Chapter 14 Practice Test 4 With Answers - Mcgraw-Hill'S Psat/nmsqt Page 15
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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
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Section 3
Time—25 minutes
24 Questions (25 – 48)
Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
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Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of
words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Example:
Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutional republics overnight; on the contrary, the change was
- --- --.
(A) unpopular
(B) unexpected
(C) advantageous
(D) sufficient
(E) gradual
Correct response: (E)
B
B
In 1954, the Supreme Court took a historic
On May 4, 1970, a protest against the
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step toward --- --- with the Brown vs. Board
Vietnam War at Kent State University
of Education decision, which ruled that seg-
turned into a disaster when members of the
regation in schools was unequal and that
National
Guard,
summoned
to
- --- --
such --- --- should be eliminated with deliber-
antiwar protests, shot and killed four
ate speed.
students.
(A) tolerance .. moderation
(A) suppress
(B) inequity . . bigotry
(B) revere
(C) equality . . discrimination
(C) mortify
(D) disparity . . apathy
(D) berate
(E) revelation . . integrity
(E) cultivate
B
B
Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s
Children diagnosed with autism often experi-
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Guide to the Galaxy, was a master of -- --- -;
ence - --- -- language development; many
he is remembered for his ability to craft
learn to speak several years later than their
humorous and insightful parody.
normal peers.
(A) persistence
(A) prudent
(B) atrocity
(B) ruthless
(C) persuasion
(C) aggressive
(D) candor
(D) arrested
(E) satire
(E) expedited
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