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GRE Comprehensive 1. Unlike birds that simply spread viruses from an animal to another
Package animal, pigs are the "----vessel" where viruses swap genes and
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The word "unlike" suggests that pigs do not simply spread viruses
from an animal to another animal. Rather, inside pigs, viruses swap
genes. Choice D really makes sense. A place where viruses swap
genes is a "mixing vessel", and thus generate "new" germs.
(A) refused
(B) wished
(C) planned
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(D) extended
(E) caused
(A) essential
(B) basic
(C) final
(D) cheap
(E) emotional
The phrase "in that" suggests that the cause before "in that" should
be similar in meaning to that after "in that". Thus, the word that fills
in the blank must be a synonym to "founding". B is the best answer.
The word "basic" means the same as "founding".
(A) difficult
(B) expected
(C) diversified
(D) unpredictable
(E) promising
The missing word describes how the effort would be to improve
service and the word "but" suggests that the word fills the blank
must contrast with the idea of "not surprising". Therefore, D is the
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best answer.
If you took a peek into history, it turns out that previous influenza
pandemics have similar scenarios. The greatest influenza pandemic
in 1918 caused more than 20 million deaths of soldiers stationed in
France. The last influenza pandemic was in 1968, known as the
Hong Kong flu (H3N2). Thousands of deaths and millions were
infected worldwide.
The other examples are the Nipah virus and Japanese Encephalitis
virus, which find pigs to be good hosts. With JE, the virus circulates
in the blood of infected pigs. When infected pigs are bitten by
Culex mosquitoes, the virus replicates in the mosquito's gut. The
next time the mosquito bites a human, the virus is passed on. The
pig doesn't get sick as such. The Nipah virus causes pneumonia
symptoms in pigs. In humans, it causes encephalitis, and humans
catch it only with direct contact with infected pigs. Symptoms
range from mild headache to permanent brain damage, and can be
fatal.
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animal.
(B) Animals are the villain for most flues.
(C) Hygiene and management can not control the spread of viruses.
(D) The current bird flu epidemic may be a launch pad for the next
influenza pandemic.
(E) The influenza pandemic is always a regional phenomenon.
Which answer is correct? For choice A, the passage did not make
any comparison between deaths of human and deaths of animal. In
B, animal is actually not the villain for most flues. Rather, it is
human. Look at the second sentence in the fourth paragraph, "But
make no mistake, the pig is not the villain, neither is the
chicken." For C, "Hygiene and management can control what
eventually happens"(in the middle of fourth paragraph), therefore,
C is incorrect. E is also incorrect. Though most flues discussed in
this passage were originated from some areas, the passage never
stated it was a regional phenomenon. In fact, it "will likely kill
large numbers of people across the globe", as stated at the
beginning of last paragraph. The correct answer is D – the current
bird flu epidemic may be a launch pad for the next influenza
pandemic, because no animal has preexisting immunity and it
causes a pandemic by spreading from human to human.
(A) What causes the Nipah virus and Japanese Encephalitis virus to
happen?
(B) Does Hong Kong flu originate from pig?
(C) From fowl to pigs to humans?
(D) Is influenza pandemic horrible?
(E) Shall we eat chicken?
This question asks you to find a title for the passage. In other word,
it requires you to identify the primary concern of the passage as a
whole. The first paragraph presents a recent virus. The second and
third paragraphs describe similar influenza pandemics in history.
The fourth paragraph concludes who should be responsible for the
spread of virus and what human can do to control. The last
paragraph indicates that people stimulated rather than inhibited its
promulgation. We can thus conclude the current virus will also leap
to human. Furthermore, the passage as a whole is to "ring alarm
bells". Therefore, C is the best answer.
(A) The BT2 spread from a pig to another pig, and thus causes
significant disease in pig.
(B) The AIDS viruses transferred from monkeys to man and spread
across the world.
(C) The SARS virus originates from some wildlife and is picked up
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(A) Prior to the 1980's, the productivity levels of the top Indian
software firms were exceeded by those of Chinese software firms.
(B) The official language of a country has a large effect on the
productivity levels of its software developers.
(C) During the late 1980's and early 1990's, productivity levels
were comparable in China and India.
(D) The greater the number of engineers that a software firm has,
the higher a firm's productivity level.
(E) The amount of human resource investment made by software
developers in their firms determines the level of productivity.
If you do not refer to the original passage, you may pick up B. For
test-takers who have some backgrounds in computer, it is obvious
that being familiar with English will gain some advantage in writing
program code. However, the correct answer is C.
6. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) contrast possible outcomes of a type of business strategy
(B) suggest more careful evaluation of a type of business strategy
(C) illustrate various ways in which a type of business strategy
could fail to enhance revenues
(D) trace the general problems of a company to a certain type of
business strategy
(E) criticize the way in which managers tend to analyze the costs
and benefits of business strategies
This question asks you to summarize the passage's central idea.
Which of the five choices is correct? Based on the verbs initiating
the five choices, you can eliminate three of them:
(A) incorrect. To contrast is to compare several things, but not to
agree or disagree.
(C) incorrect. To illustrate is to give example, not to agree or
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disagree.
(D) incorrect. To trace is to track, not to agree or disagree.
Choice E began with argumental word criticize, but isn't the correct
choice because it addresses the detail. Therefore, B is the right
answer: to argue that superior service does not generate
competitive advantage is to suggest more careful evaluation of a
type of business strategy (price reduction).
In the middle of the last paragraph, the author states that "For
instance, most software firms of India were initially set up to
outsource the contract in western countries, such as United States."
Thus, the best answer is D.
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2. MATRIX : NUMBER ::
3. HORSE : MARE ::
The first colon (:) means "to" and the two colons (::) means "is as".
We read the question as "horse to mare is as…" Next, we need to
define the relationship between this pair of words. What is the
relationship between horse and mare? A "mare" is a female horse.
So, a rationale for this analogy could be "Y (a mare) is a female
X". Because analogy problems require us to look for a pair of
words that have the same relationship has the initial two words, we
are looking for a pair in which the second word is a female of
second word. Once you have determined the relationship between
the given pair of words and state it in your mind in sentence form,
read through the answer choices substituting the possible pairs into
the same sentence you have created to describe the initial pair.
4. MARTIAL : MILITARY ::
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5. HEADSTRONG : WILLFULNESS ::
6. SIMULTANEOUS : COINCIDE ::
7. INVINCIBLE : SUBDUED ::
2. ARBITRARY
A. democratic
B. tyrannous
C. overbearing
D. halcyon
E. responsive
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Answer: A
3. ABSTRUSE
A. sagacious
B. superficial
C. contented
D. rational
E. subjective
Answer: B
4. TRANQUIL
A. diminished
B. calm
C. edgy
D. unobstructed
E. astonishing
Answer: C
5. IMPUDENCE
A. insolence
B. preposterous
C. imaginative
D. decorum
E. gratuitous
Answer: D
6. INVIGORATE
A. inveigle
B. incapacitate
C. activate
D. exonerate
E. enervate
Answer: E
7. COMPENDIOUS
A. lengthy
B. laconic
C. hypocritical
D. pliant
E. fruitful
Answer: A
8. COMPLIMENT
A. praise
B. affront
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C. agitate
D. approbate
E. masticate
Answer: B
9. INCONSTANCY
A. changefulness
B. compression
C. integrity
D. variation
E. parallelism
Answer: C
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