All ISEE Lower Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #61 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
After returning from a vacation far away in the Bahamas, it was good to be surrounded by the___________of home.
reliability
faithfulness
familiarity
security
soundness
familiarity
On vacation, everything is foreign, but at home, things are "familiar." The other answer choices are as follows: "faithfulness" isloyalty;"soundness" isvalidityor合理性; and "reliability" istrustworthinessorthe ability to count on someone to do what he or she says they will do.
Example Question #62 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
The__________of the injury was unknown, and Sarah found it hard to recall when the pain began.
difficulty
ending
intensity
severity
source
source
Since Sarah "found it hard to recall when the pain began," we can infer that she must not know what caused her injury. The context clue in this sentence is noting that Sarah does not know theoriginor "source" of the pain and when it began. This is opposite of the answer choice "ending." Also, "intensity" isthe relative degree of something;"difficulty" iscomplexity;and "severity" isthe degree to which something is severe in comparison to other things.
Example Question #63 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
The company hired an entirely new staff last year; the group evolved into a ______ through the process of learning and growing together.
quartet
array
herd
cluster
team
team
When people learn together, they often must cooperate. As a result,teamis a good fit for this sentence because teams must work together and collaborate.
Example Question #64 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
When the climbers finally reached the mountain's__________, they placed a flag on its highest point and took a picture to prove that they had made it all the way to the top.
summit
bottom
border
valley
cave
summit
We can infer that because the sentence refers to "climbers" who "placed a flag on [the mountain's] highest point" after they "made it all the way to the top," we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "the top of a mountain." Neither "bottom" nor "valley" can be the correct answer, then, because each of those terms are antonyms of "top" and "mountain," respectively. "Summit," however, when used as a noun, means " the highest point of a hill or mountain," and because "summit" best fits the context of the sentence, "summit" is the correct answer.
Example Question #65 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
When the__________for being a member the club grew much stricter than they had previously been, it lost several members who did not meet the new conditions.
emotions
requirements
histories
tactics
mettles
requirements
We can infer that we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "conditions," because the club "lost several members who did not meet the new conditions." "Requirements" is a noun that means either "things that are needed or wanted" or "things that are compulsory; necessary conditions," and because "requirements" best fits the context of the sentence, "requirements" is the correct answer.
Example Question #66 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
The author's__________introduced the book and appeared before the first chapter.
finale
conclusion
prologue
proposition
脚注
prologue
The key to the sentence is noting that the introduction being referred to came before the first chapter. Therefore, it is a foreword orprologue.
Example Question #67 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
A dozen basketball teams competed in the__________, and after many rounds of games, one was declared the winner.
game
incentive
proponent
decision
tournament
tournament
We can infer that we need to pick out a noun for the blank that means something like “a series of games.” So, while “game” may look like a potentially correct answer, “game” cannot be the correct answer because the sentence says that there were “many rounds of games.” “Tournament,” however, is a noun that can mean “a series of contests between many teams or players,” and because “tournament” best describes the series of basketball games that the sentence is discussing, “tournament” is the correct answer.
Example Question #68 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
While_____________may ruin a picnic, it is essential because it helps grass grow.
precipitation
sunlight
ants
drought
wind
precipitation
The correct answer is "precipitation," which meanswater that falls from the sky in a liquid or solid form. "Precipitation" is the only answer choice that can ruin a picnic but is also needed to help plants grow. "Wind" and "ants" can ruin a picnic, but they do not directly help plants grow. "Sunlight" helps plants grow, but it is not something that will ruin a picnic.
Example Question #69 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
My grandmother turned one hundred yesterday; I cannot believe she has lived for a whole__________.
month
century
millenium
dozen
decade
century
The prefix "cent-" meansone hundred,soa period of one hundred consecutive yearsis a “century.” To provide additional help, a “decade” isa period often consecutive years; a “millenium”a period of one thousand consecutive years, and a "dozen"twelve units of something taken as a group.
Example Question #70 :Parts Of Speech In Word Based Sentence Completions
Choose the word or set of words that best completes the following sentence.
Lisa's father is very frustrated with her because despite being thirteen years old, she often acts immaturely, behaving like a(n)__________when she doesn't get her way.
infant
student
adult
teenager
rebel
infant
In this sentence, we know that Lisa acts immaturely. This means that she acts younger than her age at time. Since she is thirteen years old, the blank should be filled with a word that means someone who is younger than thirteen. An "infant" isa very young child, much younger than thirteen. Therefore, "infant"is the correct answer.
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