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ACING THE GRE Team-LRN Team-LRN ACING THE GRE ® NEW Team-LRN YORK Copyright © 2005 LearningExpress, LLC All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Acing the GRE p cm ISBN 1-57685-498-1 Graduate Record Examination—Study guides I LearningExpress (Organization) II Title LB2367.4.A35 2005 378.1'662—dc22 2005050441 Printed in the United States of America For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com Team-LRN About the Authors C Roebuck Reed is a CSET test-preparation instructor and trainer from Burbank, CA, as well as a writer and documentarian of educational and entertainment projects She was the coauthor of SAT Exam Success Margaret Piskitel is an education specialist from New York, NY Maxwell Antor is a high school math teacher and was math writer for SAT Exam Success and GED Exam Success He is from Oakland, CA v Team-LRN Team-LRN Contents CHAPTER About the GRE General Test CHAPTER Studying for the GRE 13 Where Do I Start? I Need a Plan I Need a Place Study Strategies You Are Worth It: Motivational Techniques That Work Learning Strategies and Test-Taking Strategies Testing Psychology Multiple-Choice Strategies The Endgame In a Nutshell CHAPTER The GRE Analytical Writing Section Pretest Introduction to the GRE Analytical Writing Section About the Analytical Writing Section The Analytical Writing Process Present Your Perspective on an Issue—Attack Mode Analyze an Argument—Attack Mode Tips and Strategies for the Official Test Practice vii Team-LRN 13 14 16 20 23 26 29 33 34 36 37 37 41 42 45 45 57 65 67 – CONTENTS – CHAPTER The GRE Verbal Section 83 Pretest Introduction to the Verbal Section What to Expect on the GRE Verbal Section The Four Types of Verbal Section Questions A Lesson a Day Makes the Test Go Your Way How to Approach Analogies How to Approach Antonyms How to Approach Sentence Completion Questions The Top Seven Steps for Answering Sentence Completion Questions How to Approach Reading Comprehension Questions Tips and Strategies for the Official Test Practice CHAPTER The GRE Quantitative Section APPENDIX 83 90 90 91 94 95 99 102 108 110 116 123 143 Introduction to the Quantitative Section The Two Types of Quantitative Section Questions Pretest Arithmetic Review Algebra Review Geometry Review Data Analysis Review Tips and Strategies for the Official Test Practice 144 146 147 153 165 178 203 210 213 Additional Resources 239 viii Team-LRN ACING THE GRE Team-LRN ... viii Team-LRN ACING THE GRE Team-LRN Team-LRN C H A P T E R About the GRE General Test The Five Ws of the GRE General Test Q: Who takes the GRE General Test? Q: Where can I take the GRE General... take the GRE General Test A: The exam is offered at testing centers throughout the United States and the world Q: What is on the GRE General Test? Q: Why I have to take the GRE General Test? A: There.. .ACING THE GRE Team-LRN Team-LRN ACING THE GRE ® NEW Team-LRN YORK Copyright © 2005 LearningExpress, LLC All rights reserved under International
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Xem thêm: Learning express Acing The Gre, Learning express Acing The Gre, Q: Who takes the GRE General Test? A. Most applicants to graduate programs take, Q: What is on the GRE General Test? A: There are three sections: Analytical Writing,, Q: When is the GRE General Test offered? A: The test is offered year-round., Q: Where can I take the GRE General Test? A: The exam is offered at testing centers, Q: Why do I have to take the GRE General Test? A: Graduate programs require you to take the, Call 609-771-7670 or go online to www.GRE.org to get the official GRE Registration Bulletin., Call 800-473-2255 or an individual test center near you see list at www.GRE.org or in the GRE, Register online with a credit card at www.GRE.org., Your Thoughts on an Issue, Your Critique of an Argument, Antonyms are opposites. You are given a word and asked to pick the word most nearly opposite, Analogies involve relationships between pairs of words. You are given a pair of words and asked, Sentence Completion questions are complex and usually contain either one or two blanks. You, Reading Comprehension questions follow prose passages. You must correctly answer questions, repeat the word aloud several times? c. trace or write the letters with your finger?, their names faces are hard to remember? c. their faces names are hard to remember?, listen intently to every word? c. sit close and watch the instructor?, Where do I like to work? Where do I feel comfortable and free from distractions?, How do sounds affect my ability to concentrate? Do I prefer silence? Does music enhance my, Is the light right? Does my study space have adequate lighting?, What about food? Should I snack while I study? If so, on what?, Determine your time frame. Decide how much time you can devote each day and each week to your GRE, Take a practice test. 2. Analyze your results., List your strengths and weaknesses. 4. Determine your time frame., Prioritize your study plan. 6. Study, Breathe. When most people think about breathing, they think about breathing in. The fact is, when, Breathe deeply and completely. 2. Tense and relax your muscles., What is this passage about? 2. What is the main idea, the topic?, During commercial breaks 2. While working out on the stationary bike, Just before you go to sleep 4. Whenever someone else is willing to help you, Any time you have a minute or more, Practice your visualization of GRE success. 