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SECTION 7

The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided.

Questions 9-11 are based on the following passages.

Passage 1

Caves have always haunted the imagination. The ancient Greeks shuddered at tales of Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades, and countless legends and Hollywood fantasies include a spine-tingling staple: unknown creatures lurking in the next claustrophobic corridor, hungry and waiting for visitors. Now it turns out that bizarre, voracious denizens of the underworld arc not wholly imaginary. Biologists slithering into ever deeper, tighter recesses are coming face-to-face with a fast-growing list of cave-dwelling spiders, centipedes, leeches, mites, scorpions, beetles, fish, snails, worms, and salamanders, along with thick beds of bacteria and fungi that sometimes make a living off the very rocks.

Passage 2

Five hundred feet below the bright-green rain forest, my fellow cave diver slips into the dark-green waters of a Hooded cave passage called Tunkul Sump. Loaded with lights and two scuba tanks, he unreels a thin white nylon cord, his lifeline back from the unexplored passage. I sit near the sump and wait. It's April 30. 1999. my sixth expedition to the Chiquibul cave system in Belize and Guatemala. On each trip Heel I'm opening books in an underground library that has preserved records of dramatic climate change over time, of the lives of the ancient Maya who once used these caves, and of numerous animal species, living and extinct.

9. Both Passage 1 and Passage 2 indicate that caves are home to

(A) fossilized remains

(B) sedimentary rocks

(D) ancient human artifacts

(E) multiple animal species

10. The authors of both passages would most likely agree that caves

(A) were left unexplored due to the dangers involved

(B) are threatened by excessive exploration

(D) provide information about ancient civilizations

(E) fuel people's fears about the underworld

11. The last sentence of Passage 2 serves primarily to

(A) show the extent to which the climate of the area has changed

(B) point out that the cave was once home to species that are now extinct

(D) convey the idea that the cave serves as a historical chronicle

(E) suggest that underwater cave exploration is more productive than scholarly research

SECTION 7

Questions 12-23 are based on the following passage.

The passage below was adapted from a novel published in 1987.

I am a painter. I paint portraits and townscapes— views of the inner city, of shabby streets, small, dusty parks, crumbling tenements. That is my art, my reason for living. Unhappily, it is not productive in the crude sense. In spite 5of kindly reviews of my occasional exhibitions and the loyal response of old friends who attend the private views and buy the smaller paintings, my work only brings in a pittance. The trade that I live by. that pays the bills and the mortgage, that gives my mother the necessary allowance to |0 keep her in reasonable comfort in her small house, is that of a copyist.

I am (I mast make this clear an honest craftsman; not a cheat, not a forger.

I am no Tom Keating, aging a picture with a spoonful of instant coffee, spraying on fly specks

15 with a mixture of asphalt and turpentine, pretending to have come upon an unknown Old Master in a junk shop or attic. I paint copies of famous paintings, sometimes for private persons or institutions, but mostly for the directors of companies who want an impressive decoration to hang in

20 their boardrooms. Deception of an innocent kind is their intention; asked if the picture is genuine, few of them. I imagine, would lie. Nor would they be wise to. Whether they know it or not (and in some cases 1 am sure that they do know, collaborating with me in a further, minor

25 deception out of pleasure and a shared sense of humor), my copies are never exact.

That is where vanity comes in. One wants to leave one's mark on the world. Like many another craftsman, like an apprentice stonecutter carving a gargoyle on a cathedral.

30 I want to make my individual contribution to the grand design, t copy the painting with all the skill at my disposal, all the tricks; squaring up, measuring with calipers, using photographs, a projector, a light box for transparencies to get as near as I can to the true color. I try to match the

35 pigments used by the artist, grinding my own Naples yellow, or buying it in

a tube from Budapest where ii is still legal to sell it ready made with Lead and antimony. But instead of adding my signature, I change some insignificant feature.

I alter the expression of a man in o crowd, add

40 a tiny animal face in a dim corner, a mouse or a weasel, replace the diamond on a woman's hand with a ruby, paint a watch on a wrist in an eighteenth-century portrait. How many casual observers would notice Or care if they did'* Most people chortle to see experts confounded.

45 All art. of course, is full of deception. Nature, too, and human behavior, but more of that later. Remember the

story of Zeuxis No Then I'll tell you. (Bear with me. The tale will develop, I hope, when I can find my way into it. but I am only a painter, unused to the art of narrative flow.)

50 This Zeuxis lived in Athens in the fourth century . He painted a picture of grapes with such skill that sparrows Hew in and tried to peck al the fruit. Amused, Zeuxis invited another painter lo witness a repeat performance. A rival, whose name was Parrhasius. HE affected to be

55 unimpressed. To cheat sparrows was nothing extraordinary. "Bird brained" was his buzzword. The birth of a cliché

Parrhasius went home and brooded. His turn to ask his friend Zeuxis to inspect a painting. It was concealed behind a curtain. Zeuxis tried lo unveil it and failed: the draperies

60 had been painted. Zeuxis. who was either a fool, or a very nice man. or simply somewhat shortsighted, was generous with praise. "I was only able to deceive a few sparrows, but you have deceived me. a man and an artist."

This hoary old legend has its quirky, private significance

65 for me. Ever since I first heard it. at school, it made me want to be an artist good enough to fool the experts.

Tom Keating (1018-1984) was an art restorer and famous art forcer who claimed to have forged over 2000 paintings by over 100 different artists.

12. hi line 4, "Unhappily" most nearly means

(A) Inappropriately

(B) Mournfully

(D) Awkwardly

(E) Unexpectedly

13. The narrator portrays the "friends” (line 6) as generally be ing

(A) imaginative

(B) artistic

(D) reflective

(E) supportive

14. The narrator's attitude toward Tom Keating (line 13) is primarily one of

(A) sympathy

(B) fascination

(D) disdain

(E) exasperation

15. In line 16, the narrator uses the phrase "an unknown Old Master" to refer to

(A) a forgotten teacher who once wielded great influence

(B) a formerly prominent artist who has now become obscure

(D) an artwork so damaged that it has lost its aesthetic appeal

(E) a painting by a famous artist that had previously been unrecognized

16. The attitude of those people "collaborating" (line 24) in the "deception" (line 25) is one of

(A) feigned innocence

(B) ironic detachment

(D) naked ambition

(E) unmitigated greed

17. As described in lines 31-37 ("I copy ... antimony"), the narrator's approach to copying is best characterized as

(A) painstaking

(B) grudging

(D) simplistic

(E) slipshod

18. The "watch" (line 42) is best characterized as

(A) an allegory

(B) an anachronism

(D) a symbol

(E) a conundrum

19. The statement in line 45 ("All art... deception") signals a shift from

(A) a discussion about a vocation to a discussion about private life

(B) a description of a person to a description of a community

(D) an account of a particular individual's actions to an explanatory anecdote

(E) a historical consideration of a trade to a mythical tale of that trade's origins

20. In line 55, "cheat" most nearly means

(A) mislead

(B) swindle

(D) elude

(E) victimize

21. In lines 54-57 ("He affected ... brooded"), the narrator implies that Parrhasius was

(A) annoyed at having been summoned to judge Zeuxis' work

(B) regretful that he had not worked harder to perfect his own artistic skills

(D) secretly jealous of Zeuxis' accomplishment

(E) more knowledgeable about the behavior of birds than Zeuxis was

22- In lines 60-61 ("Zeuxis. .. Shortsighted”), the narrator offers

(A) unusual examples of a particular technique

(B) alternative explanations for a certain action

(D) cynical reasons for a heroic gesture

(E) unfair dismissals of a scholarly tradition

23. The narrator implies that the "legend" (line 64) served to

(A) inspire the narrator with a lifetime goal

(B) solidify the narrator's ethical beliefs as an artist

(D) discourage the narrator from attempting to become a prominent artist

(E) help teach the narrator the technical skill needed to become a copyist

Questions 7-20 arc based on the following passages.

These passages are excerpts from two different histories of rock-and-roll musk in the United States. Both passages were written in the I$8Qs.

Passage 1

As I was passing as unconsciously as possible through one of humanity's most insidious institutions, junior high school, something dramatic yet subtle was taking place in my teenage consciousness. I didn't recognize it for what

5 it was at the time. Nobody did. But it was happening to all ' of us, just the same. It didn't take long for adults to tell us what it was, however, and they weren't very happy. They called it primitive, communistic, filthy, smutty, and obscene; we called it rock and roll. We were both right.

