GRE Verbal Sample Questions Set M
Categories: GRE (The Graduate Records Examination)
Questions xxiv-xxvii refer to the following passage.
One way to deliver news is with a photograph. Well-placed images can enhance and further explain details of news stories while impacting the viewer emotionally. Indeed, the main goal of a news photograph is not necessarily to be aesthetically pleasing, but to objectively deliver the news by way of a graphic image.
Interpreting the news through photographs is not an effortless task, even for the experienced photojournalist. What separates a good news photograph from a typical photo is that a good one will not just be a picture. It will be a complete sentence, with a subject, a verb, and a verb object. It won’t just say “the dog” or “the boy,” but it will say, “The dog saved the boy and seemed to know what it was doing.” Good photographs won’t be posed or set up, but will be a slice of the news story as it happens.
Most professional photojournalists know that the best photographs they can take are those that are able to provoke emotion. A snapshot is not simply taken of a plane that has been involved in a runway crash. A good photojournalist will try to find a way to show a part of the story: a distraught person, an ice-plagued runway, or even a spent firefighter. This can mean time invested waiting around for the right moment and the right photograph.
Professional photojournalists know and expect this, and know that it is time well spent when they get the shot that shows the story.
Question.xxiv. The author’s main point is that:
A. it’s not easy to take a good photograph.
B. photojournalists are professionals.
C. photographs are an important part of the news.
D. news photographs are not just pictures.
E. it’s wrong to pose a news photograph.
Answer: (d)
Question.xxv. Which of the following does the author imply about photojournalism?
I. It’s not as easy as it looks to take a news photograph.
II. Most photojournalists have strong relationships with those they photograph.
III. Most people can be taught to take a good photograph.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only
Answer: (a)
Question.xxvi. Which statement is true about an objectively delivered news photograph?
I. It shows the photographer’s feelings about the subject.
II. It may show the photographer’s personal bias.
III. It will be devoid of the photographer’s feelings.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and II only
E. II and III only
Answer: (c)
Question.xxvii. As implied by the passage, which part of speech does a good photograph mainly capture?
A. adverb
B. noun
C. adjective
D. verb
E. preposition
Answer: (d)