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Sample Test, Form APart 1 — VerbalSuggested Time — 75 Minutes45 QUESTIONSScrambled ParagraphsPARAGRAPHS 1-5DIRECTIONS: In this section, arrange each group of sentences to create the best paragraph. The firstsentence for each paragraph is given; the remaining five sentences are listed in random order. Choosethe order for these five sentences that will create the best paragraph, one that is well-organized, logical,and grammatically correct. Each correctly ordered paragraph is worth double the value of a questionin any other section of the test. No credit will be given for responses that are only partially correct.To keep track of your sentence order, use the blanks to the left of the sentences. For example, write “2”next to the sentence you think follows the first sentence, write “3” next to the sentence you think follows“2,” and so on. You may change these numbers if you decide on a different order. When you are satisfiedwith your sentence order, mark your choices on your answer sheet.Paragraph 1Some traditional households in sub-Saharan Africa serve two meals a day, one at noon and theother in the evening._______ Q. African food can be very spicy, and the starch cools the burning effect of the main dish._______ R. The starch serves another purpose as well._______ S. Diners then use the starch to scoop up a portion of the main dish._______ T. A typical meal consists of a thick stew or soup as the main course, along with somesort of starch—bread, rice, or fufu, a starchy grain paste similar in consistency tomashed potatoes._______ U. The main dish is usually served on individual plates, and the starch is served on acommunal plate, from which diners break off a piece of bread or scoop rice or fufu intheir fingers.CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 1FORM A34
Paragraph 2In most dictionaries, the first meaning listed for “bluegrass” refers to a bluish-green grassfrequently grown in Kentucky; the second meaning usually refers to a type of country music.______ Q. You won’t hear that style at any of the dozens of traditional bluegrass festivals heldeach year across the United States.______ R. Included among the non-amplified strings will be guitars, banjos, mandolins, andfiddles, but never drums or accordions.______ S. If, on the other hand, either the instruments or the music is non-traditional, the musicmay be called “newgrass.”______ T. The traditional rapid-fire bluegrass sound that was Monroe’s trademark is played onnon-amplified stringed instruments and features free improvisation.______ U. The connection between those two meanings is a band called the Blue Grass Boys—named in honor of the state of Kentucky—whose leader, Bill Monroe, effectivelycreated this style of music.Paragraph 3Ancient people of the Mediterranean thought that volcanoes were caused by Vulcan, theRoman blacksmith god.______ Q. In the same park, Mauna Loa, at 28,000 feet above the ocean’s floor, is the largestactive volcano in the world.______ R. There are dozens of active and potentially active volcanoes within the UnitedStates, including Kilauea, the most active volcano in the world.______ S. Both of these are shield volcanoes, which means that they were formed as lavaflowed in all directions from a central vent to form low, gently sloping mountains.______ T. Volcanoes, which were named for Vulcan, are vents in the crust of the earth fromwhich molten lava and ash erupt.______ U. That volcano, located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, has been spewing lavasince 1983.CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 1FORM A35
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Sample Test, Form APart 1 — VerbalSuggested Time — 75 Minutes45 QUESTIONSScrambled ParagraphsPARAGRAPHS 1-5DIRECTIONS: In this section, arrange each group of sentences to create the best paragraph. The firstsentence for each paragraph is given; the remaining five sentences are listed in random order. Choosethe order for these five sentences that will create the best paragraph, one that is well-organized, logical,and grammatically correct. Each correctly ordered paragraph is worth double the value of a questionin any other section of the test. No credit will be given for responses that are only partially correct.To keep track of your sentence order, use the blanks to the left of the sentences. For example, write “2”next to the sentence you think follows the first sentence, write “3” next to the sentence you think follows“2,” and so on. You may change these numbers if you decide on a different order. When you are satisfiedwith your sentence order, mark your choices on your answer sheet.Paragraph 1Some traditional households in sub-Saharan Africa serve two meals a day, one at noon and theother in the evening._______ Q. African food can be very spicy, and the starch cools the burning effect of the main dish._______ R. The starch serves another purpose as well._______ S. Diners then use the starch to scoop up a portion of the main dish._______ T. A typical meal consists of a thick stew or soup as the main course, along with somesort of starch—bread, rice, or fufu, a starchy grain paste similar in consistency tomashed potatoes._______ U. The main dish is usually served on individual plates, and the starch is served on acommunal plate, from which diners break off a piece of bread or scoop rice or fufu intheir fingers.CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 1FORM A34
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