10 Today, with over 30 years of hindsight available, the whole phenomenon seems relatively clear and, if possible, even more provocative than it seemed at

its inception. What I and my fellow sufferers were experiencing was the beginning of America's first genuine cultural revolution.

15 This statement may seem exaggerated for two somewhat contradictory reasons. First, we've always been taught that America's war of independence from England was a true revolution, something of an exaggeration in itself. Second, and more important, we're reluctant to give up the

20 American myth of a slow and steady (but inevitable) progress toward an earthly perfection. Americans have always tolerated many more disagreements over the nature of their goals than over how they could be achieved. The process was expected to be rational, well ordered, and

25 continuous. So even to suggest the possibility of a cultural revolution in America must appear not only factually absurd but blasphemous as well. Revolution is as heretical a doctrine in America as abolishing the monarchy would be in England. Nevertheless, despite the overwhelmingly

30 conservative assumptions of most Americans, we are in fact in the throes of

a genuine and dramatic revolution in our culture, and it behooves us to understand it before passing judgment.

From its beginnings, rock music has challenged the

35 basic values of the culture in which it emerged: not all at once, not always self-consciously, certainly not programmatically. but surely and steadily nevertheless. First came challenges to the accepted beliefs about sex, race, and work; then nationalism, war, and economics

40 came under attack. By implication, of course, the entire conception of reality that supported these values was negated. Essentially, what was being rejected was a particular view of the American tradition, with its firm

convictions about destiny, inevitable progress, absolutist

45 morality, and fixed social positions. Sociologists had been studying and criticizing this value scheme. Rock and roll, however, didn't propose to study it; rock and roll proposed to abolish it.

Passage 2

In its beginnings, rock and roll was the music of teens

50 and very young adults. But as we entered the 1970s, an inevitable fact became obvious: those 1950s teenagers were entering middle age and they still liked rock.

A baby born in 1940 was fifteen years old when "Rock Around the Clock" hit number one; in 1970 that same person turned

55 thirty but very likely still liked Elvis, the Beach Boys. Dylan, and the Beatles. And in 1985 that "baby" was solidly middle-aged and in all probability still liked those artists as well as a few newer ones—established groups and performers such as Chicago, Fleetwood Mac, and

60 Lionel Richie. Notice the number of "classic rock" and "adult rock" radio stations on your FM dial Those are aimed at a relatively affluent segment of the adult population that is roughly thirty-five to fifty years old. These people are hitting their peak earning years (a fact

65 of considerable interest to radio advertisers), and they want to hear their

favorite artists from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as a few of the more conservative acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Indeed, the rock market now extends to people in their fifties.

70 At the other end of this demographic expansion are the preteens. The lowering of the age of rock consumerism has accelerated with the coming of MTV and other televised rock video formats. It should come as no surprise to anyone that children — little children—like television.

75 While parents and older siblings are at work, at school, or elsewhere, younger kids have a choice of cartoons, reruns, game shows, or the most up-to-date rock videos. The television rock videos have brought an increasingly younger population into the world of rock and roll.

80 What this means is that rock and roll is no longer a

teen-oriented countercultural phenomenon. It now pervades much of American culture. It cuts across economic groups, social levels, and ethnic groups. The rock style permeates movie music, music for television, advertising music, jazz,

85 music at athletic events, church music, and country music. Granted, within rock there are countercultural trends, but as a generic entity, rock so permeates our entire culture that other styles of music—such as jazz, classical, and pure country and western — are considered to be on the

90 fringe, admired by small subcultural groups.

7. Which of the following best stales the relationship between the two passages

(A) Passage 1 assesses the impact of a phenomenon, whereas Passage 2 offers a demographic perspective on that same phenomenon.

(B) Passage 1 sketches the historical causes of an event, whereas Passage 2 considers that event from a contemporary perspective.

2 argues that this attitude is inevitable.

(D) Passage 1 provides a personal reflection on a movement, whereas Passage 2 predicts the implications of that movement.

(E) Passage 1 urges readers to undertake a particular course of action, whereas Passage 2 offers a sober consideration of the dangers of doing so.

8. The two authors would most likely agree with which of the following statements

(A) Most rock music continues to question personal beliefs and national politics.

