1. It is not happenstance that the intellectual qualities of originally minded organizational leaders overlap with those of artistically inclined personalities, since both types share the qualities of imagination and novelty. In addition, the rapidly changing modern environment, marked as it is by an environment of highly competitive global production, rapid information exchange, and the emergence of new industries catering to cultural desires, rewards leaders who are sensitive to issues of design and to the aesthetic dimensions of products or organizational life.
According to the passage,

2. There is a sickness common to all prisoners in Saint Lazare which is known there as “the six o’clock sickness” (le mal de six heures). It attacks all newcomers, and none escape it. It comes on after the walk in the courtyard, when night begins to close in, and the prison settles into silence till the morning. It is an attack of a kind of malarial fever, a shivering fit and a violent headache with a feeling of lassitude and nausea afterwards. When it comes on, the prisoners are given a cachet of quinine from the prison pharmacy.
According to the passage, “the six o’clock sickness”

3. With Roger Williams, the mood for composition seems to have come in gusts. His writings are numerous; but they were produced spasmodically and in clusters, amid long spaces of silence. He is known to have written two or three works which were never printed at all, and which are now lost.
According to the passage, Roger Williams

4. Use the northwest entrance at Queen’s Park to access the pharmacy building, the northeast entrance to purchase subway tickets in the mezzanine, and the southwest entrance to connect to the Ontario Power building and Mount Sinai Hospital. The southeast entrance is still under construction.
According to the passage, which entrance should you use if you want to purchase a subway ticket?

5. He is far too fat to fly — the best he can do is to waddle. But his fat is very useful to him, for it is a kind of greatcoat, and helps to keep him warm while fishing in the bitterly cold waters around the South Pole. There is only one time, in fact, when the penguin becomes lean, and that is when Mother and Father are bringing up their family.
The main idea of this passage is

6. The Smithsonian Institution was established as the United States National Museum in 1846, and today, it’s a group of 170 museums and nine research centers. The museum’s first animal, plant and mineral specimens, as well as artifacts from the South Pacific Ocean, came from the United States Exploring Expedition, conducted by the U.S. Navy between 1838 and 1842.
The main theme of this passage is

7. The Milwaukee Brewers finished the 1988 season with 87 wins and 75 losses. Paul Molitor, the Brewers’ third baseman, had 190 hits that season, as did center fielder Robin Yount; second baseman Jim Gantner had 149 during the 1988 season.
According to the passage,

8. There is a sickness common to all prisoners in Saint Lazare which is known there as “the six o’clock sickness” (le mal de six heures). It attacks all newcomers, and none escape it. It comes on after the walk in the courtyard, when night begins to close in, and the prison settles into silence till the morning. It is an attack of a kind of malarial fever, a shivering fit and a violent headache with a feeling of lassitude and nausea afterwards. When it comes on, the prisoners are given a cachet of quinine from the prison pharmacy.
Inmates who have “the six o’clock sickness”

9. Self-consciousness often does more to mar a good voice than anything else, since it leads to the contraction of the muscles. Have you never noticed how pleasantly some people sing or hum to themselves when they imagine they are not overheard, compared with the indifferent or even unpleasant manner in which they perform publicly?
According to the passage,

10. There is a sickness common to all prisoners in Saint Lazare which is known there as “the six o’clock sickness” (le mal de six heures). It attacks all newcomers, and none escape it. It comes on after the walk in the courtyard, when night begins to close in, and the prison settles into silence till the morning. It is an attack of a kind of malarial fever, a shivering fit and a violent headache with a feeling of lassitude and nausea afterwards. When it comes on, the prisoners are given a cachet of quinine from the prison pharmacy.
According to the passage, “the six o’clock sickness”

11. No external rays reach the bottom of the sea, and what light there is must be supplied by the phosphorescent organs of the animals themselves, and must be faint and intermittent. A large percentage of animals taken from the deep sea show phosphorescence when brought on deck; and it may be that this emission of light is much greater at a low temperature, and under a pressure of 1 to 2 tons on the square inch, than it is under the ordinary atmospheric conditions of the surface.
According to the passage,

12. No external rays reach the bottom of the sea, and what light there is must be supplied by the phosphorescent organs of the animals themselves, and must be faint and intermittent. A large percentage of animals taken from the deep sea show phosphorescence when brought on deck; and it may be that this emission of light is much greater at a low temperature, and under a pressure of 1 to 2 tons on the square inch, than it is under the ordinary atmospheric conditions of the surface.
According to the passage, many fish that live on the bottom of the ocean

