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Section 1
LR
Logical Reasoning
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PT140.S1.Q1
Several years ago, most of one country's large...
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PT140.S1.Q2
Accountant: The newspaper industry...
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PT140.S1.Q3
Peter: Recent evidence suggests that moderate...
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PT140.S1.Q4
Consultant: Children taught using innovative...
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PT140.S1.Q5
Essayist: If Earth's population continues to...
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PT140.S1.Q6
A recent taste test reveals that most people...
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PT140.S1.Q7
Ethicist: Robert Gillette has argued that...
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PT140.S1.Q8
Many uses have been claimed for hypnosis, from...
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PT140.S1.Q9
Records from 1850 to 1900 show that in a certain...
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PT140.S1.Q10
Vincent: No scientific discipline can study...
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PT140.S1.Q11
Although large cities are generally more...
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PT140.S1.Q12
Climatologist: Over the coming century,...
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PT140.S1.Q13
Animal feed should not include genetically...
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PT140.S1.Q14
Some philosophers explain visual perception...
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PT140.S1.Q15
Greatly exceeding the recommended daily...
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PT140.S1.Q16
At the end of 1997 several nations stated that...
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PT140.S1.Q17
If a motor is sound-insulated, then it is quiet...
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PT140.S1.Q18
Mayor: A huge protest against plans to build a...
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PT140.S1.Q19
One should not intentionally misrepresent...
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Adjusted for inflation, the income earned from...
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Lawyer: If you take something that you have good...
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From time to time there is a public outcry...
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If the prosecutor wanted to charge Frank with...
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Pediatrician: Swollen tonsils give rise to...
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It is unethical for government officials to use...
Section 2
LR
Logical Reasoning · Exp.
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PT140.S2.Q1
The quantity and type of pollution that entered...
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Depression is a serious problem for residents...
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Humorous television advertisements are the...
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Physician: Stories of people developing...
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Sharita: Anyone who owns a cat should have it...
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Detective: People who repeatedly commit...
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If grain prices double then the average price of...
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Mark: The decongestant drug Zokaz was...
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CEO: We have been falsely criticized for not...
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A recent study showed that people who address...
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A science class stored one selection of various...
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Though Earth's human population is...
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Consultant: The dramatic improvements in...
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Professor: The most important function of epic...
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Letter to the editor: You say that if the...
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Some heartburn-medication advertisements...
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We can be sure that at least some halogen lamps...
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Psychologists have found that the...
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Viewers surveyed immediately after the...
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Recent medical and anthropological data show...
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Editor: Most of the books of fiction we have...
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If the budget does not allow for more dairy...
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Company president: Almost every really...
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Biologist: Scientists have discovered...
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At one time, many astronomers assumed that...
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People may praise the talent of a painter...
Section 3
LR
Logical Reasoning
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PT140.S3.Q1
Advertisement: GreenBank gives all of its...
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Klein: The fact that the amount of matter that we...
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When chimpanzees become angry at other...
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The Magno-Blanket is probably able to relieve...
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Some people believe that advertising is...
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Many high school students interested in...
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More pedestrian injuries occur at crosswalks...
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John of Worcester, an English monk, recorded...
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Anyone believing that no individual can have an...
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Company president: Whenever you subcontract...
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Secondary school students achieve broad...
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Consumer advocate: Even if one can of fruit or...
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Several three-year-olds who had learned to...
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Some theorists argue that literary critics...
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Amoebas, like human beings, generally...
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Zoologist: In the Lake Champlain area, as the...
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Science teacher: In any nation, a flourishing...
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A recent magazine article argued that most...
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Auditor: XYZ, a construction company,...
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Taylor: From observing close friends and...
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Prolonged exposure to sulfur fumes...
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Principle: Anyone who has more than one overdue...
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Medical school professor: Most malpractice...
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If the concrete is poured while the ground is...
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New evidence indicates that recent property...
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As advances in medical research and technology...
Section 4
RC
Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
African American painter Sam Gilliam (b. 1933) is internationally...
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In the passage, the author is primarily...
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Which one of the following would come closest to...
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The author mentions a collage artist in the...
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The passage most strongly suggests that...
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The passage says all of the following - except - :...
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The passage suggests that Gilliam would be most...
Passage 2
Passage A is from a source published in 2004 and passage B is from a source...
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Which one of the following pairs of titles would...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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With regard to their respective attitudes...
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Based on what can be inferred from their titles,...
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The passages were most likely taken from which...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Based on passage B, which one of the following is...
Passage 3
In certain fields of human endeavor, such as music, chess, and some...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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Which one of the following can most reasonably...
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Which one of the following does the passage say...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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The passage says that superior chess players do...
Passage 4
Physicists are often asked why the image of an object, such as a chair,...
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The main point of the passage is that an adequate...
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According to the passage, the left-to-right...
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According to the passage, the fact that we are...
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage...
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In the passage the author is primarily...
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With which one of the following statements...
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The author would be most likely to agree with...
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The author mentions the fact that we rarely...

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