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Section 1
LR
Logical Reasoning
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Police chief: This department's officers are,...
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Jake: Companies have recently introduced...
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A study of the dietary habits of a group of people...
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Chemical-company employee: A conservation...
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Journalist: A recent study showed that people...
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A company that imports and sells collectibles...
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The photographs that the store developed were...
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When weeding a vegetable garden, one should not...
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Doctor: It would benefit public health if junk...
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Large deposits of the rare mineral nahcolite...
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Editor: When asked to name a poet...
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One should apologize only to a person one has...
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A small collection of copper-alloy kitchen...
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Investigators have not proved that the forest...
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To reduce the mosquito population in a resort...
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Roxanne promised Luke that she would finish...
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Politician: A major social problem is children...
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Editorial: In order to encourage personal...
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The goblin fern, which requires a thick layer of...
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Medical reporter: Studies have consistently...
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Essayist: Winners of a Nobel prize for science,...
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Company president: Most of our best sales...
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Anthropologist: Every human culture has...
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In an effort to reduce underage drinking, the...
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Literary critic: A folktale is a traditional...
Section 2
RC
Reading Comprehension · Exp.
Passage 1
Over the past 50 years, expansive, low-density - communities - have...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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According to the passage, the New Urbanists...
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The passage most strongly suggests that the New...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Which one of the following, if true, would most...
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The passage most strongly suggests that which...
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The second paragraph most strongly supports...
Passage 2
Passage A - In ancient Greece, Aristotle documented the ability of...
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The passages have which one of the following...
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Which one of the following statements most...
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Which one of the following statements is most...
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It can be inferred from the passages that the...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
Passage 3
Most scholars of Mexican American history mark César Chávez's...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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The author uses the word - "immediacy" - (last...
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The second sentence of the passage functions...
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The passage indicates that the early - actos - of...
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It can be inferred from the passage that Valdez...
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Based on the passage, it can be concluded that...
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The information in the passage most strongly...
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The passage most strongly supports which one of...
Passage 4
In October 1999, the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia...
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As described in the passage, the uplift fee...
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The passage states which one of the following?...
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The author's main purpose in the passage is to...
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Which one of the following is given by the...
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The phrase - "gaining disproportionately from...
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According to the passage, the LRCWA's report...
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Which one of the following, if true, most...
Section 3
RC
Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
The prevailing trend in agriculture toward massive and highly...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Based on the information in the passage, which...
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According to the passage, "pick-your-own"...
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The author of the passage is primarily...
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The passage provides the most support for...
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According to the passage, Whatley advocates...
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Which one of the following inferences is most...
Passage 2
When Jayne Hinds Bidaut saw her first tintype, she was so struck by its...
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In the context of the third paragraph, the...
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Based on the passage, which one of the following...
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Information in the passage most helps to answer...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Which one of the following is most analogous to...
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Based on the information in the passage, it can...
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The reasoning by which, according to the...
Passage 3
Passage A is from a 2007 article on the United States patent system;...
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Which one of the following pairs would be most...
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Which one of the following is mentioned in...
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Which one of the following comes closest to...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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The authors of the passages would be most likely...
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In terms of what it alludes to, - "this same...
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Which one of the following, if true, would cast...
Passage 4
Calvaria major - is a rare but once-abundant tree found on the island of...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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The author indicates that Temple's research on...
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In saying that Temple's supporting evidence...
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The passage indicates which one of the...
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It can be most logically inferred from the...
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Based on the passage, it can be inferred that the...
Section 4
LR
Logical Reasoning
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Scientists generally believe that no deep-sea...
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For house painting, acrylic paints are an...
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Letter to the editor: You have asserted that...
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Statistical records of crime rates probably...
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Physiologist: The likelihood of developing...
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A first-term board member should not be on the...
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Most respondents to a magazine survey who had...
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To qualify as a medical specialist, one must...
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Archaeologists are currently analyzing plant...
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In a test of fuel efficiency, car X and car Y...
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Plumb-Ace advertises that its plumbers are...
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Historian: The early Egyptian pharaohs spent...
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The proposed change to the patent system is...
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Every time people get what they want they feel...
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Linguist: You philosophers say that we...
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Salespeople always steer customers toward...
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Because no other theory has been able to predict...
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Computer store manager: Last year we made an...
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Professor: Economists argue that buying...
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Unusually large and intense forest fires swept...
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If Skiff's book is published this year,...
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If the magazine's circulation continues to...
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Botanist: In an experiment, scientists raised...
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Parents who consistently laud their children...
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Pauline: Some environmentalists claim that...

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