Questions and Solutions for GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 Part 6)
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These are explanations and step by step solutions for the second edition of the ETS Practice Book for the Paper-Based GRE Revised General Test (Verbal Reasoning Section 4).
GRE Practice Test Second Edition - Complete Paper (pdf)
For each of Questions 20 to 25, select one answer
choice unless otherwise directed.
GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 solution for question 21)
21. Which sentence presents a misconception that the
passage challenges?
A. The second (“There is.... appetizing”)
B. The third (“However .... innovative”)
C. The fourth (“Mesoamericans.... one”)
D. The fifth (“Likewise.... flowers”)
E. The sixth (“There is.... chocolate”)
GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 solution for question 22)
22. The passage suggests that which of the following
could help remedy the problem described in
A. An article written by a biologist for the general
public summarizing current theories about
avian and dinosaurian evolution
B. A close examination of available data on avian
and dinosaurian evolution
C. A new hypothesis regarding the connection
between avian and dinosaurian evolution
GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 solution for question 23)
23. In the context in which it appears,
“sensational” (line 16) most nearly means
A. dramatic
B. false
C. excellent
D. eminent
E. horrifying
GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 solution for question 24)
24. In the context of the passage as a whole, the
primary function of the sentence in lines 10-12
is to
A. emphasize the influence of a particular social
class on the conventions of eighteenth-century
English portraiture
B. account for the origin of a particular type of
behavior frequently represented in
eighteenth-century English portraiture
C. acknowledge a historical basis for two
competing hypotheses about a particular
portrait type
D. question the relevance of certain evidence
frequently cited in support of an explanation
for a particular portrait type
E. concede that one explanation for the
prevalence of a particular portrait type has a
basis in fact
GRE Practice Test Second Edition. (Verbal Reasoning Section 4 solution for question 25)
25. Which of the following might provide an
explanation for the popularity of hand-in portraits
that would satisfy the author of the passage?
A. An eighteenth-century English etiquette
manual discussing the social implications of
the “hand-in” stance
B. A comprehensive catalogue of
eighteenth-century English portraits that
showed what proportion of portraits depicted
gentlemen in the “hand-in” stance
C. A passage from an eighteenth-century English
novel in which a gentleman considers what
stance to adopt when his portrait is painted
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