CliffsNotes CBEST - BTPS TESTING Ph.D., Jerry Bobrow Ph.D. & 8 more 2021
Section I: Reading
Practice Test 1
50 Questions
80 Minutes
Directions: A question or number of questions follows each of the passages in this section. Using only the stated or implied information given in the statement or passage, answer each question by choosing the best answer from among the five choices given. Mark your answers on a sheet of paper.
Questions 1—2 refer to the following index from “Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style.”
Comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs, 255—256
double, 301
Comparison of adjectives, 255—256, 301—302
of adverbs, 256
illogical, 347—348
pronoun case in, 294
Comparison in essay based on, 54—57
Complement, 186—198
intransitive verb, 187—188
objective, 194—195
pronoun as, 290—291
subjective, with linking verb, 188—190
Complex sentence, 216—220
Compound-complex sentence, 217
Compound sentence, 214—216
ineffective clause in, 355
Compound subject of sentence, 184—186
subject-verb agreement with, 275—277
Conclusion of essay, 92—98
1. On which pages should one look for information about subjective complements?
A. 184—186
B. 186—198
C. 187—188
D. 188—190
E. 214—216
2. On which pages should one look to find information about organizing an essay on the similarities and differences of Mars and Earth?
A. 54—57
B. 92—98
C. 186—198
D. 255—256
E. 347—348
Questions 3—5 refer to the following passage.
(1) Despite his enormous ability, Jackie Robinson did not begin to play Major League Baseball until he was twenty-eight. (2) In 1947, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first black player. (3) He promptly won the Rookie of the Year award, and within three years became the batting champion and the Most Valuable Player in the National League. (4) He was, observers agree, the most versatile player of his era.
(5) When his baseball career was over, Robinson entered the business world and rose to the vice presidency of a large coffee company. (6) In addition, he wrote a sports column for a New York newspaper, appeared on a weekly radio program, and was active in the NAACP. ________ (7) He was, however, a leader of two of the earliest civil rights marches and an ally of Martin Luther King. (8) Robinson’s baseball achievements were never forgotten. (9) In 1962, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
3. Which of the following is the best definition of the word versatile as it is used in Sentence 4?
A. famous
B. fiercely competitive
C. accomplished in many areas
D. opportunistic and insightful
E. victimized and courageous
4. Which sentence, if inserted into the blank line in the second paragraph after Sentence 6, would be most consistent with the writer’s purpose and intended audience?
A. When I was growing up, I was a Dodgers fan, but when Robinson retired, I began to lose interest in baseball.
B. Many expected he would one day enter politics, but he never really became an important political figure.
C. If you lived in New York at this time, you probably read his column in the newspaper or heard his radio broadcasts.
D. This was in the days when the NAACP was about to become a big deal in the campaign for civil rights.
E. Informed opinion hypothesized that Robinson would become a political potentate, but this sanguine expectation proved to be erroneous.
5. Which of the following best describes the writer’s pattern of organization in the passage?
A. The first paragraph is contrasted with the second, using the opposition of youthful success versus the decline of old age.
B. The passage is organized chronologically, with the first paragraph on Robinson’s baseball career and the second on his years after leaving baseball.
C. In the first paragraph, the passage uses specific details from Robinson’s baseball career, while the second paragraph uses generalizations derived from these details.
D. The passage opposes factual reporting and speculation, presenting the facts in the first paragraph and the speculations in the second paragraph.
E. The first paragraph gives a subjective account of Robinson’s life as a baseball player, and the second gives an objective report of his later life.
Questions 6—9 refer to the following passage.
(1) The ancient Greeks named the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere after the gods, goddesses, beasts, and heroes of their myths. (2) ________, many of the stars visible from the Southern Hemisphere, which were not named until much later, reflect more modern notions such as instruments or geometric figures. (3) ________, the rocks on Mars that have acquired names in the 1990s are named after late twentieth-century phenomena like the cartoon characters Calvin and Hobbes.
(4) As we began the twenty-first century, many people expected a significant planetary event, as if the idea of the millennium had some important meaning throughout the universe. (5) We failed to see that any fixed point we name in time is arbitrary, and has no special significance in the universe or the natural world. (6) The whole idea of time is human-constructed. (7) All any date can tell us is the position of Earth in relation to the Sun. (8) Like the names of the stars, numbers are useful fictions that men have created to make relationships easier to grasp or to remember.
