SAT TEST——Maths
1. If 3b+1＜10, which of the following CANNOT be the value of b?
(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 3
2. If 2 4x =16, then x=
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 8 (E) 12
3. How much greater than r – 2 is r + 5?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
4. In the figure above, a path form point A to point D is determined by moving
upward or to the right along the grid lines. How many different paths can be drawn from A to D that do not include either B or C?
(A) Two (B) Four (C) Six (D) Eight (E) Sixteen
5. If 3/7 of n is 42, what is 5/7 of n?
(A) 70 (B) 45 (C) 30 (D) 18 (E) 10
6. The eggs in a certain basket are either white or brown. If the ratio of the
number of white eggs to the number of brown eggs is 2/3, each of the following could be the number of eggs in the basket EXCEPT
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 30 (E) 60
7. If 1818= r t, where r and t are positive integers and r＞t, which of the
following could be the value of rt?
(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 108 (D) 162 (E) 324
8. In the figure above, what is the value of c in terms of a and b?
(A) a + 3b– 180 (B) 2a + 2b – 180 (C) 180 –a – b
(D) 360 –a – b(E) 360 – 2a– 3b
9. If t 3 = 351, what is the value of 4t 3?
10. What is the coordinate of the point on a number line that is exactly halfway
between the points with coordinates 53 and 62 ?
11. In the figure above, ABCD is a rectangle with BC = 4 and AB = 6. Points P,
Q, and R are different points on a line (not shown) that is parallel to AD.
Points P and D are symmetric about line AB and points Q and R are symmetric about line CD. What is the length of PR?
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 20
12. The price of a telephone was first increased by 10 percent and then the
new price was decreased by 25 percent. The final price was what percent of the initial price?
(A) 78% (B) 80% (C) 82.5% (D) 85% (E) 87.5%
13. When the number w is multiplied by 4, the result is the same as when 4 is
added to w . What is the value of 3w ?
(A) 3/4 (B) 1 (C) 4/3 (D) 3 (E) 4
14. The lengths of the sides of a right triangle are consecutive even integers,
and the length of the shortest side is x . Which of the following equation could be used to find x ?
(A) x + x +1 = x + 2 (B) x 2 + (x + 1) 2 = (x + 2) 2 (C) x 2 + (x + 2) 2 = (x +
4) 2 (D) x + x + 2 = x + 4 (E) x 2 = (x + 2)(x + 4)
15. If x is an integer greater than 1 and if y = x + x
1, which of the following must be true? I. y ≠ x II. y is an integer, III. xy ＞ x 2
(A) I only (B) III only (C) I and II only (D) I and III only
(E) I, II and III
SAT TEST ——Grammar
Part One.
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence —clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.
1. In a recent year, more tourists form the United States visited museums in Great Britain than Canada.
(A) Canada (B) Canada did (C) compared to Canada’s
(D) Canada ones (E) in Canada
2. Corners, a publishing and media services company, is acquiring Dispatch
Education, it manufactures school uniforms.
(A) Dispatch Education, it manufactures
(B) Dispatch Education, which manufactures
(C) Dispatch Education, manufacturing
(D) Dispatch Education, it is manufacturing
(E) Dispatch Education, for the manufacturing of
3. The campus newspaper does not print as much world news as does my
hometown.
(A) as does my hometown (B) as does my hometown newspaper
(C) compared to what my hometown do
(D) like my hometown newspaper does
(E) like the one in my hometown does
4. During the labor dispute, barrels of potatoes were emptied across the
highway, and they thereby blocked it to all traffic.
(A) highway, and they thereby blocked it to all traffic
(B) highway and therefore blocking it to all traffic
(C) highway, by which all traffic was therefore blocked
(D) highway, and therefore this had all traffic blocked
(E) highway, thereby blocking all traffic
5. Having thought the problem through with some care, that the committee did
not understand her solution frustrated the chairperson extremely.
(A) that the committee did not understand her solution frustrated that
chairperson extremely
(B) the chairperson’s extreme frustration resulted from the committee not
understanding her solution
(C) the chairperson’s frustration at the committee’s failing to understand
her solution was extreme
(D) the chairperson was extremely frustrat ed by the committee’s failure to
understand her solution
(E) the committee’s failure to understand her solution was an extreme
frustration to the chairperson
Part Two.
The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage error. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. in choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
1. Fourteen years after the Galileo space probe was launched from the space
probe
A
Was launched from the space shuttle Atlantis, the mission was purposely ended
When the Galileo disintegrates in the dense atmosphere of the planet Jupiter.
B C D
No error
E
2. The labor union is negotiating a contract with the hospital that will satisfy
the
A B C
demands of the workers and be acceptable to all levels of management. No error.
D E
3. Many professional athletes are motivated by either personal pride and love of
A B
their sport, but some seem interested only in money. No error.
C D E
4. Even though only parts of clay vessels may be recovered, these pottery shards are
A B
invaluable to the archaeologist because it is virtually indestructible. No error
C D E
5. Along the cure of island known as the Florida Keys lies a reef of living coral,
A B
the only one of a kind in the continental United States. No error
C D E
Part Three.
The following passage is an early draft of an essay. Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten.
Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.
The questions are based on following passage.
(1) Employers must be aware of their employees and the variety of situations that arise in the workplace. (2) Employers should become familiar with the demands a worker faces. (3) But he or she too should also assume responsibility.
(4) Some workplace problems are caused by the employer’s in sufficient attention to the needs of the workers. (5) One familiar situation is the concern of the boss for the customer’s satisfaction above all else. (6) Often unreasonable demands are made on an employee to satisfy the customers. (7) This results from a n employer’s lack of consideration for employees. (8) Workers often become resentful of an employer who is unconcerned about their needs.(9) Sometimes the employer does not listen fully to suggestion from employees this can make workers feel undervalued.
(10) Many times employers must deal with an employee who ties up the phone for hours. (11) If workers would take more responsibility, then maybe an employer would be a little more easily tempted to promote them.
(12) There are many problems to be solved in the workplace. (13) In order to achieve a happy balance between boss and employee, the job of a worker should be clearly defined. (14) Employers should listen to workers’ ideas about improving working conditions.
1. Which of the following, if inserted before sentence 1, would make a good
introduction to the essay?
(A) To avoid problems in the workplace, one must first recognize the
variety of workplaces that exist.
(B) Many employees do not feel free to communicate with their employers,
which can cause difficulties.
(C) Some employers have tried to respect their employees.
(D) Communication between an employer and employee is necessary for
maintaining good working conditions.
(E) In the future, relation between employers and employees will be
different from what they are now.
2. In context, which of the following is the best way to revise and combine
sentences 2 and 3 (reproduced below)?
Employers should become familiar with the demands o worker faces. But he or she too should also assume responsibility.
(A) When employers become familiar with the demands placed on their
workers, they would also assume responsibility.
(B) Employers ought to become familiar with the demands their workers
face, but workers, too, must assume responsibility for their jobs.
(C) Employers who have familiarity with the demands their workers face
also need to take responsibility for them.
(D) Those employees whose employers are familiar with their demands
need to take responsibility for their jobs.
(E) Employees and employers, familiar with the demands of the workplace,
must also assume responsibility for them.
3. In context, the underlined portion of sentence 7 (reproduced below) could
best be revised in which of the following ways?
This results from an employer’s lack of consideration for employees.
(A) In contrast is
(B) With unreasonable demands, they show
(C) This concern illustrates
(D) Such a distorted view shows
(E) Such treatment demonstrates
4. Which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of
sentence 9 (reproduced below) ?
(A) (As it is now)
(B) When sometimes they do not listen fully to suggestion from employees,
this can make
(C) Because the employers had not listened fully to suggestions from
employees they made
(D) An employer who does not listen closely to suggestions of employees,
making
(E) Sometimes an employer does not listen closely to suggestions from
employees, making
5. Which of the following sentences, if inserted before sentence 10, would
best improve the third paragraph?
(A) The role of technology in the workplace is also important.
(B) The success of any business depends on effective communication
with customers.
(C) Sometimes employers have legitimate complains about their
employees.
(D) It is difficult to tell whether certain problems are caused by employees
or employers.
(E) Employees rarely complain without good reason.
Part Four.
