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Reading Test
A 65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS

Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

DIRECTIONS

Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics.

Questions 1-10 are based on the followin g "Well, so does the family doctor for that
passage. matter, Lord Canterville. But there is no such
thing, sir, as a ghost, and I guess the laws of
The following passage is adapted from Oscar Wilde, 30 Nature are not going to be suspended for the
The Cantervil/e Ghost, published in 1887. British aristocracy."
After the purchase was concluded, the
When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister and his family went down to Canterville
Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one Chase. Mrs. Otis, who, as Miss Lucretia R. Tappan
line told him that the place was haunted. Indeed, 35 had been a celebrated New York belle, was now a
Lord Canterville himself, a man of punctilious very handsome, middle-aged woman. Her eldest
5 honor, felt it his duty to mention the fact to Mr. son, christened Washington by his parents in a
Otis when they came to discuss terms. moment of patriotism, was a fair-haired, rather
"We have not cared to live in the place good-looking young man.
ourselves," said Lord Canterville, "since the 40 Standing on the steps to receive them was old
Dowager Duchess of Bolton was frightened into Mrs. Umney, the housekeeper, whom Mrs. Otis, at
10 a fit by two skeleton hands on her shoulders as Lady Canterville's earnest request, had consented
she was dressing for dinner. The ghost has been to keep on in her former position. Following her
seen by several members of my family, as well as into the library, they found tea laid out for them,
by the Rev. Augustus Dampier, a Fellow of King's 45 sat down and began to look round.
College, Cambridge." Suddenly Mrs. Otis caught sight of a dull red
15 "My Lord," answered the Minister, "I will stain on the floor just by the fireplace and said
take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation. I to Mrs. Umney, "I am afraid something has been
come from a modern country, and I reckon that if spilt there."
there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we'd 50 "Yes, madam," replied the old housekeeper in
have it at home in a very short time in one of our a low voice, "blood has been spilt on that spot."
20 public museums." "How horrid," cried Mrs. Otis; "I don't at all
"I fear that the ghost exists," said Lord care for bloodstains in a sitting-room. It must be
Canterville, smiling, "though it may have resisted removed at once."
the overtures of your enterprising impresarios. 55 The old woman answered in the same low,
It has been well known for three centuries, since mysterious voice, "It is the blood of Lady Eleanore
25 1584 in fact, and always makes its appearance de Canterville, who was murdered on that spot by
before the death of any member of our family." her husband, Sir Simon de Canterville, in 1575.
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1. If 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 𝑎, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 𝑏, then 2𝑥𝑦 …
𝑎2 −𝑏2
(A) 2
𝑏 2 −𝑎2
(B) 2
𝑎−𝑏
(C) 2
𝑎𝑏
(D) 2
𝑎2 +𝑏2
(E) 2

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2. If 5 − = 𝑥, then 𝑥 has how many possible value ?
𝑥
(A) None
(B) One
(C) Two
(D) A finite number greater than two
(E) An infinite number

3. When 17 is devided by 𝑘 , where 𝑘 is a positive integer less than 17, the remainder is
3. What is the remainder when the sum of the possible values of 𝑘 is devided by 17 ?
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 4
(D) 5
(E) 6

4. The average of five positive integers is 56. The difference between the largest and
smallest integer is 4. What is the median of the number ?
(A) 55
(B) 55,5
(C) 56
(D) 56,5
(E) 57
5. When positive integer 𝑥 is devided by positive integer 𝑦, the remainder is 9.
𝑥
𝑖𝑓 𝑦 = 96.12 , what is the value of 𝑦 ?
(A) 96
(B) 75
(C) 48
(D) 25
(E) 12

6. The average of 10, 30, and 50 is 5 more than the average of 20, 40, and …
(A) 15
(B) 25
(C) 35
(D) 45
(E) 55

7. Look at this picture

In ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅 what is the value of 𝑥 ?

(1) PQ = PR
(2) 𝑦 = 40
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statement together are sufficient. But neither statement alone is non
sufficient
(D)EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient
8. If 𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠 are the roots of the equation 𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0, where 𝑏 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 are constant
Is 𝑟𝑠 < 0 ?
(1) 𝑏 < 0
(2) 𝑐 < 0
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statement together are sufficient. But neither statement alone is non
sufficient
(D)EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient

9. If 𝑥 𝑖𝑠 a positive integer. Then is 𝑥 prime number ?

(1) 3𝑥 + 1 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
(2) 5𝑥 + 1 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statement together are sufficient. But neither statement alone is non
sufficient
(D)EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient

10. 𝑖𝑓 2𝑥+𝑦 = 48 , what is the value of 𝑦 ?

(1) 𝑥 2 = 81
(2) 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statement together are sufficient. But neither statement alone is non
sufficient
(D)EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient