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SAT30/01/2011. The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E. Long been isolated from the outside world and
A B perched high in the Tibetan Himalayas, Lhasa is C the capital of Tibet, an autonomous region of the D People’s Republic of China. No error E A. (A) B. (B) C. (C) D. (D) E. (E)
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer. 31/01/2011
, , , and are points on a line, with the midpoint of segment . The
lengths of segments , , and are , , and , respectively. What
is the length of segment ?
A. B. C. D. E.
02/02/2011The radical ideas in Henderson's speech were ------- to those assembled, inciting many in the crowd to anger and some to open rebellion.
Answer Choices (A) exhilarating (B) sympathetic (C) gratifying (D)
inflammatory (E) tiresome
ExplanationThe correct answer is (D). “Inflammatory” means arousing passion or strong emotion. The structure of the sentence indicates that the part of the sentence after the comma will explain or elaborate on the information in the first part of the sentence. Because Henderson’s radical, or revolutionary, ideas aroused enough emotion to make some people angry and to make others openly rebellious; it makes sense to say that Henderson’s ideas were inflammatory.
One time a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States president in 1972, Shirley Chisholm won 152 delegates before withdrawing from the race.
A. One timeB. She wasC. BeingD. To be
E. As
3/2/3011Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
The circle shown above has center and a radius of length . If the area of the shaded
region is , what is the value of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
From its modest beginnings as a series of brief A vignettes to its establishment as the B longest-running prime-time animated series on television, The Simpsons transformed the C way both the audiences and television programmers D view the animated sitcom. No error E A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)
The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an improper idiom. What follows each part of the “both...and” construction must be grammatically parallel, but here “both” is followed by the article “the” while “and” is followed by the noun “television programmers.”
The dramatist was ------- over his lack of funds and his inability to sell any of his plays, and his letters to his wife reflected his unhappiness.
A. despondent B. supercilious C. prudent D. encouraged E. fortified
“Despondent” best corresponds to the dramatist’s unhappy emotional state.
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
10. In the figure, the slope of the line through points . What is the value
of ?
A. B. C. D. E.
11. The well-preserved, 121-million-year-old fossilized bird embryo on display at the museum has several features that suggest that its young could move about and feed themselves very soon after they hatched.
A. its B. her C. their D. the species’ E. for this species
12. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The jellyfish’s slow pulsing action propels it in a graceful, seemingly ------- drift, but its tentacles contain a poison potent enough to stun a swimming human.
A. sinister B. rhythmic C. murky D. harmless E. patient
13. Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
If and , then
A. B. C. D. E.
14. With the 1969 film The Learning Tree, Gordon Parks proved what a truly ------- artist he was: he not only directed the film and composed its musical score, but also adapted its screenplay from his own novel.
A. complacent B. protean C. lauded D. clairvoyant E. harriedChoice (B) is correct. The structure of the sentence indicates that the word that fills in the blank will be explained by the part of the sentence that follows the colon. We are told that Gordon Parks adapted the screenplay for The Learning Tree "from his own novel," wrote music for the film, and directed the film. Because of his involvement in several different aspects of the film, it makes sense to describe Parks as "protean," or demonstrating great variety and diversity.15.The introduction of elevators in hotels meant
A that previously undesirable rooms on the top B floors, away from the bustle and noise of the C street, became sought after and more expensive than the lower floors . No error D E A. (A) B. (B) C. (C) D. (D) E. (E)
16. The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is an illogical comparison. It does not make sense to compare “rooms on the top floors” with “the lower floors.”
The price of pounds of apples is dollars. If the apples weigh an average of pound
for every apples, which of the following is the average price, in cents, of a dozen such apples?
A. B. C. D. E.
if apples weigh pound, then a dozen ( ) apples weigh pounds. The price of a
dozen apples is the price of pounds of apples. The price of pounds of apples is
dollars, or cents, so the price of pounds of apples is of cents, or
cents.
17. Currently rising temperatures in the Arctic and Antarctic are ------- of a still warmer world that could result from an excess of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the burning of oil, gas, and coal.
A. polarities B. harbingers C. vestiges D. counterexamples
E. aftereffects
A harbinger is a sign of something yet to come. Temperatures are presented as “harbingers” in this sentence because they show that “a still warmer world” might be coming.
There are n students in a biology class, and only 6 of them are seniors. If 7 juniors are added to the class, how many students in the class will not be seniors?A. n minus 3B. n minus 2C. n minus 1D. n plus 1E. n plus 2
Because he felt intimidated in his new position, he was ------- divulging his frank opinions of company proposals.A. scurrilous aboutB. candid inC. chary ofD. fervid aboutE. precipitate in
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The fact that MTV, the cable channel devoted primarily to music, provided extensive coverage of the 1992 presidential race demonstrates how ------- politics and popular music culture have become.