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original one produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices.
In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result I the most effective sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.
1. In scenarios reminiscent of the old science fiction movie Fantastic Voyage,
medical researchers hope exploring the body with miniature robots sent into the bloodstream.
(A) hope exploring (B) hope to explore(C) hope it can explore(D) have
hopes to explore(E) are having hopes of exploring
2. H. Ford Douglas, one of the few Black soldiers in White regiments during
the early part of the Civil War, and eventually to recruit and command his own unit.
(A) and eventually to recruit and command his own unit
(B) eventually recruited and commanded his own unit
(C) he eventually recruited and commanded his own unit
(D) he eventually had his own unit that he recruited and commanded
(E) having eventually recruited and commanded his own unit
3. Ignorance is not equivalent to stupidity, for ignorance can often be
corrected while stupidity cannot.
(A) for ignorance can often be corrected while stupidity cannot
(B) since you can often correct ignorance while the same is not true about
stupidity
(C) because it can be corrected and the other cannot
(D) because of its correctible nature
(E) because the two differ regarding correctibility
4. Journalists should present a balanced view of the news but with their goal
to stir discussion and unsettle complacent thinkers.
(A) with their goal to stir （B）should also stir (C) aiming at the same time
to stir (D) also trying to stir (E) its goal should also be in stirring
5. The ancient Spartans tested the endurance of potential warriors, devised
various ordeals, including one that required them to run bare-legged through fields of stinging nettles.
(A) warriors, devised (B) warriors, devising (C) warriors, and devised
(D)rriors by devising (E)warriors with the devising of
SAT TEST——Fill in the blanks
1. The spellings of many Old English words have been ____ in the living
language, although their pronunciations have changed.
A. preserved
B. shortened
C. preempted
D. revised
E. improved
2. Many paintings of the American southwest convey a feeling of isolation and loneliness that mirrors the ______ landscape they depict.
A. lust
B. sprawling
C. desolate
D. gaudy
E. monumental
3. Favoring economy of expression in writing, the professor urged students
toward a ______ rather than an ______ prose style.
A. spare…ornate
B. terse…opinionated
C. personal…academic
D. baroque…embellished
E. repetitive…intricate
4. Dreams are ______ in and of themselves, but, when combined with other data, they can tell us much about the dreamer.
A. uninformative
B. startling
C. harmless
D. unregulated
E. uncontrollable
5. Freedom of expression is not necessarily a _____ force: communities that encourage it often feel less threatened by social unrest than do those in which dissent is______.
A. revolutionary…promoted
B. positive…prohibited
C. successful…protested
D. divisive…restricted
E. militant…fostered
6. ______ as Mario’s misdeed was, his grandmother, always blind to his faults, pretended to be unaware of it.
A. accidental
B. apt
C. random
D. flagrant
E. covert
7. Even though the basic organization of the brain does not change after birth, details of its structure and function remain ______ for some time, particularly in the cerebral cortex.
A. plastic
B. immutable
C. essential
D. unavoidable
E. static
8. Hydrogen is the ______ elements of the universe in that it provides the building blocks from which the other elements are produced
A. steadiest
B. expendable
C. lightest
D. final
E. fundamental
9. The techniques now available to livestock breeders will continue to be ______, but will probably be ______ by new ones under development.
A. Fruitful...reversed
B. refined...upgraded
C. inconvenient...reassessed
D. used...supplemented
E. harmless...improved
10. Opponents of the expansion of the market economy, although in ______, continued to constitute ______ political force throughout the century.
A. error... an inconsequential
B. retreat… a powerful
C. disarray… a disciplined
D. jeopardy… an ineffective
E. command… a viable
11. It is the task of the International Wildlife Preservation Commission to prevent endangered species from becoming ______ in order that future generations may ______ the great diversity of animal life.
A. tamed…recollect
B. evolved…value
C. extinct…enjoy
D. specialized…anticipate
E. widespread…appreciate
12. The commentator characterized the electorate as ______ because it was unpredictable and given to constantly shifting moods.
A. mercurial
B. corrosive
C. disingenuous
D. implacable
E. phlegmatic
13. Thomas Hardy’s novels are described as ______ because of their preoccupation with daily life in rural and agricultural settings.