6. Which words or phrases, if inserted in order into the blanks in Sentence 2 and Sentence 3, would help the reader understand the sequence of the writer’s ideas?
A. Thus; On the other hand
B. Perhaps; Therefore
C. Meanwhile; Consequently
D. Although; Yet
E. However; Similarly
7. Which of the following is the best definition of the word arbitrary as it is used in Sentence 5?
A. based on whim; capricious
B. lacking in judgment; foolish
C. conveying a truth; informative
D. of no practical value; useless
E. having two meanings; ambiguous
8. Which of the following phrases from the second paragraph makes the clearest connection of the ideas of the first paragraph to those of the second paragraph?
A. Sentence 4: many people expected a significant planetary event
B. Sentence 5: any fixed point we name in time is arbitrary
C. Sentence 6: The whole idea of time is human-constructed.
D. Sentence 7: All any date can tell us is the position of Earth in relation to the Sun.
E. Sentence 8: Like the names of the stars, numbers are useful fictions that men have created
9. Which of the following inferences about the beliefs of the author may be drawn from the information presented in the passage?
A. The author believes in astrology since he or she has an interest in the names and locations of the stars.
B. The author is skeptical about the claims of astrologers.
C. The author expects the new century to be marked by unusually powerful earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
D. The author disapproves of reading comics and cartoons.
E. The author believes that humans have no influence on the events of the natural world.
Questions 10—11 refer to the following graph.
10. In which subject in each of the three academic divisions is the enrollment lowest?
A. Physics, French, and Economics
B. Chemistry, English, and Sociology
C. Biology, Spanish, and Political Science
D. Physics, French, and Sociology
E. Spanish, Economics, and Physics
11. Which of the following statements is best supported by the data presented in the graph?
A. Students are more interested in humanities than in social sciences.
B. More students take biology than take social sciences.
C. Biology is the most popular subject among high school students nationally.
D. Many students take only natural sciences courses.
E. Humanities courses are the least numerous of any course category.
Question 12 refers to the following passage.
Social and cultural beliefs, values, and attitudes influence how people perceive or imagine themselves in relation to other human beings. As a behavioral science, social psychology employs scientific methods to study these types of social influences that impact the behavior of individuals.
12. Which of the following best summarizes the passage?
A. The primary role of social psychology is to study how social scientists influence the behavior of individuals.
B. The primary role of social psychology is to study the ways an individual may influence the behavior of others.
C. The primary role of social psychology is to study the ways in which people in society are affected by their social and cultural surroundings.
D. Social psychology provides a better understanding of human behavior, which leads to the eventual betterment of a person’s beliefs, values, and attitudes about society.
E. An objective of social psychology is to change how people perceive themselves in social situations.
Questions 13—14 refer to the following passage.
(1) The temperament of a quiet child can be a concern for teachers. (2) In a classroom setting, the psychosocial interactions between teachers, students, and the group dynamics embody what Bronfenbrenner calls the Theory of Ecological Systems. (3) According to Bronfenbrenner, the classroom is a microcosm within a larger context that influences child development. (4) What impacts one child can impact the entire class. (5) When teachers implement classroom strategies that encourage a quiet child to feel “free to talk,” it promotes a model of support for the entire classroom climate.
13. Which of the following is implied by this passage?
A. Teachers who actively encourage quiet students to speak out provide them with a better quality of education.
B. Teachers who allow quiet children to work independently provide them with a better quality of education.
C. Teachers who adhere to Bronfenbrenner’s Theory of Ecological Systems encourage children to communicate in cooperative peer groups.
D. Teachers who adhere to Bronfenbrenner’s Theory of Ecological Systems understand that encouraging one child can have a ripple effect in the classroom.
E. Teachers who adhere to Bronfenbrenner’s Theory of Ecological Systems often see higher test scores from their students.
14. Which of the following best characterizes the word microcosm referred to in Sentence 3?
A. The social distance between quiet and outgoing children
B. The achievement gap between quiet and outgoing children
C. The classroom experience that influences a student’s overall growth
D. The specific classroom referenced that exemplifies Bronfenbrenner’s theory
E. The pressure quiet students feel even in small groups
Questions 15—16 refer to the following passage.
In future decades, what is actually required is the development of a new type of citizen—an individual who possesses confidence in his or her own potential, a person who is not intimidated by the prospect of not actively pursuing a career after the age of 45, and an individual who comprehends that technology can produce an easier world but only mankind can produce a better one.
