Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

ENGLISH Complete the sentences by choosing the most appropriate word, from the given lettered choices (A to D/E) below each.
1. Hamid viewed Maria to be _____; she seemed to be against any position regardless of its merits. A. B. C. D. E. heretical disobedient contrary inattentive harried

Each question below consists of a related pair of words, followed by five lettered pairs of words. Select the lettered pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair.
2. POISON: TOXIC:: A. B. C. D. E. mixture: soluble sugar: sweet medicine: prescribed milk: bottled solid: liquid

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
3. MONOTHEIST: A. B. C. D. psychologist analyst polytheist physicist

Read the passage to answer question 4-6

Young people must be educated in modern science, its methods and its mental attitudes. Without this education they will find the modern world utterly incomprehensible. But they cannot be good citizens of the world, or of their own national state, unless they are intellectually and imaginatively aware of the values which underlie human beliefs, motives and conduct. In this troubled period of human history, religion and the humanities are as vital as science to the education of good members of a good society. 4. Incomprehensible can best be replaced by A. B. understandable explicable 2

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing C. reasonable D. beyond your understanding 5. Troubled period of human history refers to A. B. C. D. primitive times modern times good times bad times

6. The discussion of values in the passage serves primarily to illustrate the importance of education of A. B. C. D. modern religion religion modern sciences or humanities and humanities sciences along with religion and humanities

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

SUBJECT
7. Giving unequal reward for equal work is called: A. B. C. D. Discrimination Prejudice Exploitation Denomination

8. A common cultural identity and a common ancestry define: A. B. C. D. Common Common Common Common culture race ethnicity religion

9. Environmental problems are sociological problems because: A. B. C. D. these are created by social behavior of people sociology can help understanding their creations sociology can suggest solution to these problems all of the above

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Building Standards in Educational and Professional Testing

Answer Keys
Q #. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Right Choice C B C D B D A C D

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