to Novosibirsk in 1 day. What is the average speed of the train in kilometers per hour throughout its journey? b. 5/2 a. 100 km/hr c. 7 b. 90 km/hr d. 25 c. 110 km/hr d. 120 km/hr 129. A rhombus with a perimeter of 20 cm has a diagonal that has a 130. Every year, the price of a Big Mac increases by 15%. If a Big length of 8 cm. What is the length of the other diagonal? Mac currently costs 145 pesos, around how much will it cost in 4 years? a. 4 2 a. 254 pesos b. 4 3 b. 270 pesos c. 284 pesos c. 3 3 d. 3 d. 195 pesos 131. The amount of sodas sold, x, is inversely proportional to its 132. What is the length of the longest segment that can fit price, y. Which of the following could be the equation that into a cube with sides 4 cm long? represents the relationship between the sodas sold and its price? a. xy  40 a. 8 3 b. x y  40 b. 4 3 c. x y  40 2 2 c. 51 d. x y  40 25 2 d. 4 PUPCET Practice Test 1 133. What is the point of intersection of the following lines? 134. What is the value of one internal angle of a regular decagon? y = 2x +1 a. 1440 y = −2x − 2 b. 140 a. (0, 1) c. 144 b. (1, -2) d. 120 c. (-1, -1) d. (-1, -2) 135. For general exponential functions, where 136. Which is a possible value of x in the equation f ( x)  bx , what should be the value of base b? 2x 2 + 7x + 6 = 0? a. A positive integer 2 b. A negative integer a. − 3 b. -2 c. A whole number c. 2 d. A positive constant 3 d. 2 137. What is the domain of the given expression? 138. What is the mode of the following set of numbers? 22y {1,1,2,2,4,5,5,5,7} x−4 a. 5 a. {x | x ∈ R, x ≠ 4} b. 7 b. {x | x ∈ R, x ≠ ±4} c. 4 c. {x | x ∉W } d. 1 d. {x | x = 4} 1 1 140. What is the surface area of a cylinder with a height of 5 139. If + = z, then z is equal to what? and a radius of 4? x y a. Insufficient information given. a. 72π b. 40π 2 2 b. xy c. 32π d. 69π  32 c. x + y xy 2 d. x + y PUPCET Practice Test 1 141. If every ⊗ represents 500,000 casualties, how many 142. Given the figure below, what is the value of y? casualties are represented by this set of symbols? ⊗⊗⊗⊗⊗ a. 250,000 b. 2,500,000 c. 3,125,000 d. 1,000,000 a. 3 b. 6 c. 2 3 d.12 144. What is the area of a triangle with a base of 5 and a 143. 5 75 + 3 =? height of 6? a. 7 78 a. 4 b. 7 225 b. 30 c. 60 c. 27 3 d. 15 d. 4 3 145. Line is perpendicular to line λ , which has an equation of x = −2(y + 4). What is the slope of line ? a. 2 1 b. 2 1 c. − 2 d. 4 STOP - - END OF SECTION — Do not turn to any other sections. PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 4 Verbal Analogy 146-165 20 items; 10 minutes A. Single Word Analogy 146. Cow: Plants :: Termite: _____. 147. Thin: Portly; Irate: _____. a. Furniture a. Furious b. Insect b. Calm c. Wood c. Confused d. Mound d. Organized 148. Flowing: River; Stagnant: _____. 149. Eyes: Ophthalmologist; Feet:_____. a. Pond a. Paleopathologist b. Ocean b. Podiatrist c. Lake c. Orthopedist d. Glacier d. Gerontologist 150. Life:Death; Coagulate:______. 151. Fire:Water; Wood:_____. a. Celebrate a. Tree b. Dissolve b. Axe c. Destroy c. Fire d. Oppose d. Water 152. Human:Food; Turbine:______. 153. Oppresion:Revolution; Eradication:_______. a. Water a. Extinction b. Spin b. Dissipation c. Engineer c. Emancipation d. Rotate d. Infection 154. Music:Emotions; Pictures:_______. 155. Articulate:Words; Emancipate:_______. a. Sadness a. Workers b.Mysteries b. Voters c.Memories c. Unions d. Creativity d. Colleges PUPCET Practice Test 1 B. Paired Word Analogy: Select the pair of words that are related in a similar manner to those given in the number. 156. Rice: Paddy--___:____ 157. Policeman: Crime--___:____ a. Oil: Caves a. Broom: Dust b. Staples: Stapler b. Fireman: Rescue c. Car: Factory c. Soap: Skin d. Teacher: Prep-School d. Eraser: Write 158. Journalism: News--___:____ 159. Memories: Experiences--___:____ a. Engineering: Structures a. Learning: People b. Mathematics: Equations b. Money: Power c. Pencils: Books c. Creativity: Pedigree d. Poets: Laureates d. Knowledge: Studies 160. Scalpel: Surgery--___:___ 161. Tenable: Defensible--___:___ a. Visualization: Photography a. Impossible: Viable b. Anesthesia: Numbness b. Arduous: Difficult c. Mnemonic: Memorization c. Credible: Justifiable d. Magnets: Poles d. Sweltering: Sun 162. Xylophilia: Wood—___:____ 163. Madrid: Spain--___:____ a. Petrophilia: Rock art or structures a. New York: U.S.A. b. Anglophilia: Britain b. Phnom Penh: Cambodia c. Logophilia: Pictures c. Almaty: Kazakhstan d. Retrophilia: Disco Music d. Sydney: Australia 164. Arbitration: To Settle--___:____ 165. Washington: U.S.A.--____:____ a. Mastication: To Chew a. L’Ouverture: Haiti b. Application: To Reject b. Napoleon: France c. Destruction: Edification c. Raffles: Hong Kong d. Elimination: Obstruction d. Togo: Japan STOP - - END OF SECTION — Do not turn to any other sections. PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 5 Logical Reasoning 166-175 10 items; 10 minutes A. Select the statement that follows the stated logic of the question. Choose the best answer. 166. All red items are fruits. A banana is red. All rocks are 167. When a fire burns, smoke is formed. When smoke is red, therefore ______. formed, sometimes there is a fire. If there is smoke ______. a. The rock is a fruit. a. There is fire. b. The rock is a hard. b. There is no fire. c. The rock could be a fruit. c. There could be a fire. d. The rock is not a fruit. d. There will be fire. 168. If Steven has money, he eats ice cream. If Daniel has 169. All parents are workers. Not all workers are married, money, he buys ice cream and shares it with Steven. If only and only some parents are married. Some childless people Steven is eating ice cream____________. are workers. Therefore, _____________. a. Steven and Daniel had no money. a. Some workers have neither a spouse nor a child. b. Steven has no money. b. All workers have children. c. Daniel has no money. c. All parents are married. d. Steven and Daniel both have money. d. No single workers are parents. 170. In an unknown language “Ya smertel medveda,vsegda.” 171. When the university’s basketball team does well, alumni means That over there is the bear’s prey. In the same contributions increase. When it doesn’t it decreases. This language, the sentence “Ya Otchizne krasniy medved,” means year, the team did not do well, therefore____________. That big bear is red. What word most probably means bear? a. The team will do well next year. a. “Ya” b. Alumni contributions will increase. b. “Vsegda” c. Alumni contributions will remain the same. c. ”Medved” d. Alumni contributions will decrease. d. ”Krasniy” 172. Payment of salaries takes up most of the budget of high 173. There are 10 pencils that are divided among Johnny, schools. The total paid by North High School for salaries is Nicky and Art. If Johnny gives all his pencils to Art, Art will higher than that paid by East High School, but the total have more than half of all the pencils. If Art and Nicky budget of East High School is lower than that of North High combine their pencils, they will have exactly half of the School, therefore________. pencils available. If Art has an even number of pencils, and if Nicky has more pencils than Art, how many pencils does Art a. North High School actually has an even greater portion of have? its budget allotted for salaries. a. 5 b. The other expenses of East High School are higher than that of North High School’s b. 4 c. The total budget of North High School is higher. c. 0 d. The portion of North High School’s budget that goes to d. 2 salaries is around 75%. PUPCET Practice Test 1 174. For questions 174-175, read the following passage: 175. If Dan and Martin must start together, what is the only possible starting lineup? The coach of the college basketball team needs to pick 5 players for the starting lineup from James, Franco, Miguel, a. James, Martin, Dan, Chris, Josh Ricky, Dan, Martin, Josh and Chris. The starting lineup must include only one big man and one guard. b. Martin, Dan, Chris, Ricky, Franco Martin, Franco and Ricky are guards. Dan and Josh are big c. Martin, Franco, Chris, Miguel, James men. Which of the following are possible starting lineups? d. Martin, Dan, Chris, Miguel, James a. James, Franco, Chris, Josh, Miguel. b. Martin, Franco, Sam, Chris and Josh. c. Dan, James, Ricky, Martin, Josh. d. Dan, James, Miguel, Chris, Josh. STOP - - END OF SECTION — Do not turn to any other sections. PUPCET Practice Test 1 Section 6 Reading Comprehension 176-250 75 items; 1 hour and10 minutes A. Passage-Based Reading: You will be given sets of passages that cover various topics. With these passages are questions that test your ability to infer, comprehend, and understand a reading material effectively. Choose the letter of the answer that best answers the question. PASSAGE 1: Adapted from Ivan Henares. http://www.ivanhenares.com/2009/10/culion-island-where-philippines.html 1 Culion was called the “Island of the Living Dead” or the “Island of No Return.” Once the largest leper colony in the world, it stands today as a stark reminder of life in the Philippines when leprosy was still an incurable disease, and a testament to how leprosy was eradicated not just in the Philippines but in the entire world. It shows how technology and advances in medicine have improved and changed the way we live today. 