ISEE Middle Level Test 1 - Ivy Global

1 Ivy Global ISEE. Middle Level TEST 1. *ISEE is a registered trademark of Educational Records Bureau which is not affiliated with and does not endorse this product. Ivy Global ISEE. Middle Level TEST 1. MARKING INSTRUCTIONS. Use a #2 or HB pencil only on pages 2 and 3. Use a ballpoint pen for your essay on pages 6 and 7. Make dark marks that completely fill the circle. Erase clearly any mark you wish to change. Make no stray marks on this form. Do not fold or crease this form. Correct Mark Incorrect Marks . 1 VERBAL REASONING. 1 15 29 . 2 16 30 . 3 17 31 . 4 18 32 . 5 19 33 . 6 20 34 . 7 21 35 . 8 22 36 . 9 23 37 . 10 24 38 . 11 25 39 . 12 26 40 . 13 27 . 14 28 . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 2. 2 QUANTITATIVE REASONING. 1 15 29 . 2 16 30 . 3 17 31 . 4 18 32 . 5 19 33 . 6 20 34 4 MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT. 1 18 35 . 7 21 35 . 2 19 36 . 8 22 36 . 3 20 37 . 9 23 37 . 4 21 38 . 10 24 38 . 5 22 39 . 11 25 . 6 23 40 . 12 26 . 7 24 41 . 13 27 . 8 25 42.

2 14 28 . 9 26 43 . 3 READING COMPREHENSION 10 27 44 . 1 15 29 11 28 45 . 2 16 30 12 29 46 . 3 17 31 13 30 47 . 4 18 32 14 31 . 5 19 33 15 32 . 6 20 34 16 33 . 7 21 35 17 34 . 8 22 36 . 9 23 . 10 24 . 11 25 . 12 26 . 13 27 . 14 28 . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 3. Essay Topic Sheet The directions for the Essay portion of the ISEE are printed in the box below. Use the pre-lined pages on pages 6-7 for this part of the Practice Test. You will have 30 minutes to plan and write an essay on the topic printed on the other side of this page. Do not write on another topic. An essay on another topic is not acceptable. The essay is designed to give you an opportunity to show how well you can write. You should try to express your thoughts clearly. How well you write is much more important than how much you write, but you need to say enough for a reader to understand what you mean. You will probably want to write more than a short paragraph. You should also be aware that a copy of your essay will be sent to each school that will be receiving your test results.

3 You are to write only in the appropriate section of the answer sheet. Please write or print so that your writing may be read by someone who is not familiar with your handwriting. You may make notes and plan your essay on the reverse side of the page. Allow enough time to copy the final form onto your answer sheet. You must copy the essay topic onto your answer sheet, on page 3, in the box provided. Please remember to write only the final draft of the essay on pages 6-7 of your answer sheet and to write it in blue or black pen. Again, you may use cursive writing or you may print. Only pages 6-7 will be sent to the schools. Directions continue on the next page. Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 4. REMINDER: Please write this essay topic on the first few lines of page 6 of your answer sheet. Essay Topic If you could change one trend in popular culture, what would it be? Describe the trend, and explain why and how you would like to change it. Only write on this essay question Only pages 3 and 4 will be sent to the schools Only write in blue or black pen NOTES.

4 Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 5. STUDENT NAME _____ GRADE APPLYING FOR _____. Use a blue or black ballpoint pen to write the final draft of your essay on this sheet. You must write your essay topic in this space. Use specific details in your response Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 6. Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 7. VR 1. Section 1. Verbal Reasoning 40 Questions Time: 20 minutes This section is divided into two parts that contain two different types of questions. As soon as you have completed Part One, answer the questions in Part Two. You may write in your test booklet . For each answer you select, fill in the corresponding circle on your answer document. PART ONE SYNONYMS. Each question in Part One consists of a word in capital letters followed by four answer choices. Select the one word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. SAMPLE QUESTION: Sample Answer CHARGE: . (A) release (B) belittle (C) accuse (D) conspire PART TWO SENTENCE COMPLETION.

5 Each question in Part Two is made up of a sentence with one blank. Each blank indicates that a word is missing. The sentence is followed by four answer choices. Select the word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole. SAMPLE QUESTIONS: Sample Answer It rained so much that the streets were _____.. (A) flooded (B) arid (C) paved (D) crowded STOP. Do not go on STOP. until told to do so. Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 8. VR 1. PART ONE SYNONYMS. Directions: Select the word that is most nearly the same in meaning as the word in capital letters. 1. STREWN 6. GLOSS. (A) lost (A) soap (B) hidden (B) illness (C) attached (C) luster (D) scattered (D) shell 2. DISCOURSE 7. HARMONIOUSLY. (A) deviation (A) aggressively (B) loss (B) slowly (C) conversation (C) cooperatively (D) investigation (D) strikingly 3. PERSPIRE 8. PURSUE. (A) sweat (A) browse (B) breathe (B) escape (C) encourage (C) chase (D) inhale (D) discover 4. EXTERIOR 9.

