8-1. Coal is of vital importance for the manufacturing industries in general and for the smelting and manufacturing of iron in particular. These industries are generally located (A)
> A - near the mines.
> B - in the United States.
> C - near ocean transportation.
> D - in mountainous regions.
8-2. Today titles of nobility merely indicate the social rank of a person, but in the old days they were also marks of responsibility. Years ago the person who had a title had (B)
> A - a good education.
> B - duties to perform.
> C - a certain fixed income.
> D - exemption from taxes.
8-3. When you bring your hand toward the inside of your wrist, the skin of your wrist wrinkles into folds. When you extend your hand backward as far as you can, this skin becomes taut. If the skin around your wrist were bound tightly to the tissue beneath, (C)
> A - your hand could move only backward.
> B - your finger joints would be rigid.
> C - your wrist would be inflexible.
> D - the wrist muscle would be stronger.
8-4. In the fight against infantile paralysis, some of the best medical research men of that time were convinced that the antipolio vaccine was absolutely safe. It had been administered to large numbers of volunteers (B)
> A - with perfect immunity.
> B - without ill effects.
> C - who have had polio.
> D - under one year of age.
8-5. The greatness of a book and its popularity are not interdependent. A truly great book may not be (B)
> A - important.
> B - well liked.
> C - well written.
> D - literary.
8-6. Most plants remove important elements from the soil. The plants called legumes include alfalfa, beans, and clover. These plants are able to take the important soil element nitrogen from the air through the aid of bacteria that grow on their roots. Farmers often plow these crops back into the soil, making the soil richer than it was before. Farmers sometimes call these plants (D)
> A - weed crops.
> B - wasted crops.
> C - crop rotation.
> D - green manure.
8-7. Two factors that help a person become a successful entrepreneur are money and certain personality traits. At first glance, one might say that money is the more important; but that is not so, for if one has the necessary personality traits, the probability is high that a backer can be found. If one does not possess those traits, (A)
> A - a great deal of money is of no avail.
> B - he may easily cultivate them.
> C - the quantity of money needed is increased.
> D - he will never become wealthy.
8-8. By the end of his first year the infant is drinking not only from a bottle but also from a cup. With a spoon, his mother feeds him solid food. Thus the baby learns to take food from several (D)
> A - menus.
> B - meals.
> C - people.
> D - receptacles.
8-9. Color blindness is rather common among men, very rare among women. If a man knows that he is color-blind, he should get someone to help him select his (C)
> A - books.
> B - shoes.
> C - ties.
> D - glasses.
8-10. Behind a wall of silence can exist an intelligent person; behind the same sort of wall can exist a stupid person. No one can tell for sure if the person behind the wall is bright or stupid until the wall is broken. One way for a dull person to keep his stupidity a secret is to (A)
> A - remain silent.
> B - quote authorities.
> C - appear industrious.
> D - talk incessantly.
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