PRAXIS2 無料問題集「PRAXIS Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) II」
Annie Everyone is so well dressed during Christmas and New Year that at times it's hard to stand out in a
room full of beautiful people, but the task isn't hopeless. You can still manage to get more than a second
look with help of the right dress, bag and shoe.
Which of the following would Annie most agree with?
room full of beautiful people, but the task isn't hopeless. You can still manage to get more than a second
look with help of the right dress, bag and shoe.
Which of the following would Annie most agree with?
正解：D
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans have revealed key changes in the brain's grey matter in a small
group before they developed symptoms. The finding suggests tracking these changes overtime,
combined with traditional assessments, could help doctors to predict illness. The research, published in
BioMed Central Medicine, was carried out by the University of Edinburgh. For ten years, scientists
followed 200 young people who were at a high risk of developing schizophrenia because two or more
members of their family had already been diagnosed with the illness. They analyzed MRI scans of 65 of
the 200 young people, taken on average 18 months apart. The researchers looked specifically for
changes in grey matter. Eight of the 65 went on to develop schizophrenia on average 2.3 years after their
first scan. What was the conclusion of the research?
group before they developed symptoms. The finding suggests tracking these changes overtime,
combined with traditional assessments, could help doctors to predict illness. The research, published in
BioMed Central Medicine, was carried out by the University of Edinburgh. For ten years, scientists
followed 200 young people who were at a high risk of developing schizophrenia because two or more
members of their family had already been diagnosed with the illness. They analyzed MRI scans of 65 of
the 200 young people, taken on average 18 months apart. The researchers looked specifically for
changes in grey matter. Eight of the 65 went on to develop schizophrenia on average 2.3 years after their
first scan. What was the conclusion of the research?
正解：C
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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 birds 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.
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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 birds 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.
The passage suggests that twentieth century Marxists would have admired Jane Austen's Noels more if
the novels, a he Marxists understood them, had
正解：B
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Minnie has to use a combination of four colours to prepare a card. The colours available are white, red,
blue, green, yellow, orange, purple and pink. If white or red is chosen, the other must also be chosen.
Blue and green cannot be chosen together.
Either blue or white or both must be chosen.
Purple cannot be chosen with pink or without red.
Which of the following combination conforms to the conditions?
blue, green, yellow, orange, purple and pink. If white or red is chosen, the other must also be chosen.
Blue and green cannot be chosen together.
Either blue or white or both must be chosen.
Purple cannot be chosen with pink or without red.
Which of the following combination conforms to the conditions?
正解：B
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A teacher is making five children stand in a row. Each child is assigned a number tag before being made
to stand in the row. The tags are not necessarily according to their positions.
Amy, Tara, Xenia, Yana, Pam are the children and they are given numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
The following conditions apply:
Exactly one number is given to a child.
Pam must be made to stand fourth and assigned number 1.
4 must be assigned to Yana.
Tara and Xenia must each be made to stand in one of the extreme positions.
Xenia cannot be given either number 2 or 3.
If Amy is made to stand second, which of the following must be true?
to stand in the row. The tags are not necessarily according to their positions.
Amy, Tara, Xenia, Yana, Pam are the children and they are given numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
The following conditions apply:
Exactly one number is given to a child.
Pam must be made to stand fourth and assigned number 1.
4 must be assigned to Yana.
Tara and Xenia must each be made to stand in one of the extreme positions.
Xenia cannot be given either number 2 or 3.
If Amy is made to stand second, which of the following must be true?
正解：E
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A recent study reveals that men prefer women who are compatible with them rather than women younger
than them. The study suggests that 87% unmarried men feel that they would prefer to marry a girl who is
compatible even if she is older than them. Which of the following most significantly weakens the claims of
the study?
than them. The study suggests that 87% unmarried men feel that they would prefer to marry a girl who is
compatible even if she is older than them. Which of the following most significantly weakens the claims of
the study?
正解：B
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