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#1 Quiz 15 Medium Verbal Questions
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15 Jan 2024, 03:15
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#1 Quiz 15 Medium Verbal Questions
Q #1
The facade of the house was (i) ______, making the interior even more disappointing to prospective buyers.
| Blank (i) |
|---|
| ostentatious |
| dilapidated |
| august | diminutive | gloomy |
Q #2
She claims it is possible to deduce matters of fact from logic and, with just as little (i) _________ , aims to derive ethical and economic truths as well. The laws of logic, in her opinion, (ii)__________her proclamation that “existence exists,” which is very much like saying that the law of thermodynamics is hot.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) |
| (A) epigram | (D) license |
| (B) warrant | (E) occlude |
| (C) fallacy | (F) galvanize |
Q #3
Although never one to (i) _______life’s pleasures, only recently had Paul devoted himself entirely to (ii) _______ pursuits. In years past, Paul had adeptly balanced his love of fine wine and women with (iii) _______career.
| Blank i | Blank ii | Blank iii |
| a) revel in | d) misanthropic | g) a feckless |
| b) eschew | e) hedonistic | h) a nugatory |
| c) peruse | f) nefarious | i) an exacting |
Q #4
Since savants love difference, they likewise love decent variety. There is nothing preferred in reasoning over an (I) _______ , crude thought, a chance in the scene of thought not recently experienced and investigated, some new point of view on an old issue, a unique (ii) _______ to an apparently sacred principle or determinedly held conviction. It's famously a lot harder to shield another case than to wreck an old one; crisp intuition in reasoning is similarly uncommon, and all the additionally energizing for it. What's more, maybe precisely on the grounds that it manages issues at an elevated level of reflection, reasoning is an (iii) _______ church.
| Blank (i) | Blank (ii) | Blank (iii) |
|---|---|---|
| startling | refutation | narrow |
| modest | acceptance | divine |
| derived | mechanism | broad |
Q #5/6/7/8
Warm-blooded animals have elaborate physiological controls to maintain constant body temperature (in humans, 37℃). Why then during sickness should temperature rise, apparently increasing stress on the infected organism? It has long been known that the level of serum iron in animals falls during infection. Garibaldi first suggested a relationship between fever and iron. He found that microbial synthesis of siderophores—substances that bind iron—in bacteria of the genus Salmonella declined at environmental temperatures above 37℃ and stopped at 40.3℃. Thus, fever would make it more difficult for an infecting bacterium to acquire iron and thus to multiply. Cold-blooded animals were used to test this hypothesis because their body temperature can be controlled in the laboratory. Kluger reported that of iguanas infected with the potentially lethal bacterium A. hydrophilia, more survived at temperatures of 42℃ than at 37℃, even though healthy animals prefer the lower temperature. When animals at 42℃ were injected with an iron solution, however, mortality rates increased significantly. Research to determine whether similar phenomena occur in warm-blooded animals is sorely needed.
The passage is primarily concerned with attempts to determine
(A) the role of siderophores in the synthesis of serum iron
(B) new treatments for infections that are caused by A. hydrophilia
(C) the function of fever in warm-blooded animals
(D) the mechanisms that ensure constant body temperature
(E) iron utilization in cold-blooded animals
Show: :: OA
C
According to the passage, Garibaldi determined which of the following?
(A) That serum iron is produced through microbial synthesis.
(B) That microbial synthesis of siderophores in warm-blooded animals is more efficient at higher temperatures.
(C) That only iron bound to other substances can be used by bacteria.
(D) That there is a relationship between the synthesis of siderophores in bacteria of the genus Salmonella and environmental temperature.
(E) That bacteria of the genus Salmonella require iron as a nutrient.
Show: :: OA
D
Which of the following can be inferred about warm-blooded animals solely on the basis of information in the passage?
(A) The body temperatures of warm-blooded animals cannot be easily controlled in the laboratory.
(B) Warm-blooded animals require more iron in periods of stress than they do at other times.
(C) Warm-blooded animals are more comfortable at an environmental temperature of 37℃ than they are at a temperature of 42℃.
(D) In warm-blooded animals, bacteria are responsible for the production of siderophores, which, in turn, make iron available to the animal.
(E) In warm-blooded animals, infections that lead to fever are usually traceable to bacteria.
Show: :: OA
A
If it were to be determined that “similar phenomena occur in warm-blooded animals”, which of the following, assuming each is possible, is likely to be the most effective treatment for warm-blooded animals with bacterial infections?
(A) Administering a medication that lowers the animals’ body temperature
(B) Injecting the animals with an iron solution
(C) Administering a medication that makes serum iron unavailable to bacteria
(D) Providing the animals with reduced-iron diets
(E) Keeping the animals in an environment with temperatures higher than 37℃
Show: :: OA
C
Q #9
The reasoning in this editorial is so (i) ________ that we cannot see how anyone can be deceived by it.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| unsound |
| coherent |
| astute | dispassionate | scrupulous |
| specious |
Q #10
The doctor’s real mistake, from the perspective of his _______ professional friends who quickly jilted him, was not that his choice of treatment was inappropriate, but rather that it was viscerally objectionable to the medical establishment.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A squeamish |
| B fickle |
| C staunch | D inconstant | E orthodox |
| F stodgy |
Q #11
Plato, an important philosopher, is primarily known because he wrote down Socrates’s ____________ conversations. It is through Plato’s record of these dialogues that Socrates’s teachings have survived and continue to enlighten seekers of wisdom.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| A. inspiring |
| B. edifying |
| C. tedious | D. grating | E. rousing |
| F. didactic |
Q #12
While the cost of migrating to more automated piloting and air traffic control systems is substantial, the eventual cost savings are large enough that the up-front expenditures are not as ______ as opponents claim.
| Two Answers |
|---|
| fiscal |
| imprudent |
| reasonable | excessive | massive |
| paltry |
Q #13/ 14/15
The dark regions in the starry night sky are not pockets in the universe that are devoid of stars as had long been thought. Rather, they are dark because of interstellar dust that hides the stars behind it. Although its visual effect is so pronounced, dust is only a minor constituent of the material, extremely low in density, that lies between the stars. Dust accounts for about one percent of the total mass of interstellar matter. The rest is hydrogen and helium gas, with small amounts of other elements. The interstellar material, rather like terrestrial clouds, comes in all shapes and sizes. The average density of interstellar material in the vicinity of our Sun is 1,000 to 10,000 times less than the best terrestrial laboratory vacuum. It is only because of the enormous interstellar distances that so little material per unit of volume becomes so significant. Optical astronomy is most directly affected, for although interstellar gas is perfectly transparent, the dust is not.
17. According to the passage, which of the following is a direct perceptual consequence of interstellar dust?
(A) Some stars are rendered invisible to observers on Earth.
(B) Many visible stars are made to seem brighter than they really are.
(C) The presence of hydrogen and helium gas is revealed.
(D) The night sky appears dusty at all times to observers on Earth.
(E) The dust is conspicuously visible against a background of bright stars.
18. It can be inferred from the passage that the density of interstellar material is
(A) higher where distances between the stars are shorter
(B) equal to that of interstellar dust
(C) unusually low in the vicinity of our Sun
(D) independent of the incidence of gaseous components
(E) not homogeneous throughout interstellar space
19. It can be inferred from the passage that it is because space is so vast that
(A) little of the interstellar material in it seems substantial
(B) normal units of volume seem futile for measurements of density
(C) stars can be far enough from Earth to be obscured even by very sparsely distributed matter
(D) interstellar gases can, for all practical purposes, be regarded as transparent
(E) optical astronomy would be of little use even if no interstellar dust existed
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