15. Which of the following is an unstated assumption made by the author of this passage?
A. Technology is the unrecognized key to a better future.
B. Present citizens are intimidated by the prospect of ending their careers in middle age.
C. Present citizens do not have limitless potentials.
D. Many people in the future will pursue at least two careers in the course of a lifetime.
E. An easier world is not necessarily a safer one.
16. The author of the passage would disagree with which of the following statements?
A. The new type of citizen described in the passage does not presently exist.
B. Future decades may bring about a change in the existing types of citizens.
C. A new type of citizen will become necessary in future decades.
D. Technology should be regarded as a source of a better life.
E. Human potential is not limited, and we should be especially careful not to think of our potential as limited.
Questions 17—18 refer to the following passage.
(1) As a child in Victorian England, Florence Nightingale used to sew up the wounds her sister had inflicted upon her dolls and put splints on her dog’s injured paws. (2) Nightingale was a member of a wealthy and socially prominent family and, as a female, barred from the formal study of the sciences. (3) Nevertheless, as she grew up, she pored over the reports of medical commissions and hospitals. (4) She visited hospitals in England and throughout Europe. (5) In the end, she convinced her conservative family to allow her to become the superintendent of a charitable nursing home in London. (6) Then, in 1854, during the Crimean War, she took a team of nurses to Scutari in Turkey. (7) The hospital death rate fell from 42 to 2 percent.
17. The passage suggests that Florence Nightingale became a nurse because
A. nursing was a highly respected profession in the early nineteenth century.
B. her parents were wealthy enough to sponsor her studies and recognized her strong interest in medicine.
C. her religious feelings could find no other appropriate outlet.
D. she was dissatisfied with the usual role of a woman in upper-middle-class Victorian society.
E. the conventions of the time would not allow her to become a veterinarian.
18. The primary function of Sentence 7 is to
A. act as a transition to a new idea that will be presented in the next paragraph.
B. suggest the importance of Florence Nightingale’s nurses in the Crimean War.
C. refute the nineteenth-century idea that women were incapable of becoming physicians.
D. dramatize the terrible conditions in military hospitals during the nineteenth century.
E. provide a factual detail to support the main idea of the paragraph.
Question 19 refers to the following passage.
Many of today’s high school teachers will retire from their careers or professions between the ages of fifty and sixty. Indeed, by 2045, the retirement-related financial difficulties of today’s elderly are going to be the problems of the middle-aged.
19. If the information presented in the passage is true, then which of the following must also be true?
A. People are beginning to age more quickly.
B. People will need to have more money saved or provided for retirement in the future.
C. Today’s high school teachers are in careers that require youthful stamina.
D. No one in the future will want to work during the second half of their lives.
E. Retirement will become a more attractive possibility in the future.
Question 20 refers to the following passage.
Humpback whales assemble in subtropical or tropical waters to mate and to calve. Researchers don’t understand why the whales migrate to these wintering grounds, but it appears to be more for physical than biological reasons. Most breeding grounds are warmer, shallower, and more protected than summer feeding areas, and these factors may offer more safeguards for mothers and their newborn calves. The dense congregation of whales in these wintering grounds also brings together males and females, who may feed in different areas during the summer.
20. Which of the following provides the most likely explanation for the fact that humpback whales migrate to warmer waters to mate?
A. Because a number of whales from different areas congregate in these waters
B. Because of the same reason birds migrate in winter
C. Because the physical characteristics of these waters are more conducive to breeding
D. Because whales possess a genetic predilection for tropical and subtropical waters
E. Because food becomes less available in colder waters
Questions 21—25 refer to the following passage.
Creative writing may serve many purposes for the student writer. Above all, it is a means of self-expression. It is the individual’s way of saying, “These are my thoughts and they are uniquely experienced by me.” But creative writing can also serve as a safety valve for dormant emotions. This implies that a period of time has evolved in which the child gave an idea some deep thought and that the message on paper is revealing of this deep, inner thought. Finally, a worthwhile by-product of creative writing is the stimulus it gives students to do further reading and experimentation in their areas of interest. A child may be an ardent reader of good literature in order to satisfy an appetite whetted by a creative writing endeavor.