4 Culion was selected as the containment area of all those with leprosy in the Philippines during the American period. At that time, leprosy was incurable and the only way to stop its spread was to isolate all those afflicted with the disease. People with leprosy were rounded up like criminals to be sent to the island, most certainly to die given that there was no cure. 7 The government apprehended lepers, detained them and sent them for isolation on the island on ships every three months. 25 years after its founding, 16,138 lepers were patients on Culion’s roster, making it the largest leper colony in the world in its time. The large number of patients also made Culion a natural choice for scientists who sought the cure that will eradicate leprosy from the world. 176. When was Culion founded as a leper colony? 177. Why was Culion needed? a. In the Spanish colonial era a. Leprosy was unsightly and people preferred to have lepers hidden away. b. In the pre-Hispanic era b. Researchers needed subjects for the new cures they were c. In the post-World War 2 era creating. d. The American period c. To stop the spread of leprosy, which was incurable. d. Lepers were not contributing to society, so they were sent to work in the island. 178. What does the word “roster” in line 8, most nearly 179. Why was Culion referred to as the “Island of No mean? Return?” a. List a. All people who visit the island never come back. b. Hospital b. When lepers got treated in Culion, their diseases never returned. c. Prison c. The government executed lepers in the island for the good d. Wage Bill of the general public. d. Lepers who were contained in the island were expected to die there of their disease or of natural causes. 180. From the passage, it can be inferred that ________. a. Culion is no longer a leper colony. b. Lepers still form the majority of the population in Culion. c. Culion is now a major research center for the treatment of leprosy. d. The government created new leper colonies in response to increasing leper populations. PUPCET Practice Test 1 PASSAGE 2: Valentine-by Carol Ann Duffy. 1 Not a red rose or a satin heart. 2 I give you an onion. It is a moon wrapped in brown paper. It promises light like the careful undressing of love. 6 Here. It will blind you with tears like a lover. It will make your reflection a wobbling photo of grief. 11 I am trying to be truthful. 12 Not a cute card or a kissogram.** 13 I give you an onion. Its fierce kiss will stay on your lips, possessive and faithful as we are, for as long as we are. 18 Take it. Its platinum loops shrink to a wedding ring, if you like. 21 Lethal. Its scent will cling to your fingers, cling to your knife. **A person sent to kiss another person on behalf of a lover on special occasions like Valentine’s. 181. Why did the author place the line “Not a red rose or a satin heart,” 182. What do lines 7-8 refer to? before line 1? a. The tears that their relationship will cause. a. To show her dislike for all forms of love b. The tears that onions induce in people b. To contrast with the unusual symbol of love that is the onion c. Tears caused by infidelity c. To convey her preference for a less romantic sort of love d. Jealousy and fighting between the in-laws d. To preclude the references to it in the lines 21-23 183. Lines 13-15 and line 22 show that one reason the author used the onion 184. How does the poem flow from beginning to end? for her metaphor is _________. a. It starts with a broken relationship that eventually descends into murder. a. Because it turns foul quickly, as love eventually does. b. It starts with an insulting symbol and ends with a threatening symbol. b. Because it induces tears, like a quarrel between lovers. c. It begins with the enchanting first encounters with love and descends into c. Because the onion provides shock value. possessiveness, and finally, conflict. d. Because the smell of an onion clings, just as lovers cling to each other and d. It starts and ends with condescending references to naïve love. their memories. 185. What do lines 4-5, shown below, symbolize? 