6. Go to bed early. Get a good night’s sleep., Party. Keep it low key. 3. Eat anything unusual or adventurous—save it, Analyze an Argument—30 minutes. You must clearly and thoughtfully critique and analyze a given, Think about how your own personal experiences relate to each claim. Think about things you have, Conclusion—Your conclusion should sum up your main points, providing a satisfactory wrap-up of, We had lots of meetings where she got to hear from each of us what we were thinking about. She, Assignment to interview people we knew personally who had firsthand experience with war, even if, Conclusion: These were teachers who were widely recognized in my school community as good teach-, second point and evidence 4. third point and evidence conclusion, The following was found on an Internet chat room about the rising costs of healthcare., The following is taken from an editorial in the Colton Times., The following appeared in an article in Managing Today magazine., The following is a memo from the manager of Cook’s Books, a local bookstore., The following appeared in an article in Science Times magazine., The following appeared in an article on school cafeteria menus in a parenting magazine., The following appeared in a newsletter on physical fitness., The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Noxville newspaper., “Over the past 20 years, technology has only made our lives easier.”, The following is taken from an editorial in the Colton Times., The following is a memo from the manager of Cook’s Books, a local bookstore., The following appeared in a letter to the editor of the Noxville newspaper., I, II, and III b. I and II only, III only d. II and III only, Para is situated between two distinct river valleys., sheep : wool b. uniform : boots linen : flax d. silk : rug, Cause and effect. Crime : punishment is an example of cause and effect: He committed a crime; the, Part to whole 2. Contrastingantonymsopposites, Cause and effect 4. Type of, Degree of 6. Use or purpose of, eyebrow : face b. bark : bite, orthodontist : dentist d. toothbrush : holder, stalactite : cave Tool to worker, aggravate : symptom b. joyous : glum, examining : patients d. exercise : confiscate, automobile : drive Eliminate wrong answers as a way to find the right answer., Higgins proposed a revolutionary ide b. Higgins proposed a radical ide, Remember to read between the lines With the sentence completion questions, you may remember, fire : weapon c. tie : kerchief place : hold e. grate : poker, preserve : sanctuary c. pectin : preserves couscous : pilaf e. candle : wax, idiosyncrasy b. pathology appeasement d. uniformity, reprobation 20. Speak not but what may benefit others or trifling b. assertive, laudable d. dormant implausible, Comedy: The Misunderstood Art b. Observations on the Function of Laughter, The Logical Relation of Comedy to, Laughter: A Social Function e. Echoes of Laughter, in a crowded theater. b. in a half-full theater., while reading a book. d. while watching a television sitcom., while sitting alone in a comedy club. 3. According to the passage, an individual may, II only b. III only, I and II only d. II and III only, I, II, and III 4. The author supports the assertion in line 1 that, by comparing it to a storm b. by saying it wants to pass from person to, by relating an anecdote about a parish d. by comparing it to thunder in a mountain, by invoking an image of a circle 5. The passage implies that laughter is always, a larger audience portends a larger laugh. b. the utility of laughter is a social one., some people prefer one type of humor over, the circle must remain close e. in social terms, humankind is not univer-, a definition of geometric axioms b. the truth, or lack thereof, of geometrical, the reality of geometrical correspondences d. the validity of human observations, geometrical propositions. b. the nature of straight lines., the truth of the axioms of geometry. d. the methods of geometry., any question of the truth of geometry., the concept of straight lines b. the validity of Euclidean thought the logical connection of the ideas of, the relation of ideas to objects of the logical connection of ideas among, apparent observations of points and planes d. more or less exact objects in nature the existence of straight lines 10. It can be inferred from the passage that our, The propositions appear to correspond to There is a logical unity to the propositions. c. We have been conditioned to believe they, Geometric principles derive from definite Observations prove the propositions to, Foreigners are generally not to be trusted. b. Crossing borders to give birth is morally, Laws, as a rule, develop in response to a, Unification is a natural tendency for, No person should be immune to legal, II only b. III only, I and II only d. I and III only, I, II, and III 13. It is implied in this passage that the first close, the cooperation required to write a, interprovincial trade c. intraprovincial trade, the practice of giving birth in Brabant e. the evolution of legal systems within the, a complex relationship between sovereign, a zeal for liberty c. the practice of giving birth in Brabant, the pursuit of freedom by residents of, the exclusion of foreigners from, reconciliation