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Section 1
Verbal Reasoning

34 Questions Time: 20 minutes

This section has two parts with two different question types. You may write in the test
booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer
sheet.

Part One – Synonyms

Each question includes a word in capital letters followed by four one-word answer
choices. Choose the answer choice that is most nearly the same in meaning as the
capitalized word.

SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer:

(A) (B) (C) (D)
CELEBRATE:

(A) drain
(B) party
(C) push
(D) support

Part Two – Sentence Completions

Each question is a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word or phrase is
needed to complete the sentence. Choose the answer choice that best completes the
meaning of the sentence as a whole.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Sample Answer:

(A) (B) (C) (D)
The farmers did not want the ------- farm equipment.

(A) famous
(B) free
(C) damaged
(D) new
(A) (B) (C) (D)

While many people have tried to swim across the river,

few have -------.

(A) cried upon completion

(B) joined the club
(C) paddled backwards
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Part One - Synonyms

Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.

1. ACTIVATE: 6. IMPLODE:
(A) encourage (A) collapse
(B) foster (B) devise
(C) prevent (C) fatten
(D) trigger (D) weaken

2. COUNSEL: 7. NOURISH:
(A) accept (A) applaud
(B) advise (B) comfort
(C) bandage (C) season
(D) trick (D) strengthen

3. PERSEVERE: 8. ENGULF:
(A) account (A) carve
(B) continue (B) combine
(C) favor (C) drape
(D) watch (D) surround

4. SPECULATE: 9. DETAIN:
(A) forget (A) discover
(B) guess (B) dislike
(C) protect (C) hold
(D) write (D) remember

5. BURDEN: 10. STATIONARY:

(A) captivate (A) familiar
(B) load (B) fixed
(C) partner (C) rough
(D) scurry (D) vanish

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11. CAPTIVATING: 16. ABODE:

(A) dominating (A) brick
(B) fascinating (B) pass
(C) holey (C) program
(D) systematic (D) residence

12. DELUDE: 17. VIRTUOUS:

(A) deceive (A) grateful
(B) flood (B) honorable
(C) offend (C) impressive
(D) worship (D) snobby

13. INNOVATION:
(A) alteration
(B) counterfeit
(C) disorder
(D) exhilaration

14. AJAR:
(A) blocked
(B) protected
(C) ragged
(D) unlatched

15. DEFY:
(A) challenge
(B) damage
(C) discovery
(D) possess

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Part Two - Sentence Completion

Directions: Select the word that best completes the sentence.

18. The unique animal life of the Galápagos 21. Jane did not have enough eggs for the
Islands ------- many tourists to visit this recipe so she decided to ------- by
famous archipelago. substituting apple sauce instead.
(A) discourages (A) advise
(B) draws (B) conceal
(C) masks (C) improvise
(D) patterns (D) sustain

19. Corey’s grandmother ------- that he finish 22. Standing on the edge of the canyon, I gazed
eating all his dinner vegetables; she believes down into the exquisite, silvery crevices,
all her grandchildren should have at least feeling overflowed with -------.
one well-balanced meal each day. (A) awe
(A) benefited (B) grief
(B) insisted (C) pity
(C) supposed (D) woe
(D) vowed
23. Jaime loved the fast-paced life of college,
20. Although natural gas is odorless, fuel but at times she missed her childhood
companies often add sulfur, a foul-smelling home's ------- atmosphere.
compound, to their product so that people (A) anxious
can ------- gas leaks.
(B) bustling
(A) dread
(C) chaotic
(B) depress
(D) peaceful
(C) detect
(D) disregard 24. The two paintings were -------; it was
impossible to tell them apart.
(A) distinct
(B) indistinguishable
(C) mysterious
(D) picturesque

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25. A hybrid vegetable is created when plant 29. To increase safety for students, a stop sign
breeders intentionally cross-pollinate two was added to the street to ------- speeding
different plant varieties to create an ------- around the elementary school.
containing the best traits of the two (A) endorse
parents.
(B) hinder
(A) adolescent
(C) persuade
(B) imagination
(D) yield
(C) offspring
(D) origin 30. Though most people in her town frequented
bakeries, Sandra had a wheat allergy, which
26. Moving a center pawn is often considered ensured that -------.
the best opening maneuver in chess (A) her cat was fed only fresh fish
because it ------- pathways for the bishops
and queen to sooner enter the game. (B) bread was not a staple of her diet

(A) ceases (C) she was friendliest with people at the

deli
(B) creates
(D) her seasonal job required her to look
(C) heeds for other work during the fall
(D) treads
31. Although some nature sounds can be
27. The ------- cooing of doves matched the frightening, others are soothing, such as
overcast skies and empty streets that day. -------.
(A) excessive (A) baboons barking and calling
(B) jubilant (B) laughing hyenas fighting over food
(C) mournful (C) a pack of wolves howling in unison
(D) perplexing (D) crickets chirping throughout the night

