Tài liệu Master the Gre 2010 - Part 47 docx

Practice Test 3
NOTE: For the purposes of this book—making sure you’re fully prepared
to take the GRE exam—one Text Completion question (Verbal Reasoning
section) and one numeric entry question (Quantitative Reasoning
section) are included in each of the Practice Tests. On the actual GRE,
however, you will not see both of these questions; in fact, you may not see
either one.
ANALYTICAL WRITING
Issue Task
Time: 45 Minutes
Using a word processor, compose an essay that responds to the following
statement and directive. Do not use any spell-checking or grammar-checking
functions (they are not available on the actual GRE).
“No business should sacrifice the quality of its products or services
for the sake of maximizing profits.”
Write an essay in which you present your perspective on the
statement above. Develop and support your viewpoint with relevant
reasons and examples.
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Argument Task
Time: 30 Minutes
Using a word processor, compose an essay that responds to the following statement
and directive. Do not use any spell-checking or grammar-checking functions (they are
not available on the actual GRE).
The following is excerpted from an editorial appearing in a local newspaper:
“In order to prevent a decline of Oak City’s property values and in rents that
Oak City property owners can command, the residents of Oak City must
speak out against the approval of a new four-year private college in their
town. After all, in the nearby town of Mapleton the average rent for apart-

ments has decreased by 10 percent since its new community college opened
last year, while the average value of Mapleton’s single-family homes has
declined by an even greater percentage over the same time period.”
Discuss how well-reasoned you find the argument above.
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QUANTITATIVE REASONING
28 Questions • 45 Minutes
NOTE: In this section, questions of different formats are interspersed, just as
they are on the computer-based GRE. However, this practice session contains
more challenging questions than easy ones, whereas the actual computer-based
GRE adapts to your ability level.
1. If x + y = a, and if x 2 y = b, then x =
(A)
1
2
(a 2 b)
(B) a + b
(C) a 2 b
(D)
1
2
ab
(E)
1
2
(a + b)
2. P is a positive integer.

Column A
Column B
The remainder when 7P + 8
is divided by 7
The remainder when 3P + 5
is divided by 3
(A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
(C) The quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
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3. l
1
UU l
2
Column A Column B
x 2 yq2 p
(A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
(C) The quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
4. If one dollar can buy m pieces of paper, how many dollars are needed to buy p
reams of paper? [1 ream = 500 pieces of paper.]
(A)
500p

m
(B)
m
p500
(C)
500
pm+
(D)
p
m500
(E) 500m(p 2 m)
5.
If
a
b
z
b
c
z
c
d
z
d
e
z x = 1, then x =
(A)
a
e
(B)
be

a
(C) e
(D)
1
a
(E)
e
a
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6. 0 , a , 1
0 , b , 1
Column A
Column B
a + b
ab
22
+
(A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
(C) The quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
7. A case of soda costs $17.40. The cost of p individual cans of soda is $1.20 per can.
Column A
Column B
The lowest possible value of
p if the cost of p cans of
soda is greater than the

cost of a case of soda
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(A) The quantity in Column A is greater.
(B) The quantity in Column B is greater.
(C) The quantities are equal.
(D) The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Questions 8–10 refer to the following graph.
8. Based solely on the information in the graph, approximately how many hours per
week does the average 27-year-old spend watching news on television?
(A) 2
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
(E) 20
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