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PartIReadandKnow
InPartI,
youwillreadshorttextsofvariouskinds.Readtheinstructionscarefullyandanswerthequestions.(Timeallowed:
22minutes)
Questions1-3(Suggestedcompletiontime:
5minutes)
Directions:
Readthefollowingquotes.Matchthequotesontheleftwiththepeopleontheright.Pleasenotetherearetwoextraoptionsyoudonotneedtouse.
_____1.Givemealeverlongenoughandafulcrumonwhichtoplaceit,andIshallmovetheworld.
_____2.Moralityisnotthedoctrineofhowwemaymakeourselveshappy,buthowwemaymakeourselvesworthyofhappiness.
_____3.Youcan'
tconnectthedotslookingforward;
youcanonlyconnectthemlookingbackwards.Soyouhavetotrustthatthedotswillsomehowconnectinyourfuture.
A.JohnLocke
B.Archimedes
C.Aristotle
D.ImmanuelKant
E.SteveJobs
Questions4(Suggestedcompletiontime:
2minutes)
Readthetext,andanswerthequestionaccordingtothetext.
Toensurethehighstandardsoffacilitiesweneedtobuildnewwards,laboratoriesandconsultingrooms.Inshort,weneedyourhelpnow.Completethecoupontodayandrestassuredthatyourdonationisgoingtothebestpossiblecause.
4.Whereisthepieceoftexttakenfrom?
A.anadvertisement
B.aninstructionbooklet
C.astory
D.anewspaper
Questions5(Suggestedcompletiontime:
Question10(Suggestedcompletiontime:
Thebarchartshowsthenumberandproportionofundernourishedpeopleinthedevelopingregions,from1990¬
1992to2014¬
2016.Answerthequestionaccordingtotheinformationinthechart.
Source:
TheMillenniumDevelopmentGoals(MDG)Report2015
10.ChoosetheINCORRECTdescriptionaboutthechart.
A.Currentestimatessuggestthatnearlyoneinnineindividualsdonothaveenoughtoeatbetween2014and2016.
B.
Projectionsindicatethatthe2015MDGtargetisnearlyreached,with12.9percentofundernourishedpopulation.
C.
Thesituationnoticeablyimprovedduringtheyears1995-1999,butwentdowninthefirstfiveyearsofthenewmillennium.
D.
Theproportionofundernourishedpeopleinthedevelopingregionshasfallenbyalmosthalfsince1990.
PartIIReadandReason
InPartII,youwillreadshorttextsondifferentsubjects.Readtheinstructionscarefullyandanswerthequestionsbasedonlogicalinferenceandreasoning.(Timeallowed:
38minutes)
Question11-12(Suggestedcompletiontime:
10minutes)
Readthedefinitionsoftwotypesoflogicalfallacy.Answerthequestionsaccordingtothedefinitions.
PoisoningtheWell
Poisoningthewellisarhetoricaltechniqueandlogicalfallacy
whereadverseinformationaboutatargetispreemptivelypresentedtoan
audience,withtheintentionofdiscreditingorridiculingeverythingthatthetargetpersonisabouttosay.Itusesthe
association
ofnegative
emotions
todistractasubjectfromactual
evidence
inanargument.
11.Whichofthefollowingprovidesatypicalexampleofpoisoningthewell?
A.That’smystanceonfundingtheeducationsystem,andanyonewhodisagreeswithmehateschildren.
B.Youaresoweird.Thatmeans—weareprettymuchsure—thatyourwholefamilyisweird,too.
C.GodexistsbecausetheBiblesaysso.TheBibleisinspired.Therefore,weknowthatGodexists.
D.Idon’tcarewhatyousay.Wedon’tneedanymorebookshelves.Aslongasthecarpetisclean,wearefine.
FalseDilemma
Afalsedilemmaariseswhenweallowourselvestobeconvincedthatwehavetochoosebetweentwoandonlytwomutuallyexclusiveoptions,whenthatisuntrue.Generally,whenthisrhetoricalstrategyisused,oneoftheoptionsisunacceptableandrepulsive,whiletheotheristheonethemanipulatorwantsustochoose.Whoeversuccumbstothistraphasthusmadeachoicethatisforced,andassuch,oflittlevalue.
12.Whichofthefollowingprovidesatypicalexampleofafalsedilemma?
A.Smokingisharmfultohealth,soyouaresupposedtoquitsmoking.
B.Ifthegovernmentdoesn’treducepublicspending,oureconomywillcollapse.
C.Youmayaswellavoidovereating,orelseyoumightbeobeseinnotime.
D.Youaretheworstoftheclassmates;
therefore,whatyousayisincredible.
Questions13(Suggestedcompletiontime:
4minutes)
Readthepassageaboutsyllogism.DecidewhetherthereasoningsareValidorInvalidbasedontheprinciplesofsyllogism.
Syllogismisakindoflogicalargumentthatappliesdeductivereasoningtoarriveataconclusionbasedontwoormorepropositionsthatareassertedorassumedtobetrue.Itisperhapstoday’smostcommonlyacceptedformoflogicalreasoninginaptitudetests.Themostcommonlyusedtypeofsyllogismsiselucidatedina