28. Once a(n) ------- treat, grey wolf sightings 32. The better your paper’s outline is organized,
have become more common as their the more -------.
population has increased.
(A) well-structured your essay will be
(A) exhilarating (B) distinguishable your syntax will be
(B) hazardous (C) flawless your writing mechanics will
(C) infrequent be
(D) terrifying (D) thorough your research must have
been

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33. Despite the commercial flop of her first

book of poems, the writer responded to her
disappointment by -------.
(A) continuing to write
(B) arguing with her agent
(C) feeling sorry for herself
(D) questioning her career choice

34. After studying for tests in the library the

whole day, the student needed a diversion,
so he -------.
(A) took a walk in the park to relax.
(B) emailed his teacher to ask for help.
(C) asked his friends to study with him.
(D) read his textbook to review the
material.

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Section 2
Quantitative Reasoning

38 Questions Time: 35 minutes

In this section, each question is followed by four answer choices. You may write in the
test booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the corresponding bubble on your answer
document.

SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

(A) (B) (C) (D)
What is the value of the expression 2(4 + 1)?

(A) 10
(B) 11
(C) 16
(D) 25

The correct answer is 10, so choice A is darkened.

SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

(A) (B) (C) (D)
What is the perimeter of a square with a side length of 6?

(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 24
(D) 36

The correct answer is 24, so choice C is darkened.

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1. Look at the pattern of numbers and words. 2. Brandon used a number machine. Each
number he put into the machine came out
2 red, 3 blue, 4 green, 5 red, 6 blue, 7 green as a different number according to a rule.
Some examples are shown.
Which number and word continues this
pattern?
(A) 7 red
(B) 8 blue
(C) 8 red
(D) 8 green

Which statement describes the relationship

between the number Brandon put into the
machine and the number that came out of
it?
(A) The number that came out of the
machine was 2 more than the number
he put into it.
(B) The number that came out of the
machine was 2 less than the number
he put into it.
(C) The number that came out of the
machine was 5 more than the number
he put into it.
(D) The number that came out of the
machine was 5 less than the number
he put into it.

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3. Charlie wrote down a number greater than 5. This graph shows the total cost of a large jar
11 but less than 20. When Sean guessed that of strawberry jam at four different stores.
the number was 15, Charlie told him the
number was greater than 15 and a multiple
of 3. What is Charlie’s number?
(A) 12
(B) 16
(C) 18
(D) 21

4. A small piece of material is cut into 4

squares. A large piece of material is cut into
3 times as many squares as the small piece Based on this graph, which conclusion is
of material. How many squares is the large true about the cost of strawberry jam in
piece of material cut into? these stores?

(A) 7 squares (A) The greatest difference in total cost is

between Parker's and Jenner's.
(B) 8 squares
(B) The greatest difference in total cost is
(C) 11 squares between Hannah's and Jenner's.
(D) 12 squares (C) The greatest difference in total cost is
between Drew's and Parker's.
(D) The greatest difference in total cost is
between Jenner's and Drew's.

6. The second number in a pattern is 11, the

third number in the pattern is 19, and the
fourth number in the pattern is 27. What is
the first number in the pattern?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 16
(D) 17

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7. Which fraction is equivalent to 10% ? 10. Use the set of numbers to answer the
1 question.
(A) 1
​

(B) 1
10 ​
{ 12 , 23 , 34 , 45 , 56 }
​ ​ ​ ​ ​

(C) 1
100 ​

Which answer choice best describes this set

(D) 1 of numbers?
1,000 ​

(A) mixed numbers

8. Brenna is solving the expression 8 × 12. (B) prime numbers
She uses the expression (8 × 10) + ( ? ) to
(C) improper fractions
solve the expression.
(D) proper fractions
What is the missing part of Brenna's
expression?
(A) 2
(B) 8
(C) 8+2
(D) 8×2

9. Which statement is true?

25
(A) 25% = 100
​ = 0.25
25
(B) 25% = 100 ​ = 2.50
1
(C) 25% = 25 ​ = 0.25
1
(D) 25% = 25
​
= 2.50

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11. Piper and Raelynn went fishing. Piper 12. Use the figure shown to answer the
catches 14 fish, which is twice the number question.
of fish that Raelynn catches. Which model
represents the numbers of fish that Piper
and Raelynn catch?
(A)

(B)

How many lines of symmetry does this

shape have?
(C)
(A) 8
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 1

13. A number pattern begins with these values.

(D) 5, 10, 15, 20, . . .
According to the pattern, what would be the
predicted sixth value in the list?
(A) 6
(B) 11
(C) 25
(D) 30

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14. Use the number line to answer the question. 16. The bar graph shown represents the
The hash marks are equally distanced. distance 5 runners ran in one week.