(B) The effect that rock and roll would have on society was not anticipated in the 1950s.

(D) Even those people who once strongly objected to rock and roll will eventually

come to appreciate it.

(E) Were it not for radio and television, rock music would not have had such a major influence on culture.

9. Which respectively describes the attitudes toward rock music of the "adults" (line 6, Passage 1) and the "people" (line 64, Passage 2)

(A) Apathetic. . passionate

(B) Ambivalent... accepting

(D) Disapproving. , appreciative

(E) Fearful... baffled

10. In line 8, "primitive" most nearly means

(A) fundamental

(B) archetypal

(D) barbaric

(E) original

11- The author's strategy in the first paragraph of Passage 1 is best described as one that uses

(A) a series of hypothetical questions to set up a debate

(B) a set of well-established facts to persuade the reader

(D) exaggerated ridicule to discredit an idea

(E) understatement to satirize a point of view

12. Why are the "reasons" discussed in lines 15-21 characterized by the author as "contradictory”

(A) Americans are critical of their country's revolution but do not fully understand the revolution's significance.

(B) No cultural revolution has taken place, but there are signs of one.

(C) A mericans like to think of their country as having been created by revolution, yet they do not believe in sudden change.

(D) Adults who publicly railed against rock and roll had to admit that they privately enjoyed it.

(E) Although rock and roll began as a rebellion against authority, it has become an arbiter of societal norms.

13. In lines 25-29 ("So even ... England"), the author of Passage 1 suggests that most Americans are essentially

(A) suggestible

(R) malcontented

(D) unorthodox

(E) illogical

14. In lines 35-37 in Passage 1 ("not... programmatically") and line 86 in Passage 2 ("Granted . . . trends"), each author attempts to

(A) undermine a fallacy

(B) rebut an argument

(D) qualify an assertion

(E) dismiss a tendency

15. Based on the information in Passage 2, its author would most likely agree with which of the following views

(A) Because it was intended primarily as entertainment, rock and roll has not engaged in serious social criticism.

(B) Because of its adaptability and consumer appeal, rock and roll has been easily assimilated into society.

(D) Because rock-and-roll musicians have not constituted a unified group, their political goals, while sincere, have remained unfocused.

(E) Because most adults did not appreciate rock and roll, they could not have been significantly changed by it.

16. In line 64, "hitting" most nearly means

(A) requesting

(B) discovering

(D) striking

(E) reaching

17. Which of the following most resembles the phenomenon described in lines 80-85, Passage 2 ("What this . .. country music")

(A) People are less familiar with classical music today than they were in the nineteenth century.

(B) Stylistic features once found exclusively in folk art are now prevalent in a wide variety of visual art forms.

(D) Although people read fewer books for pleasure today than people did three decades ago, overall book sales have been steadily increasing.

(E) Previously disparaged by critics, comic books have recently become the subject of several academic literary studies.

18. The examples given in lines 84-85 in Passage 2 ("movie music ... country music") serve primarily to

(A) illustrate how pervasive rock music has become

(B) demonstrate how rock music is more appropriate in some situations than in others

(D) offer specific reasons why both children and older people have become interested in rock music

(E) note instances in which rock musicians have profited from their music

19. A major point of difference between the two passages is that Passage 1

(A) presents rock and roll as a radical departure from

previous musical styles, whereas Passage 2 presents it as a natural step in the evolution of musical trends

(B) views only the first generation of rock and roll as authentic, whereas Passage 2 argues that the music blossomed only in later generations

(D) argues that American society is fundamentally revolutionary, whereas Passage 2 argues that it is fundamentally conservative

(E) argues that rock and roll is primarily an expression of dissent, whereas Passage 2 argues that it evolved into a part of ordinary life

20. The argument in Passage 2 differs from the argument in Passage 1 in that Passage 2

(A) explores the way rock recordings are sold, whereas Passage 1 explores the feelings listeners have about rock recordings

(B) takes an optimistic view about the relationship between rock musicians and society, whereas Passage 1 takes a pessimistic view

(D) focuses strictly on rock, whereas Passage 1 considers many different types of music

(E) urges adults to rediscover rock, whereas Passage 1 urges adolescents to explore a range of music beyond rock

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