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Section 1
LR
Logical Reasoning
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Children should be discouraged from reading...
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Archaeologist: How did the Parthenon's...
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Editorial: The government should not fund any...
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Scientist: Rattlesnakes prey on young...
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Critic: Fillmore, an influential television...
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While grapefruit juice is a healthy drink, it...
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A landlord needed to replace the...
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Editorial: Our political discussions tend to...
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Many calcium supplements contain lead, a...
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Principle: People should buy an expensive...
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PT142.S1.Q11
Critic: In her presentation of important works...
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Archaeologists are discovering a great deal...
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Community organizations wanting to enhance...
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Currently, no satellite orbiting Earth is at...
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Researcher: - Salmonella - bacteria are a major...
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Debater: As a pedagogical practice, lecturing...
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How the pigment known as Han purple was...
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Medical researcher: A survey of more than 1...
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If temperatures had dropped below freezing...
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If the city builds the proposed convention...
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In a study, pairs of trained dogs were placed...
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A study of 20,000 20- to 64-year-olds found that...
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Geologist: The dominant view that petroleum...
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Any driver involved in an accident leading to...
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Student: If a person has an immunity to...
Section 2
LR
Logical Reasoning · Exp.
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Mary to Jamal: You acknowledge that as the...
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Since there is no survival value in an animal's...
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Commentator: If a political administration is...
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The legislature is considering a proposed bill...
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Vandenburg: This art museum is not adhering to...
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Over the last five years, every new major...
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Talbert: Chess is beneficial for school-age...
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Marcia: Not all vegetarian diets lead to...
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Musicologist: Classification of a musical...
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In a vast ocean region, phosphorus levels have...
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Psychologists observing a shopping mall...
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Shark teeth are among the most common...
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Critic: Photographers, by deciding which...
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Geologists recently discovered marks that...
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Often a type of organ or body structure is the...
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Engineer: Thermophotovoltaic generators are...
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Herbalist: While standard antibiotics...
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To find out how barn owls learn how to determine...
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As often now as in the past, newspaper...
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When people show signs of having a heart attack...
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A government study indicates that raising...
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Psychiatrist: In treating first-year...
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Every brick house on River Street has a front...
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Historian: It is unlikely that someone would...
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A recent poll revealed that most students at our...
Section 3
RC
Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors,...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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In which one of the following circumstances...
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The word " - noses - " (first sentence of the third...
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The passage provides the most support for which...
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The author would be most likely to hold which one...
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Which one of the following is most analogous to...
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The last paragraph most strongly supports...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
Passage 2
"Stealing thunder" is a courtroom strategy that consists in a lawyer's...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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It can be most reasonably inferred from the...
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Which one of the following does the author...
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The author discusses the " - cognitive framework...
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The author's attitude regarding stealing...
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The author's characterization of stealing...
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By saying that certain studies have suggested...
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The passage most strongly implies that many...
Passage 3
Passage A - To a neuroscientist, you are your brain; nothing causes your...
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Both passages are concerned with answering...
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Which one of the following concepts plays a role...
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One purpose of the reference by the author of...
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Passage B differs from passage A in that passage...
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Which one of the following arguments is most...
Passage 4
This passage is adapted from a review of a 1991 book. - In a recent study,...
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According to the passage, the League of United...
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It can be inferred from the passage that García...
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The passage suggests that García assumes which...
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It can be inferred that the author of the passage...
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The author of the passage expresses...
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The passage supports which one of the following...
Section 4
LR
Logical Reasoning
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Ming: Since trans fat is particularly...
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Historian: During the Industrial Revolution,...
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The master plan for the new park calls for the...
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Paleontologists had long supposed that the...
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Government official: Although the...
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Scientist: There is a lot of concern that human...
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In a study of heart patients awaiting treatment...
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PT142.S4.Q8
Given the shape of the hip and foot bones of the...
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People are usually interested in, and often...
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In 2005, paleontologist Mary Schweitzer made...
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A university professor researching sleep...
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Prime minister: Our nation's government...
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Mayor: To keep our neighborhoods clean, every...
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Journalist: It is unethical for journalists to...
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Economist: Many of my colleagues are arguing...
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Most commentators on Baroque painting...
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Under the legal doctrine of jury...
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Pharmacist: A large study of people aged 65–81...
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The recent concert was probably not properly...
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Economist: Global recessions can never be...
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Letter to the editor: When your newspaper...
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Fish with teeth specialized for scraping algae...
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The constitution of Country F requires that...
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The makers of Activite, a natural dietary...
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Of the citizens who disapprove of the prime...
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Bird watcher: The decrease in the...

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