What is P equal to?

(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 27
(D) 28

15. Jessica puts the following numbers in a

group together. What is the median distance?
(A) 3 miles
4 16 64
(B) 10 miles

Which is another number that belongs in (C) 20 miles

this group? (D) 25 miles
(A) 18
17. Regan is calculating how much each of her
(B) 21 friends should pay for pizza. She knows the
(C) 150 number of people eating pizza and she
knows the total cost of the pizza. How
(D) 160
would she figure out how much each friend
should pay (p) for pizza?

(A) p = the total cost of pizza − the

number of people eating pizza
(B) p = the total cost of pizza + the
number of people eating pizza
(C) p = the total cost of pizza × the
number of people eating pizza
(D) p = the total cost of pizza ÷ the
number of people eating pizza

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18. Which expression represents "9 times n 21. The table shows the number of wristbands
decreased by 16"? sold at an online store during one week.

(A) 9n − 16
(B) 16 − 9n
(C) 9(n − 16)
(D) n(16 − 9)

19. Ms. Hartmann sold 42 notebooks at her

store on Saturday. Each of her customers
purchased 6 notebooks. How many
notebooks would Ms. Hartmann have sold if
each customer had purchased 7 notebooks
instead of 6 notebooks?
(A) 6
(B) 7
What is the median number of wristbands
(C) 48 sold at the online store during that week?
(D) 49 (A) 370

20. Which whole number is divisible by both 2 (B) 460

and 3 without leaving a remainder? (C) 469
(A) 526 (D) 470
(B) 553
(C) 663
(D) 702

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22. Use the square to answer the question. 24. A carton of milk contains 2.2 liters. Jake
pours two glasses of milk, totaling 12 liter.
​

How much milk is left in the carton?

(A) less than 12 liter
​

(B) more than 1 and less than 1 12 liters

​

(C) more than 1 12 and less than 2 liters

​

(D) more than 2 liters

25. The list shows the number of video games

sold at an online store during one week.

49, 47, 48, 33, 51, 38, 47, 42, 34

What is the area of the shaded region? What is the median number of video games
sold at the online store during that week?
(A) 100 square inches
(A) 51
(B) 60 square inches
(C) 50 square inches
(B) 48
(D) 40 square inches (C) 47
(D) 42
23. Tristina walks 36 of a mile. Kimi walks 10
​
6
of a ​

mile. Which statement shows how to find

the greater fraction?
3 6 6 6
(A) 6 ​ = 12 and 12
​ ​ < 10 ​

3 6 6 6
(B) 6 ​ = 12 and 12
​ ​ > 10 ​

6 3
(C)
10
​ = 5
and 35
​ ​ < 3
6
​

3 1 6 1
(D) 6 ​ < 2 and 10
​ ​ > 2 ​

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26. Garden 1 and Garden 2 will each occupy 1 27. A customer support specialist logged □
acre of land when they are completely telephone calls and ◯ emails in one day. He
planted. The shaded regions of the gardens spent △ minutes supporting each of these
show the parts that have already been
customers.
planted.
Which expression represents the total
amount of time the customer support
specialist spent supporting these
customers?
(A) (□ + ◯) ÷ △
(B) (□ + ◯) + △
(C) (□ + ◯) × △
(D) (□ + ◯) − △

28. The largest square shown below is divided

into small equal squares. The perimeter of
the shaded square is 24 inches.

If the two gardens are combined,

approximately how much of the land has
been planted altogether?
(A) 1
2 acre
​

(B) 5
8
​acre

(C) 1 acre
(D) 4
1 15 acre
​

What is the length of a side of the largest

square?
(A) 6
(B) 12
(C) 18
(D) 24

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29. Ben has a game board like the one shown. 30. Two cubes are shown. Cube A has sides of
length 2 units and Cube B has sides of
length 4 units.

Which expression gives the best estimate of

the number of gray squares that are on 185
of these game boards? How many Cube A’s can fit inside of Cube
B?
(A) 20 × 100
(A) 4
(B) 30 × 100
(B) 8
(C) 20 × 200
(C) 12
(D) 30 × 200
(D) 16

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31. The graph shows three of the four vertices 33. Which diagram represents the distributive
of trapezoid WXYZ. property?
(A) □+△=△+□
(B) □×△=△×□
(C) ⊙(□ × △) = ⊙ × □ × △
(D) ⊙(□+△)=(⊙ × □)+(⊙ × △)

34. A teacher writes the two decimal numbers

shown on the board.

