1. Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Check the appropriate answer.
2. In the sequence 5, 3, 9/5, ... , the first term is 5 and each term after the first is equal to m times the previous term. Which of the following is true about m ?
3. If a and b are positive integers and 9 (3a b a in terms of b ?
4. A class of 20 students borrowed library books for their research projects. Some of the students borrowed 3 books each, and the rest borrowed 2 books each. If a total of 52 books were borrowed, how many of the students borrowed 3 books each?
5. If | x - 3 | = 5, which of the following could be the value of x?
6. y = f (x) is graphed above. If f (x) = 1 and if 5 < x < 6, how many different values of x are possible?
7. AB ?
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9. Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given.
are on the increase .
10. The most versatile skin in nature helps squid ambush prey, avoiding predators, as well as courting mates, and signaling one another
A. avoiding predators, as well as courting mates, and signaling
B. avoiding predators, courting mates, and they signal
C. to avoid predators, court mates, and for signaling
D. avoid predators, court mates, and they signal
E. avoid predators, court mates, and signal
11. Six stories high, with portholes for eyes and a spiral staircase in each hind leg, is the elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy," which towered over Margate City, New Jersey, since 1881.
A. is the elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy," which towered over Margate City, New Jersey, since 1881
B. since 1881 it has towered over Margate City, New Jersey, the elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy"
C. the elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy" has towered over Margate City, New Jersey, since 1881
D. towering over Margate City, New Jersey, since 1881 has been the elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy"
E. there is an elephant-shaped building known as "Lucy,"
12. Male cicadas have a white, drum-like plate called a tymbal on either side of their abdomen, vibrating rapidly to make a variety of calls.
13. Researchers have found that the eyes of tropical nocturnal sweat bees are about 30 times more sensitive to light than it is with honeybees .
14. A war is raging between experts who see psychotherapy as an art as well as them calling for scientifically proven methods.
15. Where the Illinois and Missouri Rivers feed into the Mississippi, the rivers meander, forming swamps and oxbow lakes and creating a flood plain environment known as the American Bottom.
16. Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer to complete the sentence from among the choices given.
17. Critics of the novelist found his prose style as ------- as his ideas, and insisted that his work was ------- originality and substance.
18. The young reporter was glad to be learning the basics at the local newspaper, but he was becoming bored with ------ news stories and was --------- to cover more exciting action.
19. Mrs. Sorice felt that Ed's ---------- comments during class discussion helped the other students understand the complex ideas presented in the book.
20. Once the audience began to applaud and laugh at her jokes, Vanessa felt more ----------- and her delivery became less ---------.
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