186. Why does the author mention the word knife in line 23? “It promises light, like the careful undressing of love.” a. To show the relationship between the knife and the onion a. It symbolizes the pleasant first adventures and experiences of love. b. To end on a grim tone b. It symbolizes unbridled lust. c. To represent the escalating of conflict between the lovers c. It is meant to be a literal representation of an onion d. To hint that the lovers killed each other and their children d. It symbolizes the naïve lovers PUPCET Practice Test 1 PASSAGE 3: Adapted from Richard Heller of Forbes.com. http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0319/034.html 1 Swedish snapshot A: Shows a taxed-to-the-eyeballs welfare state where the government grabs more than 52% of the country’s GDP—the highest percentage of any industrial country. A Swedish businessman who earns Euro 200,000 a year gets to keep just 49% of his paycheck. Of OECD countries, only France comes close to Sweden in taxing its most successful businesspeople. 4 Swedish snapshot B: Shows a booming economy bubbling with entrepreneurial activity. Growth is predicted to be 3.5% for 2001; inflation, 1.7%; unemployment, 4% (less than half the European average). In 1999, according to the European Information Technology Observatory, Sweden ranked first in the world in investment in information technology and telecommunications. Venture capital is pouring into Sweden, and labo r productivity is rocketing: From 1990 to 1999 productivity climbed 47% in Sweden, against 39% in the U.S. and 31% (on average) in the EU. Last year, Sweden topped the global standings in R&D spending as a percentage of GDP with 3.7% (in the U.S. it was 3.1%), according to the OECD. How to reconcile snapshots A and B? Is Sweden a bloated welfare state? Or a People’s Republic of Entrepreneurs? 10 The answer is that it’s a mixture of both. But the entrepreneurial part of the mix is rapidly gaining ascendancy. One yardstick is the number of business startups. They averaged 29,000 a year between 1984 and 1989 and 36,000 between 1994 and 1999, an increase of nearly 25%. Cradle-to-grave security is the rule in Sweden, and has been since the early 1950s (the country went socialist in 1932). Go on the dole in Sweden, for example, and you can get 80% of your last job’s pay for at least five years. Like to fish? The government will put you in a twelve -month program to learn how to be a fishing guide. Health care is free. So is education; Hence those obscenely high taxes. 15 Less well known, however, is that starting in the early 1990s, Sweden finally woke up to the fact that to be successful, a country needs entre preneurs. No entrepreneurs, no new businesses. No new businesses, rising unemployment. Rising unemployment, politicians looking for new jobs—or new careers. Deciding that they like their jobs, a new generation of Swedish Social Democrats has created a much more friendly environment for business. Sweden is not a capitalistic heaven on earth, but it’s not the hell on earth for entrepreneurs that it was until a few years ago. 187. The Swedish government taxes what percent of the country’s GDP? 188. How does “Swedish Snapshot A” contrast with “Swedish Snapshot B?” a. 47% a. Snapshot A portrays Sweden negatively, while Snapshot B b. 49% portrays it positively. c. 52% b. Snapshots A and B portray Sweden as Communistic in nature. d. 39% c. Snapshot B provides a positive interpretation of the data in Snapshot A. d. Snapshot B and B provide balanced portrayals of Sweden. 189. How does Snapshot B support the fact that Sweden is a booming 190. Why does the author refer to Sweden as a “People’s Republic of economy? Entrepreneurs?” a. By relaying anecdotes on the Swedish economy. a. To present Sweden as a model of an ideal, egalitarian society. b. By directly contrasting it with Snapshot A. b. To show Swedish totalitarianism. c. By providing statistics. c. To discredit Sweden. d. By quoting expert opinion. d. To compare Sweden to a socialist state. 191. How does the author respond to the questions posed at the end of line 192.What happened to the number of startups between 1984 and 1999? 9? a. It increased steadily a. By saying that Snapshot B is correct b. It increased exponentially b. By stating that it is a amalgamation of both descriptions c. It stagnated c. By dismissing both statements as erroneous. d. It decreased slowly d. By qualifying both statements as true on different levels. 193. According to the passage, why are taxes high in Sweden? 194. According to line 15, what does a country need to be successful? a. Because of the high number of entrepreneurs a. Taxes b. Because funding for its business ventures is required b. Entrepreneurs c. Because health care and education is free. c. Bureaucrats d. Because Sweden needs to fund its military d. GDP growth 195. How did the Swedish Social Democrats respond to the new needs of 196. From lines 17-18, it can be inferred that ______. Sweden? a. The Swedes returned to socialism a few years ago. a. It democratized society. b. The Swedish Social Democrats cemented their hold on b. It lowered taxes back to normal levels for industrial countries. government by abolishing other parties. c. It created a more business friendly atmosphere. c. Entrepreneurs are starting to have a more difficult time doing d. It gave jobs to entrepreneurs in government. business. d. The Swedes learned to construct a compromise between the extremes of socialism and capitalism. PUPCET Practice Test 1 PASSAGE 4A: Taken from Emily Anthes, the New York Times. March 9, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/opinion/sunday/dont-be-afraid- of-genetic-modification.