21. The primary purpose of the author of this passage is to
A. call attention to a widespread lack of self-expression.
B. address the increasing anxiety that plagues many individuals.
C. stress the value of good literature, both amateur and professional.
D. encourage the reader to try some creative writing.
E. discuss some positive purposes and effects of creative writing.
22. The content of the passage indicates that the passage would be least likely to appear in which of the following?
A. Journal of English Teaching Techniques
B. Psychology Today
C. Journal of Technical Writing
D. Teaching English Today
E. The Creative Writer
23. According to the passage, creative writing can help release dormant emotions because
A. the writer will usually write something autobiographical.
B. understanding literature means understanding the emotions of the characters.
C. creative writing can express emotions the writer has long held within.
D. emotions are a by-product of writer’s block.
E. self-expression is never tense.
24. All of the following are probably important to the ability to write creatively except
A. deep thought.
B. time to think and ponder.
C. spelling.
D. reading.
E. good literature.
25. According to the passage, creative writing is most of all a
A. stimulus for further reading.
B. release valve for dormant emotions.
C. way of expressing one’s feelings and thoughts.
D. chance to let off steam.
E. by-product of reading.
Questions 26—32 refer to the following passage.
(1) Throughout human history, predictions of future events have found receptive audiences. (2) During the thirteenth century, English scientist Roger Bacon discussed the development of such things as optical instruments and motor boats; in the fifteenth century, Leonardo da Vinci wrote about tanks and helicopters; in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne described trips to the moon. (3) Humans have always been interested in where they are going. (4) Since humanity’s continued existence is dependent upon making intelligent decisions about the future, such fascination has taken on a very practical dimension. (5) Along with the changes in social mores and attitudes, greater numbers of people are demanding a role in planning the future. (6) The social studies curriculum must provide students with an understanding of how significant future challenges will relate to our national survival, social problems, religion, marriage, and family life, and in our political processes.
(7) It is vital that social studies teachers immerse themselves in the new field of futuristics—the study of future prospects and possibilities affecting the human condition. (8) Futuristics, as an academic area, is already being taught at many major universities for the purpose of encouraging students to achieve an awareness that they can contribute to the development of a much better national and global society than they ever dreamed possible. (9) The perspective of futurism is very important for today’s students, since they know they can do nothing about the past.
26. Which of the following is the intended audience for the passage?
A. Students planning which courses to take in high school
B. Teachers considering changing or enriching the curriculum
C. Historians interested in the ways that the past reflects the future
D. Politicians drafting future legislation that addresses present social problems
E. Parents concerned about what their children should be learning
27. Which of the following numbered sentences of the passage best supports a fact rather than an opinion?
A. Sentence 4
B. Sentence 5
C. Sentence 6
D. Sentence 7
E. Sentence 8
28. Which of the following is an assumption of the passage but is not explicitly stated?
A. Futuristic studies should take precedence over all other school studies.
B. Today’s students know little about the past and less about the future.
C. Many social studies curriculums do not adequately acknowledge the importance of futurism.
D. Some figures in the past have been the equivalent of modern-day fortune-tellers.
E. The field of social studies gives little thought to the future.
29. According to the passage, the intended meaning of global society (Sentence 8) is which of the following?
A. A society well aware of the contributions of Bacon, da Vinci, and Verne
B. A society whose students have had courses in international relations
C. A society able to communicate with other societies around the globe
D. A society including the globes of other solar systems
E. A society including all the nations of earth
30. Which of the following statements, if true, would most weaken the author’s argument?
A. Figures other than Bacon, da Vinci, and Verne might have made even more influential statements about the future.
B. Apart from Bacon, da Vinci, and Verne, many others who have tried to “see into” the future have voiced prospects and possibilities that did not come true.
C. Those major universities not offering courses in futuristics are considering them.
D. Futuristics has been the nonacademic interest of great numbers of people for many centuries.
E. Futuristic predictions are often used by politicians.
31. The author of this passage would most likely be
A. a historian.
B. a traditionalist.
C. a scientist.
D. an educator.
E. a pacifist.
32. What purpose does the sentence beginning Futuristics, as an academic area . . . (Sentence 8) primarily serve in the overall context of the passage?
A. It adds credibility to an argument.
B. It supports a previous claim made about the current implementation of futurism.
C. It summarizes the points made up to that point and provides a plan for action.
D. It provides a conclusion to the passage.
E. It gives a glimpse into the future of education and how futurism factors into it.
Question 33 refers to the following passage.
No matter how significant the speaker’s message, and no matter how strongly he or she feels about it, it will be lost unless the listeners attend to it. Attention and perception are key concepts in communication.
