Mock Test For Civil Service Exam Review 1ST Part
Mock Test For Civil Service Exam Review 1ST Part
Mock Test For Civil Service Exam Review 1ST Part
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1. The yacht club members were excited about conditions on the loch. Loch * 1 point
Email * means…
a. Water
Your email
b. Lake
c. Gulf
Active contact no. *
d. Ocean
Your answer
2. The general tried to instill in his troops the hope of victory. Instill means… * 1 point
c. Inscribe
c. Maximal
d. Indict
d. Foul
3. The chemist collected the germane data during the experiment. Germane * 1 point 6. The old man was benevolent with his fortune. Benevolent means… * 1 point
means…
a. Secretive
a. Relevant
b. Stingy
b. Obscure
c. Kind
c. Limited
d. Careful
d. Usual
4. The attorney accused the witness of defaming the defendant. Defaming * 1 point
a. will cleaned
means…
b. is cleaning
a. Killing
c. cleans
b. Badgering
d. clean
c. Suffocating
d. Slandering
a. comes
5. The wound exhibited signs of copious drainage requiring medical * 1 point
intervention. Copious means… b. come
a. Minimal c. came
c Maximal
9. Jane: "What ______________ in the evenings?"Mary: "Usually I watch TV or * 1 point 12. You can keep my iPod if you like. I ___________ it any more. * 1 point
read a book."
a. don`t use
a. you doing
b. doesn`t use
b. you do
c. didn`t use
c. do you do
d. am not using
d. are you doing
b. wearing C) I speaking
c. wear D) I speak
d. is wearing
15. “What _____ ?” “I don’t know. Look it up.” * 1 point 17. * 1 point
16. The weekend was boring. I _____ anything. * 1 point 18. * 1 point
A) don’t do A) studied
B) no do B) was studying
C) didn’t do C) is studying
D) wants
20. * 1 point 23. Tanya is older than Eric. Cliff is older than Tanya. Eric is older than Cliff. * 1 point
24. Blueberries cost more than strawberries.Blueberries cost less than * 1 point
21. * 1 point
raspberries.Raspberries cost more than both strawberries and blueberries.
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
A) was teaching
A. true
B) teaches
B. false
C) teach
C. uncertain
D) thought
A. speed
A) loved
B. hiking
B) used to love
C. needle
C) loves
D. direction
D) love
26. Marathon is to race as hibernation is to * 1 point 29. Reptile is to lizard as flower is to * 1 point
A. winter A. petal
B. bear B. stem
C. dream C. daisy
D. sleep D. alligator
27. Elated is to despondent as enlightened is to * 1 point 30. Embarrassed is to humiliated as frightened is to * 1 point
A. aware A. terrified
B. ignorant B. agitated
C. miserable C. courageous
D. tolerant D. reckless
28. Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to * 1 point 31. Your friendship over the years and your support (has/have) meant a * 1 point
D. helpful
32. Hamilton Family Center, a shelter for teenage runaways in San * 1 point
Francisco, (offers/offer) a wide variety of services.
A. offers
B. offer
33. Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village bonfires * 1 point 36. The Student Council (A. came) to verbal blows (B. in disagreement) over * 1 point
(fills/fill) the sky. the choice (C. of theme) for the winter (D. dance that) would be held the
next month. (E. No error).
A. fills
A
B. fill
B
34. The story performers (was/were) surrounded by children and adults * 1 point D
eager to see magical tales.
E
A. was
B. were
37. (A. Everyone) (B. who) plans (C. to attend) the senior retreat (D. need) to * 1 point
35. The (A. strangely distorted), colorful pictures by Picasso (B. has * 1 point A
received) much attention (C. not only) from the critics, (D. but also from) the
B
general public. (E. No error).
C
A
D
B
E
C
D) was damaged
38. A classic (A. such as) Cinderella, (B. or other similar) fairy tales, (C. * 1 point 41. She’s going to be late because her plane _____. * 1 point
becomes) distorted from its original, and sometimes less than (D. positive),
story when Disney rewrites the tale for public consumption. (E. No error) A) has been delayed
A B) has delayed
B C) delayed
C D) was delayed
E
42. He _____ to a senior designer. * 1 point
C) kidnapped
D) was kidnapped
43. Hundreds of people _____ for the jobs. * 1 point
40. They’re really angry because someone _____ their car. * 1 point B) have applied
C) damage
C. mental
D. common man
44-50. In the sixteenth century, an age of great marine and terrestrial exploration, 45. Magellan lost the favor of the king of Portugal when he became * 1 point
Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail around the world. As a young involved in a political ___.
Portuguese noble, he served the king of Portugal, but he became involved in the
quagmire of political intrigue at court and lost the king's favor. After he was
A. entanglement
dismissed from service to the king of Portugal, he offered to serve the future
Emperor Charles V of Spain. A papal decree of 1493 had assigned all land in the B. discussion
New World west of 50 degrees W longitude to Spain and all the land east of that
line to Portugal. Magellan offered to prove that the East Indies fell under Spanish C. negotiation
authority. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships.
D. problems
More than a year later, one of these ships was exploring the topography of South
America in search of a water route across the continent. This ship sank, but the E. none of the above
remaining four ships searched along the southern peninsula of South America.
Finally they found the passage they sought near a latitude of 50 degrees S.
Magellan named this passage the Strait of All Saints, but today we know it as the
Strait of Magellan. One ship deserted while in this passage and returned to Spain, 46. The Pope divided New World lands between Spain and Portugal * 1 point
so fewer sailors were privileged to gaze at that first panorama of the Pacific Ocean. according to their location on one side or the other of an imaginary
Those who remained crossed the meridian we now call the International Date Line geographical line 50 degrees west of Greenwich that extends in a ___
in the early spring of 1521 after ninety-eight days on the Pacific Ocean. During direction.
those long days at sea, many of Magellan's men died of starvation and disease.
Later Magellan became involved in an insular conflict in the Philippines and was A. north and south
killed in a tribal battle. Only one ship and seventeen sailors under the command of
the Basque navigator Elcano survived to complete the westward journey to Spain B. crosswise
and thus prove once and for all that the world is round, with no precipice at the
C. easterly
edge.
D. south east
A. cosmic
B. land
C mental
D. Portugal
E. Madrid
47. One of Magellan's ships explored the ___ of South America for a * 1 point 50. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the ___ now called the * 1 point
passage across the continent. International Date Line.
A. coastline
A. imaginary circle passing through the poles
B. mountain range
B. Imaginary line parallel to the equator
C. physical features
C. area
D. islands
D. land mass
E. none of the above
E. answer not found in article
48. Four of the ships sought a passage along a southern ___. * 1 point
Time finish at: *
A. coast
Time
B. inland
: AM
D. border
A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
E. answer not available
C. Spain Forms