The Medical College - Page 60
12.
B.
Paragraph three discusses the
phenomenon
of conditioned stimulus and points out that
the
use of a drug can come under environmental
con-
trol. Although the role of ritual is mentioned,
it
certainly is not the order of the day. Placebo
does
not routinely replace the chemical substance.
No
mention is made anywhere in the passage as
to
side effects.
13.
C.
Paragraph four deals with learned
behaviors.
There is no implication that learning or
perform-
ing of tasks is enhanced by the consumption
of
psychoactive drugs. The point is made that
there
is the development of behavioral tolerance
and
that people learn to adapt to the drug state to
a
degree. The example is given of an
individual
having difficulty finding the liquor store
when
sober. No credence is given in the passage to
the
statement that behavioral tolerance lessens
the
effects of drug affliction.
14.
C.
Paragraph two emphasizes that chronic
drug
use will introduce variables that may take
over
drug-taking behavior, and that individuals
will
lose ability to control this behavior. The last
para-
graph mentions that chemotherapy is a
modality
in use, but no cure is implied. The passage as
a
whole focuses on the neurochemical
imbalance
elicited by drug use; paragraph five states
that
drugs have profound effects on specific
neuro-
transmitter systems.
15.
B.
Although the reader may reach similar
con-
clusions as those presented in statements A
and
C, the only statement that is specifically made
by
the author is statement B. Paragraph two
states
that drugs do not always serve as primary
rein-
forcers of behavior, but have important
secondary
reinforcing qualities.
16.
D.
Paragraph one indicates that at
Alexandria
teaching was limited to only what was
neces-
sary to train researchers for the next
generation.
The focus was on improving understanding
so
that each generation could inherit a
more
advanced civilization.
17.
C.
Paragraph two makes it clear that Plato
mar-
veled at the underlying principles of
mathematics
and tried to find underlying principles or
"truths"
in other fields of study.
18.
A.
Paragraph three deals with the second
librar-
ian Eratosthenes, who measured the size of
the
earth; he measured the angle of the sun
(six
degrees) at midday on mid-summer 's day
at
Alexandria because he knew from previous
trips
to Cyrene (near today's Aswan Dam) that the
sun
shone to the bottom of its wells (zero degrees)
on
that very day and time each year. He only had
to
measure the distance between these two places
to
calculate the circumference of the
earth.
19.
B.
Paragraph four indicates that
Aristophanes,
the third librarian, commissioned 70 scholars
to
translate the Bible into Greek and that this
transla-
tion, which became known as the Septuagint,
was
used by Jesus Christ. The point is also made
that
evidence suggests that the "flight into
Egypt"
took place in Alexandria.
20.
C.
Paragraph seven tells us that Ptolemy
wrote
13 books on astronomy, and that in his books
on
astrology he summarized the beliefs of
the
Greeks, Egyptians, and Persians and gave us
the
horoscope and Zodiac signs used
today.
21.
B.
Paragraph nine makes the argument
that
wheras understanding could be accumulated
in
libraries and transmitted by books from
generation
to generation, wisdom has to be reinspired
again
and again by individuals in each
generation.
22.
A.
The last paragraph indicates that during
peri-
ods of ebbing or pluralistic religious beliefs
(like
today), ethics become necessary to form a
behav-
ioral consensus, to "hold these
truths."
23.
B.
Paragraph one describes the great
library
and museum of Alexandria. The remaining
para-
graphs discuss the great figures who played a
role
in making Alexandria the center of higher
learn-
ing for almost a thousand years.
24.
A.
The school of mathematics was founded
by
Euclid around 300 B.C.
25.
C.
Paragraph one tells of his boyhood in
Peoria,
and of his early job as usher in a vaudeville
house
through which he first became interested in
show
business. His father was a bricklayer, and
there is
no evidence in the passage that either his
mother or
father ever worked in show
business.
26.
B.
In paragraph seven we are told that
Correll's
relaxed, gregarious half of the partnership
bal-
anced Gosden's more temperamental and
creative
temperament.
27.
D.
The first sentence in paragraph nine
informs
the reader that listenership began to drop
follow-
ing the beginning of World War II.
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