Which statement about these two numbers

is true?
At which location on the coordinate grid
(A) The second number is about 30 times
could point Z be located?
as great as the first number.
(A) (1, 2)
(B) The second number is about 300
(B) (2, 1) times as great as the first number.

(C) (2, 3) (C) The second number is about 40 times

as great as the first number.
(D) (3, 2)
(D) The second number is about 400
times as great as the first number.
32. If ⋄ × □ = □ and ◯ ÷ □ = 0, then which
value is lowest? 35. Celena likes to listen to different types of
music: country, pop, rock, and classical. The
(A) ⋄
probability of selecting a rock song to listen
(B) ◯ to is 3 out of 10. What combination of songs
reflects this probability?
(C) ⋄−◯
(A) 3 rock songs and 10 others
(D) ⋄+◯
(B) 5 rock songs and 9 others
(C) 6 rock songs and 14 others
(D) 7 rock songs and 14 others

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36. The figure shown was made by joining two 37. Use the figure shown to answer the
rectangular prisms. question.

Which expression can be used to find the

total volume of the figure? (V = lwh, How many paths can be drawn from Point A
to Point B if you can only move down or to
where V = volume, l = length, w = width,
the right?
and h = height.)
(A) 3
(A) 6×6×2
(B) 5
(B) (6 × 6 × 2) + (3 × 4 × 2)
(C) 6
(C) (6 × 3 × 2) + (6 × 2 × 2)
(D) 7
(D) (2 × 2 × 6) + (4 × 2 × 3)

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38. The perimeter of the largest polygon is

20 centimeters. The perimeter of the square
is 16 centimeters.

What is the perimeter of the triangle?

(A) 4 centimeters
(B) 8 centimeters
(C) 10 centimeters
(D) 12 centimeters

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Section 3
Reading Comprehension

25 Questions Time: 25 minutes

This section includes five short reading passages. Each passage is followed by five
questions about that passage. Answer the questions based on what is stated in or implied
by the passage. You may write in the test booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the
corresponding bubble on your answer document.

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Questions 1-5

1 Dale Chihuly has become one of the 25 and required more than one person to do
2 most well-known blown-glass artists of our 26 well. Team approaches to glassblowing
3 time. Born in 1941 in Tacoma, Washington, 27 enabled artists to make large and
4 he was first introduced to glass as a medium 28 complicated glass sculptures, which would
5 while studying interior design at the 29 not be possible if done alone.
6 University of Washington. He then went on 30 I had the opportunity to see Chihuly’s
7 to study in the first glass program in the 31 sculptures in person by visiting his
8 country at the Rhode Island School of 32 permanent exhibit, Chihuly Garden and
9 Design. However, his work as a glass artist 33 Glass, in Seattle, Washington. I didn't know
10 was most defined by the techniques he 34 what to expect, but as soon as I entered, I
11 learned during his time working at the 35 was enthralled by the glowing colors,
12 Venini glass factory in Venice, Italy. 36 supernatural shapes, and larger-than-life
13 Over the past 700 years, Venetians 37 installations. Many of his sculptures were
14 have perfected the art of glassblowing. 38 neon snake-like forms and multi-colored
15 In fact, Chihuly was the first American to 39 globes sitting atop black glass floors. They
16 officially study alongside these artisans of 40 resembled glowing sea creatures emerging
17 their craft. During his time there, he 41 from the depths of the sea. There was a
18 learned techniques that had long been 42 beauty to the way that the artist blended
19 secrets to artists elsewhere and virtually 43 natural shapes and supernatural colors. It
20 unknown to American artists. 44 was like nothing I had experienced before,
21 One of the most important skills that he 45 and I quickly understood why Chihuly had
22 learned in Venice was the team approach 46 become so well-regarded in his field and
23 to glassblowing. Glassblowing was often 47 an inspiration to countless others.
24 physically demanding and dangerous,

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1. The primary purpose of this passage is to 5. After studying interior design, Dale
(A) offer the history of the art of glass- Chihuly's experience included which of the
blowing. following?

(B) compare an artist’s style with those of (A) training at the Eugene Academy
past artists. (B) working at the Paris glass factory
(C) critique the works of other glass- (C) studying at the University of Michigan
blowing artists. (D) taking classes at the Rhode Island
(D) tell the life story of an artist and School of Design
express admiration for his art.

2. Which best describes the author's tone in

the last paragraph (lines 30–47)?
(A) curious.
(B) direct.
(C) hesitant.
(D) inspired.

