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Section 1
LR
Logical Reasoning
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PT147.S1.Q1
After a major toll highway introduced a system...
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PT147.S1.Q2
A lack of trust in one's neighbors leads to their...
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PT147.S1.Q3
In recent decades, government efforts to fight...
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PT147.S1.Q4
If a civilization as technologically advanced...
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PT147.S1.Q5
Recently, many traffic lights and street...
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PT147.S1.Q6
Some have argued that body size influences...
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PT147.S1.Q7
Journalist: The new mayor is undeniably bold....
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PT147.S1.Q8
While studying a large colony of macaque...
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PT147.S1.Q9
Some scientists believe that small humanoid...
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PT147.S1.Q10
The more sunlight our planet reflects back into...
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PT147.S1.Q11
Nick: The Pincus family and their construction...
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PT147.S1.Q12
Ampicillin and other modern antibiotics kill a...
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PT147.S1.Q13
Weingarten claims that keeping animals in zoos...
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PT147.S1.Q14
Activist: President Zagel should resign,...
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PT147.S1.Q15
A popular book argues that people who are...
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PT147.S1.Q16
University president: When a faculty member's...
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PT147.S1.Q17
Politician: Over the next decade, our city will...
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PT147.S1.Q18
A large survey of scientists found that almost...
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PT147.S1.Q19
Any literary translation is a compromise...
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PT147.S1.Q20
Sociologist: Television, telephones, and...
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PT147.S1.Q21
People with higher-than-average blood levels...
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PT147.S1.Q22
Consumer advocate: Economists reason that...
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PT147.S1.Q23
Zoologist: Plants preferentially absorb...
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PT147.S1.Q24
Biologist: Some computer scientists imagine...
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PT147.S1.Q25
Some advertisers offer certain consumers home...
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PT147.S1.Q26
Some eloquent speakers impress their...
Section 2
RC
Reading Comprehension
Passage 1
Passage A - Muscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon. - Most bodybuilders...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q1
Both passages seek an answer to which one of the...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q2
Passage B, but not passage A, seeks to achieve...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q3
Passage B, unlike passage A, suggests that the...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q4
It can be inferred from the passages that the...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q5
Given the style and tone of each passage, which...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q6
The author of passage B would be most likely to...
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PT147.S2.P1.Q7
Which one of the following is explicitly...
Passage 2
Best known for her work with lacquer, Eileen Gray (1878–1976) had a...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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PT147.S2.P2.Q9
Which one of the following comes closest to...
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PT147.S2.P2.Q10
The passage provides information that most...
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PT147.S2.P2.Q11
Information in the passage most helps to answer...
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PT147.S2.P2.Q12
Which one of the following most accurately...
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PT147.S2.P2.Q13
The passage most strongly suggests that which...
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The passage most strongly suggests that the...
Passage 3
It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were utilized by...
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Which one of the following most accurately...
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PT147.S2.P3.Q16
According to the resource-procurement model...
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PT147.S2.P3.Q17
Which one of the following is most clearly an...
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PT147.S2.P3.Q18
The author suggests that which one of the...
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PT147.S2.P3.Q19
In the third paragraph, the author mentions...
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It can be inferred that the author would be more...
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PT147.S2.P3.Q21
Which one of the following comes closest to...
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Which one of the following arguments is most...
Passage 4
A remedy that courts sometimes use in disputes involving a breach of...
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Based on the information in the passage, which...
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PT147.S2.P4.Q24
Based on the passage, the author would be most...
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PT147.S2.P4.Q25
The main purpose of the passage is to...
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PT147.S2.P4.Q26
The passage most strongly suggests that the...
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PT147.S2.P4.Q27
Which one of the following would, if true, most...
Section 3
RC
Reading Comprehension · Exp.
Passage 1
In the last half-century, firefighters in North America have...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q1
The primary purpose of the passage is to...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q2
By " - maintenance burns - " (second-to-last...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q3
Which one of the following sentences would most...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q4
The author cites the factors of topography,...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q5
The passage provides the most support for...
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PT147.S3.P1.Q6
It can be inferred from the passage that the...
Passage 2
The government of Mali passed a law against excavating and exporting...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q7
Which one of the following most accurately...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q8
The passage indicates that some countries have...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q9
The author asks the reader to suppose that Mali...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q10
The author of the passage would be most likely to...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q11
The author of the passage would be most likely to...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q12
The author of the passage would be most likely to...
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PT147.S3.P2.Q13
Which one of the following is an element of the...
Passage 3
The following passage is based on an article published in 1987. - Medical...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q14
The author's primary purpose in the passage is...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q15
The primary purpose of the second paragraph of...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q16
According to the passage, which one of the...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q17
Suppose two medical treatments are being...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q18
Which one of the following most accurately...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q19
As used in the third sentence of the third...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q20
According to the passage, which one of the...
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PT147.S3.P3.Q21
The author's argument in the third and fourth...
Passage 4
Passage A - In 1994, Estonia became the first country to introduce a "flat...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q22
Both passages are concerned with answering...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q23
Both passages seek to advance their arguments...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q24
Which one of the following, if true of countries...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q25
Which one of the following is a conclusion for...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q26
The authors of the two passages would be most...
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PT147.S3.P4.Q27
Which one of the following, if true, would be the...
Section 4
LR
Logical Reasoning
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PT147.S4.Q1
Cool weather typically weakens muscle power in...
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PT147.S4.Q2
Acme's bank loan must be immediately repaid in...
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PT147.S4.Q3
Hospital patients generally have lower...
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PT147.S4.Q4
Economist: Unemployment will soon decrease....
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PT147.S4.Q5
Marisa: Existing zoning regulations must be...
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PT147.S4.Q6
Scientist: Laboratory animals have access to...
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PT147.S4.Q7
Trade negotiator: Increasing economic...
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PT147.S4.Q8
Whenever an artist endowed with both a high...
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PT147.S4.Q9
Cereal advertisement: Fitness experts say...
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PT147.S4.Q10
Journalist: Some critics argue that as the...
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PT147.S4.Q11
Linguist: Three of the four subfamilies of the...
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PT147.S4.Q12
West: Of our company's three quality control...
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PT147.S4.Q13
While playing a game with a ball, both Emma and...
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PT147.S4.Q14
Psychology researchers observed that parents...
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PT147.S4.Q15
Many scholars claim that Shakespeare's...
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PT147.S4.Q16
Voter: Our prime minister is evidently seeking...
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PT147.S4.Q17
It is pointless to debate the truth of the law of...
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PT147.S4.Q18
Pundit: For many high school graduates,...
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PT147.S4.Q19
Archaeologist: Neanderthals, a human-like...
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PT147.S4.Q20
Edgar: Some of the pumps supplying water to our...
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PT147.S4.Q21
Only engineering is capable of analyzing the...
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PT147.S4.Q22
After a hepadnavirus inserts itself into a...
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PT147.S4.Q23
The diet of - Heliothis subflexa - caterpillars...
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PT147.S4.Q24
Politician: Democracy requires that there be...
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PT147.S4.Q25
One way to compare chess-playing programs is to...

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