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 1 If patience is a virtue, then AquaBounty, a Massachusetts biotech company, might be the most virtuous entity on the planet. 2 In 1993, the company approached the Food and Drug Administration about selling a genetically modified salmon that grew faster than normal fish. In 1995, AquaBounty formally applied for approval. Last month, more than 17 years later, the public comment period, one of the last steps in the approval process, was finally supposed to conclude. But the F.D.A. has extended the deadline — members of the public now have until late April to submit their thoughts on the AquAdvantage salmon. It’s just one more delay in a process that’s dragged on far too long. 6 The AquAdvantage fish is an Atlantic salmon that carries two foreign bits of DNA: a growth hormone gene from the Chinook salmon that is under the control of a genetic “switch” from the ocean pout, an eel-like fish that lives in the chilly deep. Normally, Atlantic salmon produce growth hormone only in the warm summer months, but these genetic adjustments let the fish churn it out year round. As a result, the AquAdvantage salmon typically reach their adult size in a year and a half, rather than three years. 10 If the modified fish is approved, which could still happen later this year, it will be the first transgenic animal to officia lly enter the human food supply. Appropriately, it has been subjected to rigorous reviews, with scientists all over the country weighing in on whether it is fit for human consumption and what might happen if it was to make its way into the wild. Some environmentalists fear that the modified salmon might wriggle free from fish farms, start reproducing, and ultimately drive wild salmon populations to extinction. But scientists, including the F.D.A.’s experts, have concluded that the fish is just as safe to eat as conventional salmon and that, raised in isolated tanks, it poses little risk to wild populations. 16 This decision isn’t meant to be made quickly; due scientific diligence requires time. But some suspect that political considerations have played a role in drawing the approval process out to tortuous lengths. Many of the members of Congress who oppose the modified fish represent states with strong salmon industries. And some nonprofit groups seem to be opposing the modified salmon reflexively, as part of an agenda to opp ose all animal biotechnology, regardless of its safety or potential benefits. 20 We should all be rooting for the agency to do the right thing and approve the AquAdvantage salmon. It’s a healthy and relatively cheap food source that, as global demand for fish increases, can take some pressure off our wild fish stocks. But most important, a rejection will have a chilling effect on biotechnological innovation in this country. 23 Some scientists may move abroad, to China, Argentina, India or another nation where the political climate is more favorable. (Indeed, some have already done so — researchers at the University of California, Davis, who have developed goats whose modified milk could be used to treat and prevent childhood diarrhea, are moving much of their operation to Brazil.) Others may decide not to pursue such research at all. If a company that has done everything right can’t get its product approved, who else will be foolish enough to embark upon this kind of research? Who wi ll finance it? Of course, all this would be just fine with some anti-biotech groups, which traffic in scare tactics rather than science. But it shouldn’t be fine with the rest of us. 29 The F.D.A. must make sure that other promising genetically modified animals don’t come to the same end. Of course every application needs to be painstakingly evaluated, and not every modified animal should be approved. But in cases like AquaBounty’s, where all the avai lable evidence indicates that the animals are safe, we shouldn’t let political calculations or unfounded fears keep these products off the market. If we do that, we’ll be closing the door on innovations that could help us face the public health and environmental threats of the future, saving countless animals — and perhaps ourselves. PASSAGE 4B: Taken from Helen Wallace. The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/zurichfuturology/story/0,,1920348,00.html 1 Should we improve our genetic make-up so we live longer, healthier lives? At first, the answer to this question may seem obvious - we all dream of winning the battle against ageing. But the idea of genetic improvement is deeply flawed. 