3. The imagery that the author uses to

describe Chihuly’s artwork includes which
of the following descriptions?
(A) frightening
(B) lifeless
(C) shining
(D) squid-like

4. According to the author, one of the most

important skills Chihuly learned was that of
(A) reverse flow.
(B) refining glass.
(C) working in teams.
(D) air bubble encapsulation.

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Questions 6-10

1 Science begins with exploration and 26 your conclusions. Why might the
2 wonder. You may wonder about anything, 27 grasshopper jump different heights with
3 but in order to be scientifically verifiable, 28 different jumps? Are the first few jumps
4 your question must be testable. You may 29 higher than the last few? How many times
5 wonder how high a grasshopper can hop, for 30 will you make a single grasshopper jump?
6 example. You will need to think clearly 31 How much rest will you allow between
7 about the question you are asking. To 32 jumps? How many grasshoppers will you
8 answer this question in a scientific way, you 33 use?
9 design experiments: ways that you can test 34 Finally, you will share your observations
10 the height of a grasshopper’s jump. You will 35 and conclusions with other scientists.
11 have to think about all aspects of the 36 Scientists write reports and publish them in
12 experiment: how to keep the grasshopper 37 journals so everyone can learn about their
13 from hopping away, how to measure the 38 experiments and conclusions. In order to
14 height of the jumps, and how to get the 39 make a sound scientific statement, other
15 grasshopper to jump. Additionally, you will 40 scientists must be able to repeat your
16 need to ensure that each time you use the 41 experiment and come to the same
17 same method to get the grasshopper to jump. 42 conclusions. You will have to explain
18 As you perform experiments, you will 43 exactly how you did everything so others
19 record your observations, including the 44 can try your experimental design and see if
20 height of each jump. You will need to 45 they get the same results. This last step is
21 decide how many times the grasshopper 46 called reproducibility. If other scientists can
22 must jump in order to get a true measure of 47 reproduce the research, we can be more
23 the grasshopper’s jumping ability. It is 48 confident that its conclusions are correct.
24 unlikely each jump will be exactly
25 the same, which you will need to explain in

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6. The main purpose of this passage is to 9. In line 3, “scientifically verifiable” most

(A) explain how grasshoppers jump. nearly means
(A) unable to be proven wrong.
(B) explain how science is conducted.
(B) able to be verified through
(C) describe how to prove something.
publication.
(D) contrast observation and conclusion.
(C) able to be tested through observation.
7. In the second paragraph (lines 18-33), the (D) unable to be checked against prior
author describes human knowledge.
(A) research that a scientist might need to
read. 10. The function of the third paragraph (lines
34-48) is to
(B) evidence that a scientist might need to
(A) summarize the author’s argument.
disprove.
(C) questions that a scientist might need (B) use logic to argue for the importance
to explain. of careful observation.

(D) grasshopper species that a scientist (C) explain why scientists must share the
might need to record. results of their experiments.
(D) discuss alternative methods to
8. According to the passage, why do scientists effectively conduct scientific
share how they designed their experiments experiments.
with other scientists?
(A) to prove to other scientists how
careful they were
(B) to demonstrate what effective
experiments should look like
(C) so other scientists can reproduce their
research to prove it wrong
(D) so other scientists can perform the
same experiments to see if they get
the same results

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Questions 11-15

1 Anna’s hummingbird, a green jewel of 23 Celsius (45° to 60° Fahrenheit). The

2 a bird, was named in 1929 after a French 24 extension northward of Anna’s winter range
3 duchess. This miraculous creature weighs 25 is due to environmental changes and the
4 less than a nickel and has a heart that beats 26 bird’s ability to adapt. Urban development
5 1,260 times per minute (compared to an 27 has replaced evergreen forests with lush,
6 average human resting heart rate of about 28 diverse flower gardens in people’s yards,
7 60-100 beats). A cold night can cause this 29 ideal for these birds whose main source of
8 tiny bird to lose 16 percent of its body 30 energy is flower nectar. Another form of
9 weight as it burns its fat to avoid freezing. 31 sustenance comes from nectar feeders full
10 Such a weight loss would be like a 100-pound 32 of sugary syrup that many urban residents
11 person waking up 16 pounds lighter! Despite 33 enjoy hanging for hummingbirds.
12 these challenges, Anna’s hummingbirds now 34 Add to these environmental changes the
13 linger in western Washington State all 35 bird’s adaptability. According to wildlife
14 winter long, enduring cold rain, snow, and 36 ecologist Gregory A. Green, to survive cold
15 nighttime temperatures of 0° to 5° Celsius 37 nights, a hummingbird can enter a kind of
16 (about 30° to 40° Fahrenheit). This 38 hibernation or torpor, dropping its body
17 incredible story of survival in the Pacific 39 temperature from about 40°C to about 9°C
18 Northwest is relatively recent. 40 (from 104°F to 48.2°F) and reduce its
19 In North America, not until the 1930s did 41 respiration rate from 245 breaths per minute
20 Anna’s spend the winters any farther north 42 to 6. It can even suspend its breathing for up
21 than San Francisco, California, where winter 43 to five minutes.
22 temperatures remain a balmy 7° to 15°

