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Directions:Thissectionconsistsofselectionsfromliteraryworksandquestionsontheircontent,form,andstyle.After
to each question'
reading each passage, choose the best answer
EXCEPT'
of questions that contain the words NOT' LEAST' or
Note: Pay particular attention to the requirement
bicycles and wagons swerved to avoid him' He
passage
Questions 1-16: Read the following
went through them...like a great monster walking
carefully before you choose your answers'
(45) through a cloud of ants, that are carrying on their
futile-and infinitesimal labours about his feet" "His
He walked quickly along a narrow passage
face...was like a subtle mask' It was so" 'so dead'
it
into a dark lane. The lane was empty' So
He walked straight across the pavement
in the
appeared at first. But as Gypo stood hidden
into a public-house. He kicked the swing door open
Ooo*uy of an old empty house' pier-cing the
(so) with his foot, just as he had entered the police(5) a.mttt with wild eyes, he heard a-footstep""the of
a
station. He put a pound note on the counter with
sound
first human footstep he had heard' the first
He
"Pint'"
slry of nis pAm and uttered one word:
an
his fellow human beings, since he had become
stared at the counter until the drink was served' " '
informer..'and an outcast'
Now he definitely set out to form a plan of
Immediately he felt that the footstep was
and
to
menacing, as if he were certain that it belonged
strange!""
How
him'
somebody that was tracking
Ninety minutes ago, his ears would-not have
normally
challenged the sound of breath coming
anention
into
pricked
they
from his lungs- But now
tbe
foom
approached
(15) at the trudging shuffle that
left. His heart began to Pant'
It
Of cours=e it was nobody of consequence'
a
wi&
fare'
ill
of
woman
was only a ragged old
She pilsd
debauched face and melancholy eyes'
somerting
muttering
him'
(20) drunkenly in front of
unintelligible- -. -spat and Passed on witrom
Was it an omen? Gypo did mt notioe that
(10)
(5'
acrion- It had been a habit with McPhillip
himself. Whenever they had done any "stunt"'they
immediately...set about forming plans for an
alibi....
Suddenly Gypo realized what a clever
had
(60) fellow McPhillip must really have been" "Gypo
He
plans'
of
never given any ttrougtrt to the matter
onen;ed to siy to McPhillip with a queer glassy
o'
took in his eyes: "Mac, you bite the easy side
you
an'
the cheese. igot to do all the rough work
(65) do all the thinkin ....
Now, for the first time, he realized the
difficulty of making a plan without McPhillip'
When he had to ttrint it out for himself it appeared
to be devilish work. His brain got all in a tangle
speat<ingl
ii was. He merely li$ercd to fu sormd of k
carelessly thryg[ tre pods'
footsteps,
^ splashing
Tt"o le toorca ahead of him futiv€fy md
(25)
moved off with the careful lisening' sooping
nig[t in a
movement of a man wandering alone at
tumed a
forest gorge where lions are about' He
of light
ablue
with
face
to
corner and came face
going
people
of
crorrds
and
(30) -d u ,,."", with shops
he
Then
fear'
with
about. At first he shuddered
had he to
swore and drew in a deep breath' What
going to
was
Who
well'
fear? He knew the street
up' like
clawed
fists
giant
interfere with him? His
and
throat
his
of
muscles
(35) talons enraged, and the
hat
round
little
his
settled
shoulders stiffened' " 'He
a
like
rolled
head"
his
'and
jauntily on the back of
glare
of
the
into
sailor out of the lane, arrogantly'
the street'
At the same, slow, swinging' rolling gait'
(40)
without
he crossed the street through the traffic
carts'
aside"''Motor-cars'
pausing, without stepping
(70)
and he could make a beginning nowhere' He
gathered himself together several times' with set
a
iips anO stiffened bick, like a horse stiffening for
use'
no
was
it
great tug at an immense weight, but
to
He could not overcome the weight that seemed
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From THE INFORMER by Liam O'Flaherty'
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