GRE GMAT TESTs AND SOLUTIONs

Select the sentence in which the underlined portion is used correctly: A. The store, which I had visited once before, was having a sale. B. The store which I had visited once before, was having a sale. C. The store, that I had visited once before, was having a sale. The word "emulate" most nearly means: A. Imitate B. Annoy C. Dislike Select the sentence in which the verb tense is used correctly: A. If I would have known, I would have told you. B. If I had known, I would tell you. C. If I had known, I would have told you. The word "perfunctory" most nearly means: A. Careless B. Routine C. Serious Select the sentence in which the subject and verb agree: A. The number of people who attended the meeting was small. B. The number of people who attended the meeting were small. C. A number of people who attended the meeting was small. The word "aplomb" most nearly means: A. Confidence B. Tiredness C. Nervousness Select the sentence that is written in the passive v...

Which of the following is an example of a primary source? a. A history textbook b. A newspaper article c. A letter written by George Washington d. A biography of George Washington In the sentence "The cat sat on the mat," what is the subject? a. The b. cat c. sat d. mat Which of the following is an example of an antonym for the word "content"? a. Happy b. Discontent c. Pleased d. Displeased The equation 2x + 3y = 6 can be solved for x in terms of y by: a. x = 3y - 6 b. x = (6 - 3y)/2 c. x = 6 - 3y d. x = -3y + 6 The author's purpose in writing a persuasive essay is to: a. Inform b. Entertain c. Persuade d. Describe In the following sentence "The dog barked at the mailman," what is the verb? a. Dog b. Barked c. Mailman d. At Which of the following is an example of an idiom? a. Kick the bucket b. Put all your eggs in one basket c. It's raining cats and dogs d. All of the above The Pythagorean theorem states that in a right triangle, the square of the...

 SOLUTION STRATEGIES 1. Apply a general rule or formula to answer the question. In Example 2, you can apply a property from geometry that says that when two chords intersect inside a circle, the segments formed have lengths such that the product of the segment lengths is the same for each chord. 2. Apply basic properties of numbers. In Example 4, you can use the definition of a prime number so that you do not include 1, but do include 2. 3. Eliminate as many answers as possible so that you can select from a smaller set of answer choices. In Example 3, you can eliminate some of the answers by noting that since each can of mixed nuts is at least 30% peanuts, the mixture of the two cans will be least 30% peanuts. Thus, before doing any computation, you could eliminate answers A, B, and C. Therefore, if you need to guess, you only have two answer choices left and have increased your odds of guessing correctly. 4. Substitute answers into the given question to see which one produces the ...

 

 

 

People attend college or university for many different reasons (for example, new experiences, career preparation, or increased knowledge). Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. People may attend college or university for different reasons. I personally believe that career preparation is the main and important factor for people who attend university. Because of highly competitive society we are living in better education and higher degree means better job and better salary in future. Also having lectures, articles and patents are important factors for employers so we have to come up with better knowledge and degrees and beat our competitors. Whereas some students may attend to university or college to have better understanding about special knowledge most of the students I know looking for a better university and diploma to have stable career in future. Technology and knowledge are changing rapidly and amount o...

21.         A proposal has been made to trim the horns from rhinoceroses to discourage poachers; the question is whether tourists will continue to visit game parks and see rhinoceroses after their horns are trimmed.

17.        A patient accusing a doctor of malpractice will find it difficult to prove damage if there is a lack of some other doctor to testify about proper medical procedures.

14.         A migraine typically afflicts one side of the head, lasts for hours or days, and may recur as infrequently as once every other month or often, as daily.

13.         A majority of the international journalists surveyed view nuclear power stations as unsafe at present but that they will, or could, be made sufficiently safe in the future.

12.         A little under a million years ago, the briny waters of the Baltic Sea began flooding into the cold North Atlantic: geologists are still debating whether the flood was gradual or created a cataclysm .

10- A large rise in the number of housing starts in the coming year should boost new construction dollars by several billion dollars, making the construction industry’s economic health much more robust than five years ago .

A firm that specializes in the analysis of handwriting claims from a one-page writing sample that it can assess more than three hundred personality traits, including enthusiasm, imagination, and ambition. (A) from a one-page writing sample that it can assess (B) from a one-page writing sample it has the ability of assessing (C) the ability, from a one-page writing sample, of assessing (D) to be able, from a one-page writing sample, to assess （ D ） (E) being able to assess, from a one-page writing sample,

A fire in an enclosed space burns with the aid of reflected radiation that preheats the fuel, making ignition much easier and flames spreading more quickly.

A collection of 38 poems by Phillis Wheatley, a slave, was published in the 1770’s, the first book by a Black woman and it was only the second published by an American woman .

A controversial figure throughout most of his public life, the Black leader Marcus Garvey advocated that some Blacks return to Africa, the land that, to him, symbolized the possibility of freedom .

2.         A common disability in test pilots is hearing impairment, a consequence of sitting too close to large jet engines for long periods of time .

Proponents of the International Style in architecture called for reducing buildings to purely functional form and found beauty in highlighting ____(i)_____ features. They rejected references to _____(ii)____ and historical styles and offered designs indifferent to location, a quality subsequently ____(iii)_____ by those who viewed the style as bland or unappealing. Blank 1    structural       aesthetic       hackneyed Blank 2    oracular        vernacular     secular Blank 3    disparaged    embraced      reclaimed