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11. The passage is primarily concerned with 14. The passage provides information to answer
explaining which question?
(A) the hibernation habits of Anna’s (A) Why do people enjoy feeding Anna’s
hummingbird. hummingbird?
(B) the metabolism and feeding habits of a (B) Why does Anna's hummingbird have
particular hummingbird. such a fast heartbeat?
(C) how a particular bird species has been (C) In what ways is Anna’s hummingbird
able to live in colder climates. well-adapted to its environment?
(D) the effect of nighttime temperatures (D) How is Anna’s hummingbird able to
along the west coast of the U.S. on migrate up and down the West Coast
hummingbirds. of the U.S.?

12. The author’s attitude in the first paragraph 15. In line 14, “enduring” most nearly means
(lines 1–18) is best described as one of (A) avoiding.
(A) concern. (B) disliking.
(B) disbelief. (C) seeking.
(C) objectivity. (D) surviving.
(D) wonder.

13. Nectar feeders and flowers provide Anna’s

hummingbird with
(A) sustenance.
(B) adaptability.
(C) high-protein food.
(D) tasty, but inessential, treats.

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Questions 16-20

1 The Loch Ness monster, nicknamed 27 equipment, which had been brought to
2 “Nessie,” is a mysterious, dinosaur-like 28 disprove the existence of Nessie, revealed
3 creature that many people believe lives in Loch 29 evidence of a large body moving at the
4 Ness, a lake in the Scottish highlands. There 30 deepest part of the lake. The scientists
5 have been rumors of an animal living in the 31 involved admitted they had no idea what
6 lake for several hundred years, with “monster” 32 could be in the lake but agreed that it was
7 sightings first occurring in the 16th century. 33 clear that something was there. One scientist
8 The first documented description of Nessie 34 even stated in the documentary that, although
9 occurred in October 1871, when a group of 35 he had started off believing that the lake was
10 people described seeing a huge creature with a 36 empty, in the end he thought there must be
11 hump swim away very quickly. 37 some animal lurking in the lake's depths.
12 Then, on May 2, 1933, the newspaper 38 Whatever kind of creature it was, it never
13 Inverness Courier ran an article about a local 39 showed itself, and the film crew left with no
14 couple who had spotted “an enormous animal 40 proof.
15 rolling and plunging” on the lake. The editors 41 Whether or not Nessie does actually exist,
16 of the paper named the creature the Loch Ness 42 the legend of the Loch Ness monster has
17 monster. The story became famous 43 changed the lives of the people who live
18 immediately, and a circus even offered a 44 around the lake. Hotels, tours, and gift shops
19 bounty to anyone who could capture the 45 all depend on the tourists who come to the
20 monster. 46 lake hoping to catch a glimpse of Nessie. With
21 The sightings and rumors continued over 47 so many people depending on these rumors to
22 the next several decades. In the 1990s, a 48 make a living, it's unlikely the legend of the
23 documentary film crew recorded footage for 49 Loch Ness monster will go away any time
24 months, trying to disprove Nessie's existence. 50 soon.
25 They found no recorded evidence of the
26 monster. Strangely, however, their sonar

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16. The primary purpose of the passage is to 19. The passage implies that
(A) retell a popular myth. (A) the Loch Ness monster is the last
living dinosaur.
(B) prove the existence of a mysterious
creature. (B) the film crew was unable to finish
(C) doubt people who believe in the Loch their documentary.
Ness monster. (C) all of the local residents believe in the
(D) provide the context and background Loch Ness monster.
of a popular legend. (D) sonar equipment can be used to locate
objects underwater.
17. Which phrase best describes the tone of the
passage? 20. In line 37, the word "lurking" most nearly
(A) factual means

(B) relaxed (A) hiding.

(C) astonished (B) living.

(D) encouraging (C) swimming.

(D) watching.
18. According to the passage,
(A) the Loch Ness monster is believed to
be less than 100 years old.
(B) many tourists visit the lake, hoping to
spot the Loch Ness Monster.
(C) the first documented description of
the Loch Ness monster occurred in
1933.
(D) no one has tried to disprove the
existence of the Loch Ness monster.