A. obscuredB. contradictoryC. interrelatedD. enclosedE. permeated
For how many positive two-digit integers is the ones digit greater than twice the tens digit?
A.
B. C. D. E.
In order to
prepare for the speech he was given
A B to all of the parents and teachers at the school, George practiced speaking in front of a group of C his friends . No error
D E A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)If the graph of the function is a line with slope , which of the following could be the
equation of ?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The first 10,000 United States patents, known to be the X-patents, were burned in a fire in 1836.A. to beB. to have beenC. asD. as they wereE. as being
Most of the world’s sharks, living in A B temperate and tropical regions, though the
C Greenland shark lives in the cold Arctic waters, and the huge basking shark is at home in the seas around Antarctica . No error D E A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)
A line segment containing the points and will also contain the point
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. Demographers and anthropologists have corrected the notion that European explorers in North America entered a ------- territory by showing that the land in some areas was already as densely ------- as parts of Europe.A. fertile . . settledB. colossal . . woodedC. desolate . . populatedD. valuable . . exploitedE. hostile . . concentrated
Although the conference speakers disliked one another and might have been expected to ------- , it turned out that on several substantive issues they were in complete ------- and were able to avoid petty squabbling.
A. argue . . disagreementB. bristle . . apathyC. debate . . dissonanceD. concur . . denialE. bicker . . accord
The North American continent, first colonized by people from Siberia, crossing the now sunken land bridge between Siberia and Alaska about 15,000 years ago.
A. The North American continent, first colonized by people from Siberia, crossingB. People from Siberia first colonized the North American continent, who crossedC. First colonized by people from Siberia was the North American continent, they crossed
D. First colonized by people from Siberia, who crossed the North American continent,E. The North American continent was first colonized by people from Siberia, who crossed
Read the following SAT test question and then click on a button to select your answer.
In the triangles above,
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Laboratories have been warned that provisions for animal protection that in the past were merely ------- will now be mandatory;------- of this policy will lose their federal research grants.
A. comprehensive . . adversariesB. nominal . . advocatesC. disregarded . . proponentsD. recommended . . violatorsE. compulsory . . resisters
Between 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo, working on
a
A B scaffold 60 feet above the floor, painted the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome
with hundreds of giant figures that represented C D
his vision of the world’s creation.
No
E error A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)
In a community of people, each person owns a dog or a cat or both. If there are
dog owners and cat owners, how many of the dog owners own no cat?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Until Florence Nightingale made nursing ------- , it was considered a ------- profession.
A. scientific . . painstakingB. essential . . dangerousC. noble . . loftyD. patriotic . . worthyE. respectable . . degrading
If is an odd integer, which of the following is an even integer?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
While video games are extraordinarily popular with the younger generation, many parents view it as a waste of time and hoping that their children will grow tired of playing them.
A. it as a waste of time and hoping thatB. it as a waste of time, hoping thatC. them as a waste of time and hope thatD. them as a waste of time, they hope thatE. them as a waste of time, hopefully
Most states have various levels of football A competition in their high schools so that schools B with similar numbers of students compete only C against them . No error D E A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)
Food can be ------- element in family life, bringing us together in times of trouble and in times of joy.
A. an addictiveB. a conflictingC. a unifyingD. a residualE. an inconsistent
Cathy likes to wear 2 ribbons, each a different color. If she has 6 ribbons each of a different color, how many combinations of 2 different-colored ribbons can she select to wear?
A. 3B. 6C. 12D. 15E. 36
Woody Guthrie wrote and adapted more than a thousand songs, many of them are about the struggles of workers and the poor in the United States.
A. many of them areB. many of which areC. many areD. which are, many of them,E. and many of them that are
Gwendolyn Brooks’ character Maud Martha appears ------- but feels great rage: she ------- her emotions with a mask of compliance.
A. responsive . . echoesB. nonchalant . . exposesC. docile . . camouflagesD. uncontrolled . . beliesE. invincible . . catapults
Before the end of the semester, each of you needs A B C
to meet with your adviser or I to discuss your D plans for next year. No error E A. (A)B. (B)C. (C)D. (D)E. (E)
The graph of is shown above. If , and if is on the graph of , which of the following must be true?
A. B. C. D. E.
When he was five years old, the boy scribbled on the bedroom wall with a permanent marker, leaving an ------- mark that would still be there even after he grew up and moved away.
A. interchangeableB. indelibleC. ostensibleD. eradicableE. untenable
