What a Fair Comparison Can Establish

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What makes the assistant partial?A. His distribution of useful information gives every entrant equal access.B. His decision waits until all entrants have received the same course diagram.C. His procedure supplies the same requested details to friends and strangers alike.D. His distribution of useful information favors his own club over the other entrants.

2An unfavorable assumption about beginners made before their work is examined is _____.A. provisionalB. substantiatedC. prejudicedD. evenhanded

3Which route could properly be called aberrant?A. A route disappoints its builder even though it matches the model's established pattern.B. A model makes the expected turn at the same marked corner on every trial.C. A normally straight-running model suddenly circles instead of following its usual path.D. Every model follows the same route it ordinarily follows under the stated conditions.

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