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Questions 21-25

1 “Autocorrection” or “text replacement” 23 Many people are surprised to discover

2 is a text editing feature commonly found on 24 that they can understand the previous
3 modern text messaging devices like iPhones 25 sentence with relative ease, even though the
4 and smartphones and in word processing 26 letters are scrambled. Scientists believe that
5 programs on computers. If you ever send 27 our brain’s ability to make sense out of
6 text messages or use a word processor such 28 misspelled words like this stems from the
7 as Microsoft Word, then you may have 29 fact that as we become more fluent and
8 encountered this feature when you misspell 30 proficient readers we stop reading words one
9 a word and the computer automatically 31 letter at a time. Instead, we quickly scan
10 corrects the misspelled word for you. 32 several words in a sentence by extracting
11 Autocorrection is a fantastic feature in 33 information from the context.
12 modern technology that helps us compose 34 Much of your ability to understand the
13 messages more efficiently by correcting 35 scrambled sentence, for example, is because
14 little errors along the way. It also helps the 36 the first and last letter of each word is in the
15 recipient read our messages with ease. 37 correct place. Whether you notice this or
16 However, autocorrection is not a new 38 not, your brain picks this up and then
17 phenomenon. In fact, your brain performs 39 combines that information with other key
18 this very same task all the time without you 40 indicators, like letter combinations and
19 even realizing it. Try reading the following 41 sounds. These elements make it easier to
20 sentence, for example: Tihs is a smaple 42 infer the word even when the letters are not
21 snetecne to tset yuor brian’s abiltiy to 43 in perfect order.
22 corrcet mitskaes.

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21. What does the passage mainly discuss? 24. In line 13, “efficiently” most nearly means
(A) the brain’s ability to make sense of (A) absently.
words through practice
(B) carelessly.
(B) how autocorrection functions in word
(C) daintily.
processors and text messaging devices
(D) productively.
(C) how words only make sense if the first
and last letter is in the correct place 25. In line 28, “stems” most nearly means
(D) the similarity between a computer’s (A) causes.
ability to correct misspelled words
(B) develops.
and your brain’s ability to read them
(C) helps.
22. It can be inferred from the passage that
(D) removes.
much of the brain’s ability to process
information is
(A) calculated.
(B) instinctive.
(C) threatening.
(D) unnatural.

23. According to the passage, which of the

following is true?
(A) Autocorrection is a new phenomenon.
(B) Autocorrection makes it difficult for
recipients to read text messages
correctly.
(C) Brains can only make sense of
scrambled words when the first and
last letters are misplaced.
(D) By gathering contextual information,
our brains make sense of several
words in a sentence at once.

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Section 4
Mathematics Achievement

30 Questions Time: 30 minutes

For this section, read each question and choose the best answer from the four answer
choices listed.

You may write in the test booklet. For each answer you choose, fill in the corresponding
bubble on your answer document. Make sure each bubble you darken on your answer
sheet corresponds to the question on which you are working.

SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer

(A) (B) (C) (D)
Which number is divisible by 4 without a remainder?

(A) 12
(B) 17
(C) 25
(D) 30

The correct answer is 12, so choice A is darkened.

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1. What is the value of the expression 4. There are three different colors of fidget
5,377 + 205 ? spinners in a bag: 4 red, 6 blue, and 3 yellow.

(A) 5,572 What is the probability of randomly

choosing a blue fidget spinner from the
(B) 5,582 bag?
(A) 6
(C) 7,327 13 ​

(D) 7,427 (B) 6

7 ​

(C) 7
2. Sally and Jeffrey each deposit money into 6 ​

their own savings account every week. The 13

(D)
amount of money each person has in their 6
​

account each week is recorded and shown

in the table.
5. What is 3.3 − 2.6 ?
(A) 0.7
(B) 1.3
(C) 1.7
(D) 5.9

At week 5, how much more money has Sally

saved than Jeffrey?
(A) $1
(B) $2
(C) $4
(D) $5

3. If a log that is 54 feet (ft) long is cut into

thirds, what is the length of each piece?
(A) 13
(B) 18
(C) 21
(D) 27

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6. A number machine uses a rule to change 7. If one of these shapes is selected at random,
numbers. The table shows what happened what is the probability that it will be a
when four different numbers went into the square?
same number machine.

Which of these tables could result from the (A) 1 out of 5

same number machine? (B) 1 out of 3
(A) (C) 5 out of 7
(D) 5 out of 12

8. Shari wrote two equations.

(B) x × y = 60
3×5=x
What is the value of y ?