A. bucolic
B. prolific
C. lugubrious
D. sundry
E. metaphorical
14. In part of the Arctic, the land grades into the land fast ice so ____ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.
A. permanently
B. imperceptibly
C. regularly
D. precariously
E. slightly
15. The results of the experiments performed by Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Brown were ____ not only because these results challenged old assumptions but also because they called the ____ methodology into question.
A. provocative... prevailing
B. predictable ... contemporary
C. inconclusive ... traditional
D. intriguing ... projected
E. specious ... original
16. One critic asserts that modern urban architecture causes sensory deprivation because it fails to provide visual and tactile _______.
A. latency
B. stimulation
C. complacence
D. confusion
E. extension
17. Victor gained a reputation for being a ______ because he constantly bullied other children.
A. bungler
B. ruffian
C. stickler
D. daredevil
E. naysayer
18. The new vaccine is ______ preventing certain forms of pneumonia and should, therefore, be more widely ______ in order to prevent outbreaks of the disease.
A. required for…constrained
B. unsuccessful in…distributed
C. instrumental in…recon stituted
D. effective in…administered
E. unverified for…disseminated
19. Edith Wharton sought in her memoir to present herself as having achieved
a harmonious wholeness by having ______ the conflicting elements of her life.
A. affirmed
B. highlighte
C. identified
D. confined
E. reconciled
20. Communities in primitive areas where natural ______ is scarce must be resourceful in order to secure adequate nutrition.
A. education
B. competition
C. sustenance
D. agriculture
E. assistance
21. John Gielgud crowns a distinguished career of playing Shakespearean roles by giving a performance that is ______.
A. mediocre
B. outmoded
C. superficial
D. unsurpassable
E. insipid
22. Studies of ______ among turtles are sometimes ______ by the fact that
the subjects live so long that researchers retire before the studies can be completed.
A. extinction…enhanced
B. longevity...hampered
C. behavior…belied
D. mortality…bolstered
E. reproduction…confirmed
23. In the seventeenth century, direct flouting of a generally accepted system
of values was regarded as ______, even as a sign of madness.
A. adventurous
B. frivolous
C. willful
D. impermissible
E. irrational
24. Few of us take the pains to study our cherished convictions: indeed, we
almost have a natural ______ doing so.
A. aptitude for
B. repugnance to
C. interest in
D. ignorance of
E. reaction
after
25. Having sufficient income of her own constituted for Alice ______
independence that made possible a degree of ______ in her emotional life as well.
A. a material…securi ty
B. a profound…conformity
C. a financial economy
D. a psychological…extravagance
E. an unexpected…uncertainty
SAT TEST——Reading
On the morning of June 13, 1998, a 4.6-billion-year-old extraterrestrial object streaked into Earth’s atmosphere and bl ew to pieces in the sky somewhere in the neighborhood of Nelda Wallace’s backyard. A dark basketball-size object line 5 dropped with a loud ssshhht into Wallace’s garden, and fragments pelted other properties—only the first of many strange things soon to occur in town. For meteorites are more than just stars of science-fiction movies. Scientists covet them, private dealers scoop them up for resale at 10 spiraling prices, and professional searchers travel the world to hunt them down. Nelda Wallace’s town was about to be invaded by meteorite dealers, meteorite fans, meteorite poachers, and other alien life-forms.
1. The sentence in lines 1-4 (―On the morning . . . backyard‖) is best characterized as
(A) ironic
(B) dramatic
(C) comical
(D) nostalgic
(E) celebratory
2.The reference to the ―alien life-forms‖ (line 13) primarily serves to
(A) hint at the dangers posed by some unexpected visitors
(B) mock the public’s fascination with extraterrestrial beings
(C) indicate the dearth of reliable information about a subject
(D) acknowledge a lack of familiarity with a scientific phenomenon
(E) provide a humorous label for a certain kind of zealotry
Apes raised by humans seem to pretend more frequently than do apes in the wild. Animal handlers see behaviors they interpret as pretending practically every day. But Anne Russon, a psychologist, says she has found only about 20 Line 5 recorded cases of possible pretending in free-ranging orangutans, culled from thousands of hours of observation. One possible reason, she noted in an e-mail interview from her field station in Borneo, is that researchers have not been looking for such behavior. But many researchers believe 10 that interaction with humans—and the encouragement to pretend that comes with it—may play a major role in why domesticated apes playact more.