of opposing views of consti-, contrast and comparison of vagaries of, review of similarities and contrasts among, polemic advocating the desirability of legal, He was the first to observe the heavens. b. He was first to perceive the equinoxes., He was the first to combine observation, He worked primarily with crude instru-, He was the first to realize stars are merely, day and night are equivalent in length. b. the equinoxes fall on the same day for both, it takes 25,000 years for a complete preces-, there are two distinct points each year, one, the position of the sun relative to the stars, He examined the night sky and compared it, He examined historical records and, He consulted with Newton to explain the, He measured the positions of the equinoxes, He developed precise instrumentation to, the early nineteenth century b. the second century, the early Middle Ages d. the first part of the sixteenth century, the twentieth century 20. Which of the following statements, if true,, In Hipparchus’s time, the telescope was, Astronomers and astrologers of ancient, The scientific method was formalized by, It was not until the nineteenth century that, Hipparchus’s observations were routinely, b. The relationship in this question is part to, a. Efficient is the opposite of wasteful. Honest is, d. Parsley is a type of garnish. Salt is a type of, e. The concept in this question is one of oppo-, c. Land can be divided into acres. Cake can be, a. The shaft is the long, narrow part of the, c. You will find a trellis in a garden. You will, d. A manacle binds the hands. A fetter binds, e. A thresher is a type of shark. A mastiff is a, d. A grip in the film industry uses a piece of, a. A parrot mimics speech. A termite bores wood. 12. d. The mandible is the jaw bone. The, b. Overt is the opposite of hidden. Ebullient is, b. A dollar is composed of cents. An army is, e. A scimitar is a type of saber. A revolver is a, c. A cineaste loves film the way a gastronome, a. A lap is a unit of measurement for a pool. A, c. Resin is an ingredient in varnish. Pectin is an, e. Paper is used to make origami. Osier is a wil-, b. Something Machiavellian is duplicitous., c. To be ambivalent is to be uncertain. To be, e. Something which is catastrophic is disas-, a. Palatial means like a palace. Chintzy means, c. Omniscient means all-knowing omni, d. To capitulate is to give in or give up in the, b. To indemnify is to secure against harm, loss,, c. To palliate is to lessen the violence of, to, e. To be sycophantic is to be seeking personal, b. To oust is to eject or remove, usually from, d. To be anomalous is to be unusual, out of the, a. To be brusque is to be abrupt in a social situ-, c. To be audacious is to be recklessly bold or, a. To be palpable is to be capable of being, e. To be staid is to be solidly fixed in a serious, d. To be loquacious is to be talkative. To be tac-, a. To be protracted is to be prolonged or drawn, b. Oblique means indirect, not straightfor-, c. Dolorous means expressive of misery or, e. Mutable means changeable. Constant means, c. That which is superfluous is not required, not, b. There are two key phrases in this sentence:, a. The word and signifies a restatement of or, e. For whom is the phrase that signals support, d. In this sentence, the punctuation is your, c. The word and tells you there is complemen-, e. The structure of the sentence is straightfor-, a. This sentence is about the writings of the, c. Remember to stick to the information, b. The phrase that is to say signals a restate-, a. The word but signals a contrast between the, e. The first unit of the sentence is about, c. The key word here is polyphonic. If you, b. The first unit of the sentence defines the, a. The lack of a word or phrase signaling, d. In the first unit of this sentence, there are two, d. Although the author makes several points, c. In lines 5—8, in particular, the author clearly, c. The author supports assertion I in lines 14—, b. The phrase would fain be prolonged by rever-, e. The author uses several examples to make, 70 c. 71 72 e. 73 How many positive whole numbers less than 81 are NOT equal to squares of whole numbers? a. 9, 20 b. 40 Of the following, which could be the graph of 2 – 5x, 60 d. 72 Of the following, which could be the graph of 2 – 5x, more than 60,000 b. e., z + w = 13 Ida spent 75 on a skateboard and an additional –2–2–5 039 11 R, S, and T are three consecutive odd c. In the figure, y = z because they are vertical angles. Also, since l, a. By looking at the first value, you know that, b. It is given that R, S, and T are consecutive odd integers, with R, a. You must determine the area of the shaded rectangular region. It is given that VR = 2, but the, b. It is given that x c., d. 20 or d. 20 of college graduates + 4 of post-graduate education students = 24, therefore, First, multiply the denominator by the whole number: 5, Factoring the difference between two squares using the rule:, An angle can be named by the vertex when no other angles share the same vertex: An angle can be represented by a number written in the interior of the angle near the vertex:, 16 c. 25 60 e. 75 If two items cost c cents, how many items can be purchased for x cents? a., 11 b. 44 88 Julie wants to make some candy using a recipe that calls for 1, c. From b. Since the area, c. Area = c. AB, c. 58.6 of 360 e. Amount Invested