(A) 3
(B) 4
(C)
(C) 5
(D) 6

(D)

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9. Hallie leaves for work at 7:00 a.m. and 12. Drew worked on homework for 2 14 hours on
​

arrives at work 30 minutes later. She works Thursday and 1 12 hours on Friday. How
for 5 hours then takes a 1-hour lunch break.
​

After lunch, Hallie works for 2 more hours, many hours did he work on Thursday and
then arrives at home 30 minutes later. What Friday?
time is it when Hallie arrives at home? (A) 1 34 ​

(A) 3:30 p.m.

(B) 2 34 ​

(B) 4:00 p.m.

(C) 3 23
(C) 4:30 p.m.
​

(D) 5:00 p.m. (D) 3 34 ​

10. What is the value of the expression 13. Which number is divisible by both 4 and 7 ?
1,500 − 347 ? (A) 84
(A) 1,153 (B) 72

(B) 1,163 (C) 63

(C) 1,253 (D) 55

(D) 1,263 14. A computer technician repaired 28 tablets

and 46 computers last month. She spent 2
11. The side length of a square is 10 millimeters. hours repairing each of these devices.
Which equation can be used to find the Which equation can be used to find h, the
perimeter of the square in millimeters? total number of hours the technician spent
(A) perimeter = 10 × 10 repairing these devices?

(B) perimeter = 10 × 6 (A) h = (28 + 46) ÷ 2

(C) perimeter = 10 × 4 (B) h = (28 + 46) + 2
(D) perimeter = 10 × 2 (C) h = (28 + 46) × 2
(D) h = (28 + 46) − 2

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15. 3 35 hours is how many minutes more than 2

​
18. The table shows the number of tickets sold
hours? to a movie viewing during one week.

(A) 60
(B) 96
(C) 110
(D) 136

16. Cecelia earned $768. She plans to save one-

fourth of the money. How much money
does Cecelia plan to save?
(A) $142
(B) $192
(C) $242
(D) $256 What is the median number of tickets sold
to the movie viewing during that week?
17. Amanda would like to measure the weight of
a cereal box. Which unit of measurement (A) 380
would be best?
(B) 450
(A) cup
(C) 470
(B) pint
(D) 510
(C) ounce
19. Lou measures and records the mass in
(D) ton
grams of six items.

1.40, 2.67, 8.12, 10.84, 4.88, 9.75

What is the estimated total weight of these

six items?
(A) between 25 and 30 grams
(B) between 30 and 35 grams
(C) between 35 and 40 grams
(D) between 40 and 45 grams

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20. What is the distance from Arrow A to Arrow 23. Death Valley has an area of 13,647.6 km2 .
B? Which location has an area approximately 13 ​

that of Death Valley?

(A) The Redwood Forest, with an area of
455.3 km2
(B) The Zion National Park, with an area
(A) 1.30
of 593.3 km2
(B) 1.75
(C) The Grand Canyon, with an area of
(C) 5.50
4,927.7 km2
(D) 6.25
(D) The Everglades, with an area of
21. Use the number pattern to answer the 6,104.8 km2
question.
24. Which whole number is divisible by 9 ?

2 3 5 9 17 __ (A) 2,047

What is the next number in the pattern? (B) 2,109

(A) 21 (C) 2,403

(B) 27 (D) 2,909

(C) 30 25. Lois had 4 pencils and 6 pens. She lost half
(D) 33 of her pencils and a third of her pens. How
many pencils and pens does she have
22. Which statement is true? remaining?
(A) A square is always a rectangle. (A) 3
(B) A rectangle is always a square. (B) 5
(C) A rhombus is always a rectangle. (C) 6
(D) A rectangle is always a rhombus. (D) 9

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26. A coordinate grid is shown.The points 28. Use the figure to answer the question.
A(1, 5), B(5, 5), C(5, 2), and D(1, 2) are
the vertices of a quadrilateral.

If the same pattern continues, how many

squares would the fifth object have?
(A) 25
(B) 21
(C) 20
(D) 17

29. Lillian and 7 other students have each

Which term best describes the shape of the earned an equal number of bonus points for
quadrilateral? student achievement. Which number could
represent the total number of bonus points
(A) square
that the students have received?
(B) rhombus
(A) 1,920
(C) rectangle
(B) 1,610
(D) trapezoid
(C) 1,420
27. The thickness of Edan's computer screen is (D) 1,100
3
8 inch. The thickness of Lynn's computer
​

30. The perimeter of a square is 24 centimeters.

screen is less than Edan's. Which
If a rectangle with a width of 3 centimeters
measurement could be the thickness of
has the same area as the square, what is the
Lynn's computer screen?
length of the rectangle in centimeters?
(A) 2
5 inch
​

(A) 6
(B) 1
3 inch (B) 8
​

(C) 4 (C) 9
7 inch
​

5 (D) 12
(D) 6 inch
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