3.Russon’s hypothesis would be most fully tested by which possible research project?
(A) Examining data from observations of pretending behavior in apes other than orangutans
(B) Expanding ongoing observations of orangutans to include pretending behavior
(C) Documenting pretending behavior among orangutans raised by humans
(D) Comparing specific pretending behaviors in free-ranging and domesticated orangutans
(E) Reviewing existing data on free-ranging orangutans to determine the earliest record of pretending behavior
4.Which theoretical statement about pretending behavior in apes would be supported most fully by the ―many
researchers‖ mentioned in line 9 ?
(A) Having the ability to pretend has enabled apes, such as chimpanzees, to be trained as performers.
(B) All types of apes, both wild and domesticated, can pretend with human
companions.
(C) Pretending behavior for wild apes may vary considerably by region and population.
(D) Handlers of domesticated apes do not always have the rigorous observational training of scientists.
(E) Wild apes living apart from humans pretend only rarely.
Passage 1 is by Dorothy Sayers; Passage 2 is adapted from a work by Raymond Chandler.
Passage 1
The detective story does not and cannot attain the loftiest level of literary achievement. Though it deals with the most desperate effects of rage, jealousy, and revenge, it rarely touches the heights and depths of line 5 human passion. It presents us with an accomplished fact, and looks upon death with a dispassionate eye. It does not show us the inner workings of the murderer’s mind—it must not, for the identity of the criminal is hidden until the end of the book. The most successful 10 writers are those who contrive to keep the story runningfrom beginning to end upon the same emotional level, and it is better to err in the direction of too little feeling than too much.
Passage 2
I think what was really gnawing at Dorothy Sayers in 15 her critique of the detective story was the realization that her kind of detective story was an arid formula unable to satisfy its own implications. If the story started to be about real people, they soon had to do unreal things to conform to the artificial pattern required by the plot. When they did 20 unreal things, they ceased to be real themselves. Sayers’ own stories show that she was annoyed by this
triteness. Yet she would not give her characters their heads and let them make their own mystery.
5 .Which best describes the relationship between
the two passages?
(A) Passage 1 explains the evolution of a genre, while Passage 2 challenges the notion of a distinct genre.
(B) Passage 1 discusses the constraints of a genre, while Passage 2 contends that many of these constraints are self-imposed.
(C) Passage 1 celebrates a genre, while Passage 2 points out its deficiencies.
(D) Passage 1 explains the popularity of a genre, while Passage 2 questions its commercial success.
(E) Passage 1 compares a genre unfavorably to other types of writing, while Passage 2 argues that the genre has unique features.
6 .The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the statement in lines 4-5, Passage 1 (―it rarely . . . passion‖), by
(A) arguing that this approach limits the characters’ d evelopment
(B) denying that most writers of detective stories rely on formulas
(C) agreeing that strong emotions are out of place in detective stories
(D) conceding that great literature is seldom commercially successful
(E) concurring that readers are primarily interested in plot
7 .Which of the following characteristics of detective stories presented in Passage 1 would be LEAST likely to be attributed to the ―pattern‖ mentioned in line 19, Passage 2 ?
(A) ―cannot attain the loftiest level of literary achievement‖ (lines 1-2)
(B) ―deals with the most desperate effects of rage, jealousy, and revenge‖ (lines 2-4)
(C) ―presents us with an accomplished fact‖ (lines 5-6)
(D) ―looks upon death with a dispassionate eye‖ (line 6)
(E) ―does not show us the inner workings of the murderer’s mind‖ (lines 7-8)
8.Passage 1 suggests that Sayers would most likely respond to lines 17-20, Passage 2 (―If the story started . . . themselves‖), by pointing out that
(A) great writers seldom explore the range of human emotions
(B) detective stories do not address the consequences of people’s emotions
(C) detective stories are driven by the plot, not by the characters
(D) readers of detective stories prefer unrealistic situations
（E）real people often act in ways that are unexpected