Question 1

Farmer Dave has a rectangular field that is 50 yards wide and 40 yards long. He wants to enclose the field with

a wire fence. How much wire does Farmer Dave need?

Options :

A : 210 yards

B : 170 yards

C : 200 yards

D : 160 yards

E : 180 yards

Answer: A

Question 2

A hockey team won 6 games and lost 8. What is the ratio of wins to number of games?

Options :

A : 6/8

B : 8/6

C : 3/7

D : 8/14

E : 6/7

Answer: C

Question 3

Lauren found Samuel’s remarks to be extremely ___________, making the topic much more understandable.

Options :

A : pedantic

B : illuminating

C : academic

D : intellectual

E : scholarly

Answer: B

Question 4

In some of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City, community gardens are springing up as _____ the filth and desolation of their urban surroundings.

Options :

A : an affirmation of

B : a validation of

C : a reaction to

D : an amplification of

E : a celebration of

Answer: C

Question 5

(1) On my nineteenth birthday, I began my trip to Mali, West Africa. (2) Some 24 hours later I arrived in

Bamako, the capital of Mali. (3) The sun had set and the night was starless. (4) One of the officials from the

literacy program I was working was there to meet me. (5) After the melee in the baggage claim, we proceeded

to his car. (6) Actually, it was a truck. (7) I was soon to learn that most people in Mali that had automobiles

actually had trucks or SUVs. (8) Apparently, there not just a convenience but a necessity when you live on the

edge of the Sahara. (9) I threw my bags into the bed of the truck, and hopped in to the back of the cab. (10)

Riding to my welcome dinner, I stared out the windows of the truck and took in the city. (11) It was truly a

foreign land to me, and I knew that I was an alien there. (12) “What am I doing here?” I thought.

(13) It is hard to believe but seven months later I returned to the same airport along the same road that I had

traveled on that first night in Bamako, and my perspective on the things that I saw had completely changed.

(14) The landscape that had once seemed so desolate and lifeless now was the homeland of people that I had

come to love. (15) When I looked back at the capital, Bamako, fast receding on the horizon, I did not see a city

foreboding and wild in its foreignness. (16) I saw the city which held so many dear friends. (17) I saw tea

drinking sessions going late into the night.

(18) I saw the hospitality and open-heartedness of the people of Mali. (19) The second time, everything looked

completely different, and I knew that it was I who had changed and not it.

Which of the following is revision of sentence 4?

One of the officials from the literacy program I was working was there to meet me.

Options :

A : As it is now.

B : One of the literacy program I was working’s officials was there to meet me.

C : There, was one of the officials from the literacy program I was working to meet me.

D : One of the officials from the literacy program where I worked had been there to meet me.

E : One of the officials from the literacy program where I would be working was there to meet me.

Answer: A

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