PRAXIS PRAXIS2 問題集

質問 1：
Six friends Amit, Bran, Canary, Elan, Duran and Trump are playing a game. Each has to pick a number
from two sets. Set 1 has numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 and set 2 has numbers 11, 12, 13 and 14.
The friends must select their numbers according to the following restrictions:
Amit's number must be among the first four.
Elan's number must be one less than or one more than Bran's.
Duran's number cannot be one more or one less than Trump is number.
Trump's number cannot be from the same set as Bran's number
If Canary has number 1, Bran has number 4, and Duran has number 11, none of the six friends can have
number
A. 2
B. 3
C. 12
D. 13
E. 14
正解：C

質問 2：
The fossil remain of the first flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs, have intrigued paleontologists for more
than two centuries. How such large creatures, which weighed in some cases as much as a piloted
hangglider and had wingspans from 8 to 12 meters, solved the problems of powered flight, and exactly
what these creatures were-reptiles or birds-are among the questions scientist have puzzled over.
Perhaps the least controversial assertion about the pterosaurs is that they were reptiles. Their skulls,
pelvises, and hind feet are reptilian. The anatomy of their wings suggests that they did not evolve into the
class of birds. In pterosaurs a greatly elongated fourth finger of each forelimb supported a wing like
membrane. The other fingers were short and reptilian, with sharp claws, in birds the second finger is the
principle strut of the wing, which consists primarily of features. If the pterosaur walked or remained
stationary, the fourth finger, and with it the wing, could only turn upward in an extended inverted V-shape
along side of the animal's body.
The pterosaurs resembled both birds and bats in their overall structure and proportions. This is not
surprising because the design of any flying vertebrate is subject to aerodynamic constraints. Both the
pterosaurs and the birds have hollow bones, a feature that represents a saving in weight. In the birds,
however, these bones are reinforced more massively by internal struts.
Although scales typically cover reptiles, the pterosaurs probably had hairy coats. T.H. Huxley reasoned
that flying vertebrates must have been warm blooded because flying implies a high internal temperature.
Huxley speculated that a coat of hair would insulate against loss of body heat and might streamline the
body to reduce drag in flight. The recent discovery of a pterosaur specimen covered in long, dense, and
relatively thick hairlike fossil material was the first clear evidenced that his reasoning was correct.
Efforts to explain how the pterosaurs became air-borne have led to suggestions that they launched
themselves by jumping from cliffs, by dropping from trees, or even by rising into light winds from the crests
of waves. Each hypothesis has its difficulties. The first wrongly assumes that the pterosaur's hind feet
resembled a bat's and could served as hooks by which the animal could bang in preparation for flight. The
second hypothesis seems unlikely because large pterosaurs could not have landed in trees without
damaging their wings. The bird calls for high waves to channels updrafts. The wind that made such waves
however, might have been too strong for the pterosaurs to control their flight once airborne.
According to the passage, one (actor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over predict the
amount of economic hardship is the
A. Establishment of system of record-keeping that makes ii possible to compile poverty statistics
B. possibility that earnings may be received from more than one job per workers
C. Prevalence, among low-wage workers and the unemployed, of members of familiesinwhich other are
employed
D. Fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages and remain poor
E. recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low-wage workers
正解：C

質問 3：
DISCERNING: NUANCES::
A. sensitive:slights
B. slothful: results
C. brave:decisions
D. artless:possessions
E. hypocritical: motives
正解：A

質問 4：
While the life-expectancy gap between men and women has shrunk to five years, the narrowest since
1 946, it is no secret that men still need to pay more attention to their bodies. Which of the following is the
most suitable reason for the above?
A. Men tend to join in fearless, risky, dangerous behavior more often than women.
B. Men largely define themselves by their work, which adds to stress and to being disconnected from their
emotional side.
C. Mentend to drink and smoke more than women and generally tend to have less healthy lifestyles.
D. Men do not seek medical help as often as women.
E. Men do not accept that they are sick and need help.
正解：D

質問 5：
Some of the perpetrators even foul mouth the voters and asked them to leave.
A. even may be foulmouthed the voters and asked them to leave.
B. even foul mouth the voters and asked them to leave.
C. even foul mouth the voters and asked them to leave.
D. even will foul mouth the voters and asked them to leave.
E. even foulmouthed the voters and asked them to leave.
正解：E

質問 6：
The probability of picking an apple from a basket is 0.25 and that of picking a rotten fruit is 0.50. The
probability of picking a rotten apple is 0.14. Find the probability V that neither an apple is picked nor a
rotten fruit is picked.
A. 0.61
B. 0.75
C. 0.25
D. 0.39
E. 0.50
正解：D

質問 7：
The lives of the most marginalized have ceased to engage many of our filmmakers, to have migrated to
more 'happening' urban issues.
A. who have migrated to more 'happening' urban issues.
B. which have migrated lo more 'happening' urban issues.
C. where have migrated to more 'happening' urban issues.
D. To have migrated to more 'happening' urban issues.
E. whom have migrated to more 'happening' urban issues.
正解：A

質問 8：
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. What does the speaker of the above sentence
mean to imply?
A. Every reform starts at home.
B. People will not change until you do.
C. lf you set an example, others will follow.
D. You must behave with others the way you want them to behave with you.
E. For making a difference in others, make a difference in yourself first.
正解：C

質問 9：
FETTER: MOBILITY::
A. distract: ignorance
B. soothe:composure
C. nourish:appetite
D. fortify:reconnaissance
E. enfeeble:strength
正解：E