33. Which of the following is the main purpose of the statement?
A. To imply that some speakers without strong feelings find an attentive audience
B. To note that some very important messages fall on deaf ears
C. To stress the critical role of listening in oral communication
D. To urge readers to listen more carefully to spoken language
E. To argue that attention and perception are unimportant concepts in communication
Questions 34—39 refer to the following passage.
(1) Learning disabilities are among the most frequently occurring of all childhood developmental disorders. (2) It is estimated that eight million children in the United States can be classified as learning disabled, and many more function ineffectually throughout their entire lives due to specific learning difficulties. (3) The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development estimates that 15 percent of children in public schools experience reading disorders, including dyslexia. (4) The majority of children identified as being learning disabled have difficulties in mastering the process of reading, including decoding, comprehension, and retention.
(5) It is apparent that reading requires several intact auditory processing skills. (6) All levels of auditory processing require an intact sensorimotor system. (7) In language acquisition, the child must be able to receive acoustical messages that make up the individual language system being acquired. (8) In addition to requiring an adequate auditory mechanism, auditory processing involves a complex series of behaviors, including but not limited to the ability to focus attention on the content and the source of the message; the ability to detect and identify the selected message; the ability to transmit and conduct the message to the brain for analysis; the ability to store and retain the message by sorting out the appropriate perceptual or cognitive level; and the ability to retrieve and restore the message.
34. According to the passage, the number of people who function ineffectually throughout their entire lives because of learning disabilities
A. can never be estimated.
B. has never been estimated.
C. has been estimated at less than eight million.
D. has been estimated at slightly over eight million.
E. has been estimated at greater than eight million.
35. The content indicates that the passage would be most likely to appear in which of the following?
A. An article about successful classroom techniques for teaching reading
B. A book on the history of linguistic research in the United States
C. A budget report by the Department of Education
D. A book on auditory processing and learning disabilities
E. A technical manual for practicing audiologists
36. Which sentence, if added before Sentence 5 in the second paragraph, would be most consistent with the writer’s purpose and intended audience?
A. Auditory processing may be either simple or complex.
B. Children who have difficulty reading probably have an adequately functioning sensorimotor system.
C. For fewer than eight million individuals, learning disabilities are a lifelong impairment.
D. Poor reading may be a learning disability related to auditory processing skills.
E. Eight million individuals in the United States experience difficulty in learning to read.
37. The primary purpose of the passage is to
A. explain the process of language control.
B. assure readers that a great number of individuals are not learning disabled.
C. discuss relationships among learning disability, reading difficulty, and the sensorimotor system.
D. relate the history of auditory processing.
E. explain the criteria used to decide whether or not a child can spell.
38. If the final statement of the passage (Sentence 8) is true, which of the following must also be true?
A. Reading difficulty may not have a simple cause.
B. Five and only five separate abilities comprise auditory processing.
C. An intact sensorimotor system has five components.
D. Children may acquire different auditory processing skills at different ages.
E. More research into auditory processing remains to be done.
39. Which of the following conclusions is implied by Sentence 1 in the passage?
A. Childhood disorders are the most serious type of human psychological or physiological disorders.
B. Childhood disorders other than learning disabilities also exist.
C. Learning disabilities are the only childhood disorders that occur with any frequency.
D. The only handicapping childhood disorders are those that occur with some frequency.
E. Learning disabilities are almost always reading disabilities.
Question 40 refers to the following passage.
In recent years, teachers in elementary schools have received modest pay raises regularly, but considering economic trends, their salaries have decreased 23 percent.
40. Which of the following best expresses the point of the preceding statement?
A. Being a teacher means living at or below the poverty line.
B. Many teachers must hold second jobs.
C. The effects of the economy can negate the benefits of a pay raise.
D. Teachers’ salaries are not adequate.
E. Those who teach in elementary schools can live on less than those who teach in high schools.
Question 41 refers to the following passage.
For preschool children, television cartoons might serve to stimulate their imaginations to create their own drawings if their parents provided them with additional graphic materials and adequate encouragement.
41. The author of the statement would probably agree with which of the following?
A. A decision to ban television cartoons as useless is not wise.
B. Television cartoons are the preschooler’s primary source of creative inspiration.
C. For older children, cartoons have no educational value.
D. Cartoons are a viable substitute for parents when they are not available.
E. Cartoons accelerate a young child’s learning of new words.
Question 42 refers to the following passage.