13. The Hubble telescope has helped NASA scientists discover 16 background galaxies around Abell S1063, a distant galaxy that could be home to billions of other worlds. One is about 12.7 billion years old, according to the scientists on the project. Scientists are studying Abell S1063 as part of Frontier Fields, a three-year program that searches for new galaxies.
According to the passage,

14. The furniture is very primitive, though better than that of some of the other cells. There are a mattress on the bed of cast iron, a pillow but no bolster, two straw-bottomed chairs, a little white deal table, a jug and a basin which were once enamelled yellow but through which the rusty metal shows. On the bed is a brown rug with the word “Prison” written on it.
What does this passage describe?

15. Education is compulsory. This concluding requirement of the regulations exists in the laws of public instruction of almost all nations. Nevertheless, in its application, the governments pay attention to the social circumstances of the country. In our country parents incur a fine who do not send their children to school, the fine being from one-half to two reals, according to circumstances.
After reading this passage, you can assume that

16. Colombia has six main natural regions, including the Andes mountain range and the Amazon Rainforest region. It’s part of the Ring of Fire, which is a region especially prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. As a unitary presidential constitutional republic, which is vastly different from a monarchy, Colombia has a president, a congress and a senate, as well as a Chamber of Representatives.
According to the passage, Colombia is

17. Anxiety is best defined as an uneasy feeling of fear or apprehension, usually accompanied by increased physiological arousal symptoms such as increased heart rate, increased blood pressure, sweating, pupils dilating, and so forth. Anxiety, which is an emotional reaction, can be seen as an exaggerated fear response to environmental threats.
According to the passage, which of the following is not a physical symptom of anxiety?

18. Education is compulsory. This concluding requirement of the regulations exists in the laws of public instruction of almost all nations. Nevertheless, in its application, the governments pay attention to the social circumstances of the country. In our country parents incur a fine who do not send their children to school, the fine being from one-half to two reals, according to circumstances.
After reading this passage, you can assume that

19. I believe that it is within the power of an artist to actually lessen, or, at any rate, to temporarily relieve, the cares and worries of which each member of an audience has a share; and I am sure that the easiest way to do so is to sing songs whose meaning, and whose message, is immediately understandable.
The author of this passage would most likely agree that

20. I believe that it is within the power of an artist to actually lessen, or, at any rate, to temporarily relieve, the cares and worries of which each member of an audience has a share; and I am sure that the easiest way to do so is to sing songs whose meaning, and whose message, is immediately understandable.
The author of this passage would most likely agree that

21. The Smithsonian Institution was established as the United States National Museum in 1846, and today, it’s a group of 170 museums and nine research centers. The museum’s first animal, plant and mineral specimens, as well as artifacts from the South Pacific Ocean, came from the United States Exploring Expedition, conducted by the U.S. Navy between 1838 and 1842.
The main theme of this passage is

22. When he first set foot in Virginia, Captain John Smith was only twenty-seven years old; but even then he had made himself somewhat famous in England as a daring traveler in Southern Europe, in Turkey and the East. This extremely vivid and resolute man comes before us for study, not because he was the most conspicuous person in the first successful American colony, but because he was the writer of the first book in American literature.
According to the passage, Captain John Smith

23. While dyslexia is often called “reading disorder” because it’s characterized by difficulty reading, that’s not the only issue it presents. Other problems dyslexia can cause include difficulty with spelling, writing, pronunciation, comprehension and other areas. Experts typically agree that dyslexia involves genetic and environmental factors.
According to the passage, dyslexia does not cause problems with which of the following?

24. When he first set foot in Virginia, Captain John Smith was only twenty-seven years old; but even then he had made himself somewhat famous in England as a daring traveler in Southern Europe, in Turkey and the East. This extremely vivid and resolute man comes before us for study, not because he was the most conspicuous person in the first successful American colony, but because he was the writer of the first book in American literature.
According to the passage, Captain John Smith

25. It is not happenstance that the intellectual qualities of originally minded organizational leaders overlap with those of artistically inclined personalities, since both types share the qualities of imagination and novelty. In addition, the rapidly changing modern environment, marked as it is by an environment of highly competitive global production, rapid information exchange, and the emergence of new industries catering to cultural desires, rewards leaders who are sensitive to issues of design and to the aesthetic dimensions of products or organizational life.
According to the passage,