Quiz
A Taste of the SATs: Verbal
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Note
: Questions, answers, and explanations are reprinted from
Cracking the SAT,
published by
The Princeton Review
. Instructions and format have been modified slightly from the actual test format.
1
It is ironic that the ------- insights of the great thinkers are voiced so often that they have become mere -------.
a)
original. .clichés
b)
banal. .beliefs
c)
dubious. .habits
d)
philosophical. .questions
e)
abstract. .ideas
2
CENSUS : POPULATION ::
a)
catalog : pictures
b)
inventory : supplies
c)
detonation : explosion
d)
dictionary : words
e)
election : tally
3
Because Jenkins neither ------- nor defends either management or the striking workers, both sides admire his journalistic -------.
a)
criticizes. .acumen
b)
attacks. .neutrality
c)
confronts. .aptitude
d)
dismisses. .flair
e)
promotes. .integrity
4
Since many disadvantaged individuals view their situations as ------- as well as intolerable, their attitudes are best described as -------.
a)
squalid. .obscure
b)
unpleasant. .bellicose
c)
acute. . sanguine
d)
immutable. .resigned
e)
political. .perplexed
5
SHIP : OCEAN ::
a)
fish : gill
b)
plane : air
c)
child : bath
d)
camel : water
e)
car : passengers