One element, which may not justify violence itself but which __________ its use, is the belief that death in a sacred cause is the proper end of life.
Many surgeons continue to advocate (i) __________ analgesic treatment despite the fact that clinical studies and meta-analyses have failed to demonstrate (ii) __________ that such treatment reduces postoperative pain more effectively than one started after surgery.
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Tuesday's contrasting administration rhetoric about the war on terrorism underscores a problem that has __________ ordinary citizens for months.
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The Narmer Palette is one of a few surviving artifacts from the Nile Valley that are so iconic and so rich in information that they can act as __________ of certain aspects of ancient Egyptian culture as a whole.
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The High Court rejected the appeal and MPs were tasked with getting the details of their expenses ready for publication but with certain __________.
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Directions: After reading the passage, read and respond to the questions that follow by selecting the best choice for each one.
Statins are a class of drugs that work to decrease the level of cholesterol in the blood. They are able to perform this function by effectively blocking the cholesterol-producing enzyme in the liver. In recent years, statins have increased in utility and popularity. Although a certain amount of cholesterol is imperative for the human body to function, an elevated level can cause a precarious situation in the body. Cholesterol affixes itself to arteries, lining them and inhibiting blood flow. Since less blood can travel through those encumbered arteries, the blood flow to the heart is adversely affected. Scientists have found that the walls of arteries in the body can become inflamed from this plaque buildup. In many instances, the end result of this decreased blood supply and inflammation is a heart attack sometimes a fatal one. In other cases the blood supply to the brain is compromised by the plaque buildup, often causing a stroke. Decreased blood flow to the legs can cause leg pains or cramps. In short, arterial plaque buildup is never a healthy situation.
Statins diminish the amount of cholesterol generated by the body. Although the drugs are not always able to reduce the amount of plaque that may already be clogging arteries, they can slow the production of new plaque. The drugs are also able to stabilize the plaques that are already present and make them less likely to cause problems in the body.
Lowered cholesterol does not guarantee that a heart attack won’t occur, but statin use will lower the risk for most patients. Not everyone who has a heart attack has high cholesterol levels, but most do have plaque formations on their arteries. It should be noted that the plaque is not always formed by high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
Statins are generally prescribed by doctors for people with elevated cholesterol levels. As the mean weight of the American population has risen, so has the number of individuals with high cholesterol. Millions of men and women in this country are prescribed statins in an effort to decrease the amount of cholesterol in their blood. Remarkably, these effects can be seen in as little as two weeks after beginning a statin regime.
Q. Which of the following is suggested about the American population?
Albert Baldwin Wood, who invented the first screw pump in 1913, later designed a 14-foot pump. There was (i) __________: Disease rates fell because (ii) __________ floodwater could be pumped out faster before mosquitoes had a chance to breed there and (iii) __________.
That __________ politicians might adopt Franklin's distinction between appearance and reality to become __________ confidence men did not seem to __________ George.
British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill, in characteristically vivid prose, described postwar Europe as "a rubble heap, a (i) __________, a breeding ground of (ii) __________ and hate."
Before the Parliament met, Richard executed a formal deed of (i) __________, renouncing all royal rights, and absolving all his people from homage, (ii) __________ and allegiance, and declaring himself worthy to be (iii) __________.
The recent Gallup results state that, "Millennials often __________ from job to job without staying in one place too long — they're 'the job-hopping generation'."
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Any talk of composite culture for a country as diverse as India is not only untrue but also dangerous, for it tends to weaken national unity and encourages __________ tendencies.
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Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.
In Gilavia, the number of reported workplace injuries has declined 16 percent in the last five years. However, perhaps part of the decline results from injuries going unreported: many employers have introduced safety-incentive programs, such as prize drawings for which only employees who have a perfect work-safety record are eligible. Since a workplace injury would disqualify an employee from such programs, some employees might be concealing injury, when it is feasible to do so.
Q. Which of the following, if true in Gilavia, most strongly supports the proposed explanation?
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.
Q. y < −6
Quantity A : y
Quantity B : 5
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.
Q. x is an integer and 23 < x < 27.
Quantity A : The median of the five integers 23, 24, 26, 27, and x.
Quantity B - 25
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q. If x and y are integers and which of the following could be the value of y?
Directions: Questions are based on the following data. For these questions, select a single answer choice unless otherwise directed.
Q. Approximately what was the range of the numbers of Internet users in the seven areas of Europe shown in the bar graph?
Directions: Questions are based on the following data. For these questions, select a single answer choice unless otherwise directed.
Q. Based on the information given, which of the following statements about Internet use in year X must be true?
Indicate all such statements.
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q. The interior dimensions of a rectangular tank are as follows: length 110 centimeters, width 90 centimeters, and height 270 centimeters. The tank rests on level ground. Based on the assumption that the volume of water increases by 10 percent when it freezes, which of the following is closest to the maximum height, in centimeters, to which the tank can be filled with water so that when the water freezes, the ice would not rise above the top of the tank?
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.
Q. N = 824x, where x is a positive integer.
Quantity A: The number of possible values of the units digit of N.
Quantity B: 4
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaning throughout the question.
Q. x > 0 and x ≠ 1.
Quantity A : (2x−4)(3x2)
Quantity B : 24x / 4x2
Directions: Compare Quantity A and Quantity B, using additional information centered above the two quantities if such information is given. Select one of the following four answer choices. A symbol that appears more than once in a question has the same meaningthroughout the question.
Q. Quantity A: The length of a leg of an isosceles right triangle with area R.
Quantity B: The length of a side of a square with area R.
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q. If j and k are even integers and j < k, which of the following equals the number of even integers that are greater than j and less than k?
Directions: Questions are based on the following data. For these questions, select a single answer choice unless otherwise directed.
Q. In the winter, 2/3 of the cardinal sightings, 1/2 of the junco sightings, and 1/4 of the sparrow sightings were in January. What fraction of the total number of sightings of these three bird species in the winter were in January?
Directions: Questions are based on the following data. For these questions, select a single answer choice unless otherwise directed.
Q. For which of the following bird species is the standard deviation of the numbers of sightings shown for the four seasons least?
Directions: Questions are based on the following data. For these questions, select a single answer choice unless otherwise directed.
Q. Which of the following is closest to the average (arithmetic mean) number of cardinal sightings for the 4 seasons?
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q. A group of 5,000 investors responded to a survey asking whether they owned stocks and whether they owned bonds. Of the group, 20 percent responded that they owned only one of the two types of investments. If r is the number of investors in the group who owned stocks but not bonds, which of the following represents the number of investors in the group who owned bonds but not stocks, in terms of r?
Directions: Select all the answer choice.
Q. For a certain probability experiment, the probability that event A will occur is 1/2 and the probability that event B will occur is 1/3 Which of the following values could be the probability that the event A∪ B (that is, the event A or B, or both) will occur?
Indicate all such values.
Directions: Select a single answer choice.
Q. Of the students in a school, 20 percent are in the science club and 30 percent are in the band. If 25 percent of the students in the school are in the band but are not in the science club, what percent of the students who are in the science club are not in the band?
Directions: Select all the answer choices that apply.
Q. Points A and B are shown in the xy-plane above. Point C (not shown) is above the x-axis so that the area of triangle ABC is 10. Which of the following could be the coordinates of C ?
Indicate all such coordinates.