6 CONFESS. (A) protected (A) admit (B) outside (B) suppose (C) relevant (C) commit (D) mysterious (D) fail 5. GENERATE 10. WORLDLINESS. (A) power (A) orderliness (B) produce (B) richness (C) spin (C) miseducation (D) burn (D) sophistication Go on to the next page . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 9. VR 1. 11. APEX 16. BUFFOON. (A) predator (A) fool (B) valley (B) pillow (C) equator (C) shrew (D) peak (D) vault 12. COSMIC 17. STOICALLY. (A) celestial (A) demonstrably (B) unknown (B) powerfully (C) obscure (C) indignantly (D) bright (D) unemotionally 13. HOOKED 18. PROGRESS. (A) complicated (A) advancement (B) captivated (B) impediment (C) surrounded (C) conclusion (D) abusive (D) division 14. CALCULATE 19. SCUTTLE. (A) type (A) scurry (B) enter (B) prowl (C) implicate (C) activate (D) figure (D) hassle 15. SLOPPINESS 20. ATROCIOUS. (A) carelessness (A) perceptive (B) cleverness (B) massive (C) daring (C) appalling (D) haplessness (D) indignant Go on to the next page.

7 Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 10. VR 1. PART TWO SENTENCE COMPLETION. Directions: Select the word that best completes the sentence. 21. Local officials produced _____ fishery 24. After years of collecting scraps of wood, reports by inflating the figures so that metal, and machinery, John's garage is a fisheries appeared more productive. hopeless _____ of odds and ends. (A) removed (A) facade (B) distinctive (B) studio (C) dismissive (C) jumble (D) fraudulent (D) clatter 22. Once he ran out of reasonable arguments 25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart published against his opponent's position, the mean- over 600 pieces of music, making him one spirited senator resorted to making of the most _____ composers of the _____ personal remarks about his Classical era. opponent. (A) notorious (A) disparaging (B) copious (B) complimentary (C) comprehensive (C) conclusive (D) prolific (D) decisive 26. Although most of the club's members 23. In a victory for police and law claimed to _____ the policy proposal, it enforcement the Supreme Court _____ a was still passed in a secret ballot.

8 Lower court's ruling, which allowed (A) endorse officers to take DNA samples from arrested suspects. (B) oppose (A) proposed (C) debate (B) dismissed (D) resolve (C) upheld (D) criticized Go on to the next page . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 11. VR 1. 27. Dean loved his old car, but had to admit 31. Determined to find the exact cause of the that it was too small to be a _____ accident, forensic engineers conducted an family vehicle. _____ investigation of the wreckage. (A) peculiar (A) incautious (B) sensational (B) overwrought (C) wasteful (C) underfunded (D) practical (D) exhaustive 28. A cave-dwelling amphibian called the olm 32. Sea turtles are _____ aquatic, usually can survive for years without food, coming onto land only to lay eggs. making it extremely resistant to _____. (A) furtively (A) starvation (B) rarely (B) drought (C) predominantly (C) attack (D) exclusively (D) elimination 33. Processed foods _____ to contain more 29.

9 Karen is often described by her artificial preservatives than fresh coworkers as a _____ worker who pays alternatives, so some dieticians careful attention to every detail. recommend avoiding them. (A) playful (A) prefer (B) bickering (B) attempt (C) diligent (C) cease (D) bellicose (D) tend 30. The commentator's _____ remarks 34. Mark's lack of _____ was demonstrated contributed very little to the story and by his inability to persuade even a single were largely ignored. coworker to support his plan for the project. (A) vapid (A) influence (B) intriguing (C) inclusive (B) courage (D) explosive (C) adventure (D) derision Go on to the next page . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 12. VR 1. 35. After projecting steep budget _____, the 38. Male lemurs are normally quite _____, company was forced to close but they become highly aggressive underperforming stores in an effort to towards other males during their short reduce spending and avoid losses.

10 Mating season. (A) negotiations (A) tactile (B) divisions (B) various (C) deficits (C) supernatural (D) increases (D) docile 36. The captive tiger _____ to be free and 39. A vehicle owner's manual can be a useful spent most of its time looking for some _____ on maintenance and simple fixes, way to escape its cage. but won't teach you how to make major (A) hated repairs. (A) dialogue (B) compelled (B) category (C) yearned (C) primer (D) taught (D) incident 37. Some medieval monks _____ to live lives of poverty, promising to own 40. In _____ of the coming tourist season, nothing and live only off of the charity of Percy stocked his shop's shelves with their parishioners. souvenirs and trinkets of the sort that tourists generally buy. (A) presumed (A) anticipation (B) menaced (C) deferred (B) regulation (C) peril (D) vowed (D) consternation Go on to the next page . Ivy Global ISEE Middle Level TEST 1 | 13. QR 2. Section 2. Quantitative Reasoning 37 Questions Time: 35 minutes This section is divided into two parts that contain two different types of questions.