3 The term "eugenics" was first coined by France Galton in 1883 to mean 'truly' or 'purely' born. It was later developed as 'th e science of the improvement of the human race by better breeding'. Galton's many disciples believed that traits such as intelligence, feeblemindedness, criminality, alco holism and prostitution were all caused by genes passed on by parents to successive generations. Eugenicists developed research programmes into all these conditions, as well as medical conditions such as deafness, blindness, depression, cancer and schizophrenia. They also lobbied for compulsory sterilisation and incarceration of the genetically unfit and, eventually, in Nazi Germany, for euthanasia. 8 Modern genetics has improved our understanding of genetic disorders such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. However, there are also important debates about the extent to which prenatal screening programmes prejudge the value of disabled people's lives. Genetic research into more complex conditions - such as heart disease - can sometimes help to find clues about the biological mechanisms underlying such diseases. In addition, a high risk of some rare familial forms of cancer - including about 5% of breast cancer cases - have been traced to mutations in particular genes, passed from one generation to the next. But genetic research has not delivered the much-promised 'genetic revolution' in health - the prediction and prevention of common diseases in most people - or an explanation of intelligence, criminality, heart disease or schizophrenia. 14 What more and more research has shown is that the underlying assumptions of eugenics - that some people are born genetically superior to others - are simply wrong. For example, the growing global epidemic of obesity is caused by overeating and lack of exercise, not by an increase in 'genes for obesity'. Of more than 600 obesity genes that have been identified, only a handful have been relevant to just a small number of families with children who are unusually obese. This relative unimportance of genetic factors limits the potential of human genetic engineering to improve our quality of life. Even for those relatively rare conditions known as genetic disorders, the genetic mutation does not determine a person's quality of life or their other attributes and value as a human being. PUPCET Practice Test 1 20 Genetic research can sometimes help to find new treatments for disease, and today's experimental gene therapy (known as 'somatic gene therapy') may one day become safe enough to treat some people with serious conditions - but this is not the same as altering the genetic make-up that an individual passes on to their children and their grandchildren. 23 Changing genetic make-up (known as 'germline gene therapy') would involve enormous risks, experimenting on mothers and unborn babies, and would have unpredictable biological consequences which are passed to future generations. As most conditions are affected by many complex interactions between our biology and our environment, there is also likely to be little benefit to this approach. 26 Genetic enhancement is a dangerous fantasy, which distracts us from the real issues affecting our quality of life. According to the United Nations, poverty is still the world's biggest killer. A billion people are suffering from malnutrition and another billion are threate ning their health by eating too much saturated fat and sugar. Many of the latter are also poor people, living in cities in developing countries, or on our own housing estates. Genetic engineering isn't going to help them - tackling the global fast food industry, agricultural subsidies and other social and environmental factors might. 197. Passage A tackles what kind of salmon? 198. According to Passage A, what is the F.D.A.’s stance on the safety of genetically modified salmon for raising and consumption? a. Norwegian b. Pacific a. It could be unsafe for consumption in some isolated cases. c. Atlantic b. It is totally safe for consumption and may be bred alongside d. Antarctic normal salmon. c. It is unsafe for consumption and will be banned. d. It is safe for consumption, but should be bred in isolated areas. 