Test Prep ISEE-TEST Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

Test Prep ISEE-TEST Online Questions & Answers

• Question 181:

  What is the author's purpose in pointing out that "fewer people have gone to the abyssal plains than have gone into space" (lines 54-56)?

  

  A. To highlight how dangerous the abyssal plains are for human beings.
  B. To support the idea that there is a great deal of exploration left to be done in the abyssal plains.
  C. To suggest that there is an unfair lack of funding for marine exploration compared to space exploration.
  D. To imply that it is more difficult to reach the ocean floor than it is to get into space.
  B. To support the idea that there is a great deal of exploration left to be done in the abyssal plains.

• Question 182:

  Refer to the picture. EFGH is a square. What is the area of the UNSHADED region?

  

  A. 8
  B. 16
  C. 24
  D. 28
  C. 24

• Question 183:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  The __________ damage caused by major earthquakes sometimes takes decades to repair.

  A. irreversible
  B. severe
  C. minimal
  D. provisional
  B. severe

• Question 184:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Because the family picnic was cancelled, the __________.

  A. picnic was fun and healthy.
  B. youngest sibling was quite short.
  C. family ate inside instead.
  D. rain was cold and unpleasant.
  C. family ate inside instead.

• Question 185:

  A rectangle and its length and width are shown below.

  

  If the area of a rectangle is length x width, what is the area of the rectangle above?

  A. 4 + 7
  B. 4 x 7
  C. 4m x 7
  D. 4m x 7m
  C. 4m x 7

• Question 186:

  Compare the quantity in column A to the quantity in Column B.

  

  A. The quantity in Column A is greater.
  B. The quantity in Column B is greater.
  C. The two quantities are equal.
  D. The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
  A. The quantity in Column A is greater.

• Question 187:

  Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters.

  LEACH

  A. bug
  B. bog
  C. drain
  D. infect
  C. drain

• Question 188:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  The Student Activities Board considered taking a senior trip to France, but determined that it was too __________ for their limited budget.

  A. prudent
  B. frugal
  C. curmudgeonly
  D. extravagant
  D. extravagant

• Question 189:

  Select the word that best completes the sentence.

  Thomas Henry Huxley was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his vigorous defense of evolutionary theory against the arguments of its __________.

  A. founder
  B. detractors
  C. believers
  D. researchers
  B. detractors

• Question 190:

  12 x (3/12 - 1/4) =

  B. 1/12
  C. 6
  D. 24
  A