It is clear that the first four or six years of a child’s life are the period of rapid change in physical and mental characteristics and offer the greatest susceptibility to environmental influences. Attitudes are formed, values are learned, habits are developed, and innate abilities are fostered or arrested by conditions the child encounters during these early years.
42. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the author’s argument?
A. Many young children possess attitudes and habits similar to those of their peers.
B. There are significant, basic differences between a 5-year-old from Samoa and one from New York.
C. “Midlife crisis” provokes many adults to change their entire personality structures within only a few months.
D. The environment continues to influence personal characteristics in adolescents.
E. Environmental influences can have either positive or negative effects on human development.
Questions 43—44 refer to the following passage.
(1) Integrating sports into the elementary school curriculum can have a far more beneficial effect than merely allowing students to “blow off steam” or providing an opportunity for physical exercise. (2) The inclusion of a physical task rather than a mental skill allows students who are less skilled in the classroom to _________ their physical proficiencies to their peers and to their teachers. (3) The physical practice gives students ego-enhancing experiences, which they might not otherwise receive while sitting at their desks. (4) The teachers’ overall knowledge of their students will also be enhanced, and thus teachers will have more to draw upon when relating to their students and the students’ _________.
43. Which words, if inserted in order into the blanks (Sentence 2 and Sentence 4), would help the reader understand the writer’s ideas?
A. boast; grades
B. display; work
C. give; sports
D. relate; exercise
E. explain; games
44. Which sentence, if inserted after Sentence 1, would be most consistent with the writer’s main idea?
A. Physical education promotes the overall development of a child.
B. Physical education helps to break the monotony of a classroom routine.
C. Physical education helps to give the teacher a break from instruction.
D. Physical education interferes with academic instruction.
E. Physical education programs cause self-esteem problems for students who are not athletic.
Question 45 refers to the following passage.
At the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign (1837), women in England had few rights over their bodies, their property, and their children. Largely because of the suffrage movement, which came to the public’s attention thirty years later, things began to change. John Stuart Mill presented Parliament with the first petition for female suffrage in 1866. The single most important reform passed after this was the Married Women’s Property Act of 1882, which gave women some degree of financial independence because they were allowed to own property. As the writer Virginia Woolf wrote later, financial independence was crucial for all other kinds of independence.
45. In context of the passage, the Married Women’s Property Act of 1882 was most important because it
A. gave women full rights over their bodies, property, and children.
B. was a necessary first step toward independence.
C. resulted from women’s protesting the status quo.
D. was passed because of John Stuart Mill’s petition.
E. made it possible for women to inherit businesses.
Questions 46—50 refer to the following passage.
Possibly everyone at some point has been in a classroom where he or she didn’t dare express an idea for fear that it would be chopped off. And if the idea was expressed, it was chopped off and no further ideas came forth. Perhaps everyone at some time has been in a student group when a participant started to express a perspective but was nipped in the bud by a teacher who corrected the student’s usage. Perhaps some have been in a classroom where a student was searching for just the right way to express a thought only to have the teacher or another student supply the words. And some have wondered why a certain child was so talkative at age 5 and so reticent to express thoughts at 16.
46. The author implies which of the following in the passage?
A. Wondering about human inhibitions will do little to solve the problem.
B. Only certain children are either uninhibited at age 5 or inhibited at age 16.
C. Sixteen-year-olds should spend more time in the classroom with 5-year-olds.
D. Attending school may cause children to become inhibited.
E. Inhibitions go along with maturity.
47. Which of the following terms is an appropriate substitute for chopped off in the first sentence?
A. Put out
B. Removed
C. Severely criticized
D. Misunderstood
E. Cut back
48. Which of the following techniques is the author using to make the point that classroom situations can be very undesirable?
A. An appeal to the personal experiences of the readers
B. Disguised references to recent educational theory
C. Unsubstantiated and illogical anecdotes
D. A story
E. References to his or her own experiences as a teacher
49. The author’s attitude may be described as being
A. supportive.
B. critical.
C. skeptical.
D. favorable.
E. affected.
50. The author would probably most strongly agree with which of the following statements?
A. Students should think carefully before expressing ideas in class.
B. Teachers should be critical of students’ expressions.
C. Talkative students should be tactfully silenced.
D. Teachers should be careful not to inhibit students’ expressions.
E. Teachers should assist students in completing their expressions.
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