199. What did the genetic adjustment do to the salmon? 200. It can be inferred from lines 16-19 of Passage A that the process is taking longer than it should because of __________. a. It accelerated growth. b. It made the salmon disease-proof. a. Public protests on the issue c. It made salmon breeding in warm water possible. b. Political opposition d. It increased the average salmon size and weight fourfold. c. Lack of investors d. Movement of researchers to foreign countries 201. What is the example given of researchers moving to foreign countries to 202. Why does the author of Passage A give emphasis to the last part of line do their work? 32 shown below? a. China, India and Argentina have hired fresh graduates from “…-And perhaps ourselves.” American Universities. b. Some American researchers stopped doing research. a. To underline the importance of developing Bio Engineering c. European anti-Biotech groups hired researchers to do work technology. against Bio Engineering in Switzerland. b. To invoke a sense of urgency in the reader. d. Scientists from the University of California moved to do their work c. To destroy the confidence of readers in the government. in Brazil. d. To link the dangers of Bio Engineering to humans. 203. Who came up with the term eugenics found in line 3 of passage B? 204. What is the main premise of the science of eugenics? a. Helen Wallace a. That humans with inferior genes should be isolated in islands b. France Galton b. That life is largely determined by genes and inherited traits c. Emily Anthes c. That intelligence and health can never be inherited d. Lloyd Dalton d. That genetics is only a very minor cause of social ills 205. How does the author of Passage B refute the belief of the followers of 206. What is the main idea of Passage B? eugenics? a. Genetic Engineering is dangerous for the environment. a. By flatly dismissing it as insufficiently researched b. Genetic Engineering is not the solution to the world’s problems b. By giving examples of “abnormal” people who succeeded c. The fast food industry and the environment are the major issues of c. By presenting Genetic Engineering as a viable solution the day. d. By explaining how a person’s lifestyle, not genetics, has a bigger d. Eugenics is a dangerous science that should be suppressed. effect on his quality of life. 207. Which of the following is the main difference between Passage A and B? 208. Both authors would agree that Genetic Engineering is ____. a. Passage A talks about Genetic Engineering on animals, while passage B a. Insignificant talks about Genetic Engineering on humans. b. Powerful b. They have identical topics. c. Highly unstable c. Passage A talks about the political implications of science while Passage B d. Unethical talks about how science is used by politics. d. Passage A is hostile to Bio Engineering while Passage B is in support of it. 209. Unlike Passage B, Passage A ______. 210. How would the author of Passage B react to the developments in Passage A? a. Uses a lot of anecdotes to support her theory b. Portrays politics as an irrelevant force a. With outright rejection, since genetic engineering should be done c. Makes greater use of statistics and data to support her claims away with entirely. d. Generally takes a supportive stance towards genetic engineering b. With caution, since this development in genetics could later be used on humans. c. With unrestrained optimism, since it will solve world hunger. d. With disgust, because of the involvement of politics in science. PUPCET Practice Test 1 PASSAGE 5: Taken from Sam Dillon of the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/04/education/04colleges.html 1 Harvard turned down 1,100 student applicants with perfect 800 scores on the SAT math exam. Yale rejected several applicants with perfect 2400 scores on the three-part SAT, and Princeton turned away thousands of high school applicants with 4.0 grade point averages. Needless to say, high school valedictorians were a dime a dozen. 4 It was the most selective spring in modern memory at America’s elite schools, according to college admissions officers. More applications poured into top schools this admissions cycle than in any previous year on record. Schools have been sending decision letters to student applicants in recent days, and rejection letters have overwhelmingly outnumbered the acceptances. 7 Stanford received a record 23,956 undergraduate applications for the fall term, accepting 2,456 students, meaning the school took 10.3 percent of applicants. 