39. What is the tone of the author?
(A) cheerful and joyful
(B) sarcastic and cynical
(C) informing and argumentative
(D) bored and uninterested
(E) cold and unfriendly

35. Which of the following is the best title for this paragraph? (A) The origin of cognitive therapy (B) What is cognitive therapy? (C) How does cognitive therapy proceed? (D) Who needs cognitive therapy? (E) The effectiveness of cognitive therapy

36.According to the passage, what would be a more appropriate name for stage fright? (A) calculated panic (B) post-traumatic numbing (C) acute reaction disorder (D) pre-performance anxiety (E) natural psychological disorder

37.Which of the following best describes the use of “unmooring” in the passage? (A) Anxiety that feels like the performer is without any support. (B) Nervousness that keeps the performer motivated. (C) Anxiety that has been freed from the body. (D) Fear that feels like it is weighing the performer. (E) Worry that results from lack of practice.

38.Which of the following is NOT a potential result of stage fright as it is described in the passage? (A) An actor channels his anxiety into an emotional performance. (B) A dancer fails to go out onto stage due to fear. (C) A comedian gives up his career because he can no longer think of good material. (D) A singer permanently quits performing due to intense fear of the audience. (E) A singer calls off her concert a day before it is scheduled to take place.

40. According to this passage, which of the following is NOT true? (A) Stage fright is the stress performers feel as they prepare to perform on stage. (B) Stage fright could be very intense. (C) Some people give up their carrier because of stage fright. (D) Stage fright can best be cured by building artist-audience relationship. (E) Glenn Gould gave up performing on public stage because of stage fright.

41. This passage is most likely an excerpt from (A) the introduction to an article about friggatriskaidekaphobia. (B) the introduction to a study about accidents occurring on Friday the 13th. (C) a longer work proving that superstitions are justified by real-world events. (D) a longer work that analyzes evidence about the superstition of Friday the 13th. (E) the conclusion of a safety tip brochure.

42. What is the main idea of these two paragraphs? (A) Friday the 13th is truly a very unlucky day. (B) People are usually more cautious on Friday the 13th. (C) There is no evidence that accidents are more likely to happen on Friday the 13th. (D) Superstitious beliefs about Friday the 13th mainly result from historical and folk traditions. (E) Friggatriskaidekaphobics are usually more cautions on Friday the 13th.

43.Which of the following pieces of evidence, if true, would best support the author’s argument at the end of the first paragraph? (A) Major airlines report that there is no significant drop in the number of passengers who fly on Friday the 13th. (B) Studies performed in the United Kingdom reveal that significantly fewer people choose to drive their cars to work on Friday the 13th. (C) More traffic accidents occur on Fridays than on any other day of the week. (D) In ancient Egypt, the number 13 was actually considered lucky by the pharaohs. (E) Nowadays, most young people feel Friday the 13th is not much different from any other day of the year.

44. According to paragraph 2, the man who loses his wallet and blames Friday the 13th is (A) wrongly assuming a causal relationship between the two events. (B) assuming that because an event could happen, it is inevitable that it will happen. (C) refusing an argument due to a lack of conclusive evidence. (D) making a proposal based on an inadequate sample. (E) defying the causal relationship between bad luck and Friday the 13th.

45. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best antonym for inauspicious? (A) predictable (B) pleasant (C) unfavorable (D) successful (E) fortunate