9 Harvard College received applications from 22,955 students, another record, and accepted 2,058 of them, for an acceptance rate of 9 percent. The university called that “the lowest admit rate in Harvard’s history.” Applications to Columbia numbered 18,081, and the college accepted 1,618 of them, for what was certainly one of the lowest acceptance rates this spring at an American university: 8.9 percent. 13 “There’s a sense of collective shock among parents at seeing extraordinarily talented kids getting rejected,” said Susan Gzesh, whose son Max Rothstein is a senior with an exemplary record at the Laboratory School, a private school associated with the University of Chicago. Max a pplied to 12 top schools and was accepted outright only by Wesleyan, New York University and the University of Michigan. 16 “Some of his classmates, with better test scores than his, were rejected at every Ivy League School,” Ms. Gzesh said. 17 The brutally low acceptance rates this year were a result of an avalanche of applications to top schools, which college admissions officials attributed to three factors. First, a demographic bulge is working through the nation’s population — the children of the baby boomers are graduating from high school in record numbers. The federal Department of Education projects that 3.2 million students will graduate from high school this spring, compared with 3.1 million last year and 2.4 million in 1993. (The statistics project that the number of high school graduates will peak in 2008.) Another factor is that more high school students are enrolling in college immediately after high school. In the 1970s, less than half of all high school graduates went directly to college, compared with more than 60 percent today, said David Hawkins, a director at the National Association of College Admission Counseling. 23 The third trend driving the frantic competition is that the average college applicant applies to many more colleges than in p ast decades. In the 1960s, fewer than 2 percent of college freshmen had applied to six or more colleges, whereas in 2006 more than 2 percent reported having applied to 11 or more, according to The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall 2006, an annual report on a continuing long -term study published by the University of California, Los Angeles. 27 “Multiple applications per student,” Mr. Hawkins said, “is a factor that exponentially crowds the college admissions environment.” One reason that students are filing more applications is the increasing use of the Common Application, a form that can be completed and filed via the Internet. 30 The ferocious competition at the most selective schools has not affected the overall acceptance rate at the rest of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges and universities, which accept an average of 70 percent of applicants. 32 “That overall 70 percent acceptance rate hasn’t changed since the 1980s,” Mr. Hawkins said. 33 But with more and more students filling out ever more applications, schools like the California Institute of Technology recei ved a record number of applications this year — 3,595, or 8 percent more than last year — and admitted 576 students. Among so many talented applicants, a prospective student with perfect SAT scores was not unusual, said Jill Perry, a Caltech spokeswoman. 37 “The successful students have to have shown some passion for science and technology in high school or their personal life,” M s. Perry said. “That means creating a computer system for your high school, or taking a tractor apart and putting it back together.” 39 The competition was ferocious not only at the top universities, but at selective small colleges, like Williams, Bowdoin and Amherst, all of which reported record numbers of applications. 41 Amherst received 6,668 applications and accepted 1,167 students for its class of 2011, compared with the 4,491 applications and 1,030 acceptance letters it sent for the class of 2002 nine years ago, said Paul Statt, an Amherst spokesman. 43 “Many of us who went to Amherst three decades ago know we couldn’t get in now; I know I couldn’t,” said Mr. Statt, who graduated from Amherst in 1978. 211. According to the passage, Harvard College has an acceptance rate of 212. What does the phrase “a dime a dozen,” used to describe valedictorian ____%. applicants in line 3, most nearly mean? a. 8 a. Hard to find b. 5 b. Common c. 3 c. In high demand d. 9 d. Cheap 213. Why were parents shocked by the results of the previous admissions 214. Which of the following is not mentioned as a contributing factor to the cycle?