SAT Practice Test #1 PDF

829918 The SAT® Practice Test# 1 t:J Make time to take the practice test. It is one of the best ways to get ready for the SAT. After you have taken the practice test, score it right away at sat.org/digital-practice. This ve...

829918 The SAT® Practice Test# 1 t:J Make time to take the practice test. It is one of the best ways to get ready for the SAT. After you have taken the practice test, score it right away at sat.org/digital-practice. This version of the SAT PracticeTest is for students who will be taking the digital SAT in nondigitalformat. ~ 6TSL02 Test begins on the next page.  Module 1 Reading and Writing 33 Q U E S T I O N S DIRECTIONS The questions in this section address a number of important reading and writing skills. Each question includes one or more passages, which may include a table or graph. Read each passage and question carefully, and then choose the best answer to the question based on the passage(s). All questions in this section are multiple-choice with four answer choices. Each question has a single best answer....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Former astronaut Ellen Ochoa says that although she Beginning in the 1950s, Navajo Nation legislator doesn’t have a definite idea of when it might happen, Annie Dodge Wauneka continuously worked to she _______ that humans will someday need to be promote public health; this _______ effort involved able to live in other environments than those found traveling throughout the vast Navajo homeland on Earth. This conjecture informs her interest in and writing a medical dictionary for speakers of future research missions to the moon. Diné bizaad, the Navajo language. Which choice completes the text with the most Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? logical and precise word or phrase? A) demands A) impartial B) speculates B) offhand C) doubts C) persistent D) establishes D) mandatory Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 2 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 5 Following the principles of community-based Given that the conditions in binary star systems participatory research, tribal nations and research should make planetary formation nearly impossible, institutions are equal partners in health studies it’s not surprising that the existence of planets in conducted on reservations. A collaboration between such systems has lacked _______ explanation. the Crow Tribe and Montana State University Roman Rafikov and Kedron Silsbee shed light on _______ this model: tribal citizens worked alongside the subject when they used modeling to determine scientists to design the methodology and continue to a complex set of factors that could support assist in data collection. planets’ development. Which choice completes the text with the most Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? logical and precise word or phrase? A) circumvents A) a discernible B) eclipses B) a straightforward C) fabricates C) an inconclusive D) exemplifies D) an unbiased 4 6 The parasitic dodder plant increases its reproductive Seminole/Muscogee director Sterlin Harjo success by flowering at the same time as the host _______ television’s tendency to situate Native plant it has latched onto. In 2020, Jianqiang Wu and characters in the distant past: this rejection is evident his colleagues determined that the tiny dodder in his series Reservation Dogs, which revolves around achieves this _______ with its host by absorbing and teenagers who dress in contemporary styles and utilizing a protein the host produces when it is about whose dialogue is laced with current slang. to flower. Which choice completes the text with the most Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? logical and precise word or phrase? A) repudiates A) synchronization B) proclaims B) hibernation C) foretells C) prediction D) recants D) moderation Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 3 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 8 In 2007, computer scientist Luis von Ahn was The following text is from Edith Wharton’s 1905 working on converting printed books into a digital novel The House of Mirth. Lily Bart and a companion format. He found that some words were distorted are walking through a park. enough that digital scanners couldn’t recognize Lily had no real intimacy with nature, but she them, but most humans could easily read them. had a passion for the appropriate and could be Based on that finding, von Ahn invented a simple keenly sensitive to a scene which was the fitting security test to keep automated “bots” out of background of her own sensations. The websites. The first version of the reCAPTCHA test landscape outspread below her seemed an asked users to type one known word and one of the enlargement of her present mood, and she found many words scanners couldn’t recognize. Correct something of herself in its calmness, its breadth, answers proved the users were humans and added its long free reaches. On the nearer slopes the data to the book-digitizing project. sugar-maples wavered like pyres of light; lower Which choice best states the main purpose of the down was a massing of grey orchards, and here text? and there the lingering green of an oak-grove. A) To discuss von Ahn’s invention of reCAPTCHA Which choice best describes the function of the B) To explain how digital scanners work underlined sentence in the text as a whole? C) To call attention to von Ahn’s book-digitizing A) It creates a detailed image of the physical setting project of the scene. D) To indicate how popular reCAPTCHA is B) It establishes that a character is experiencing an internal conflict. C) It makes an assertion that the next sentence then expands on. D) It illustrates an idea that is introduced in the previous sentence. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 4 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 11 A study by a team including finance professor The following text is from Maggie Pogue Johnson’s Madhu Veeraraghavan suggests that exposure to 1910 poem “Poet of Our Race.” In this poem, the sunshine during the workday can lead to overly speaker is addressing Paul Laurence Dunbar, a Black optimistic behavior. Using data spanning from 1994 author. to 2010 for a set of US companies, the team Thou, with stroke of mighty pen, compared over 29,000 annual earnings forecasts Hast told of joy and mirth, to the actual earnings later reported by those And read the hearts and souls of men companies. The team found that the greater the As cradled from their birth. exposure to sunshine at work in the two weeks before The language of the flowers, a manager submitted an earnings forecast, the more Thou hast read them all, the manager’s forecast exceeded what the company And e’en the little brook actually earned that year. Responded to thy call. Which choice best states the function of the Which choice best states the main purpose of the underlined sentence in the overall structure of the text? text? A) To praise a certain writer for being especially A) To summarize the results of the team’s analysis perceptive regarding people and nature B) To present a specific example that illustrates the B) To establish that a certain writer has read study’s findings extensively about a variety of topics C) To explain part of the methodology used in the C) To call attention to a certain writer’s careful and team’s study elaborately detailed writing process D) To call out a challenge the team faced in D) To recount fond memories of an afternoon spent conducting its analysis in nature with a certain writer 10 The following text is adapted from Edith Nesbit’s 1906 novel The Railway Children. Mother did not spend all her time in paying dull [visits] to dull ladies, and sitting dully at home waiting for dull ladies to pay [visits] to her. She was almost always there, ready to play with the children, and read to them, and help them to do their home-lessons. Besides this she used to write stories for them while they were at school, and read them aloud after tea, and she always made up funny pieces of poetry for their birthdays and for other great occasions. According to the text, what is true about Mother? A) She wishes that more ladies would visit her. B) Birthdays are her favorite special occasion. C) She creates stories and poems for her children. D) Reading to her children is her favorite activity. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 5 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 13 “To You” is an 1856 poem by Walt Whitman. In the Born in 1891 to a Quechua-speaking family in the poem, Whitman suggests that readers, whom he Andes Mountains of Peru, Martín Chambi is today addresses directly, have not fully understood considered to be one of the most renowned figures of themselves, writing, _______ Latin American photography. In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Chambi’s Which quotation from “To You” most effectively photographs have considerable ethnographic illustrates the claim? value—in his work, Chambi was able to capture A) “You have not known what you are, you have diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his slumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Your subjects with both dignity and authenticity. eyelids have been the same as closed most of the Which finding, if true, would most directly support time.” the student’s claim? B) “These immense meadows, these interminable rivers, you are immense / and interminable as A) Chambi took many commissioned portraits of they.” wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced hundreds of images carefully documenting the C) “I should have made my way straight to you long peoples, sites, and customs of Indigenous ago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, I communities of the Andes. should have chanted nothing / but you.” B) Chambi’s photographs demonstrate a high level D) “I will leave all and come and make the hymns of of technical skill, as seen in his strategic use of you, / None has understood you, but I illumination to create dramatic light and shadow understand you.” contrasts. C) During his lifetime, Chambi was known and celebrated both within and outside his native Peru, as his work was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico. D) Some of the peoples and places Chambi photographed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 6 CO NTI N U E  14 Credited Film Output of James Young Deer, Dark Cloud, Edwin Carewe, and Lillian St. Cyr Number of films known and Individual Years active commonly credited James Young Deer 1909–1924 33 (actor), 35 (director), 10 (writer) Dark Cloud 1910–1920 35 (actor), 1 (writer) Edwin Carewe 1912–1934 47 (actor), 58 (director), 20 (producer), 4 (writer) Lillian St. Cyr (Red Wing) 1908–1921 66 (actor) Some researchers studying Indigenous actors and filmmakers in the United States have turned their attention to the early days of cinema, particularly the 1910s and 1920s, when people like James Young Deer, Dark Cloud, Edwin Carewe, and Lillian St. Cyr (known professionally as Red Wing) were involved in one way or another with numerous films. In fact, so many films and associated records for this era have been lost that counts of those four figures’ output should be taken as bare minimums rather than totals; it’s entirely possible, for example, that _______ Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example? A) Dark Cloud acted in significantly fewer films than did Lillian St. Cyr, who is credited with 66 performances. B) Edwin Carewe’s 47 credited acting roles includes only films made after 1934. C) Lillian St. Cyr acted in far more than 66 films and Edwin Carewe directed more than 58. D) James Young Deer actually directed 33 films and acted in only 10. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 7 CO NTI N U E  15 Juvenile Plants Found Growing on Bare Ground and in Patches of Vegetation for Five Species Bare Patches of Percent found in Species ground vegetation Total patches of vegetation T. moroderi 9 13 22 59.1% T. libanitis 83 120 203 59.1% H. syriacim 95 106 201 52.7% H. squamatum 218 321 539 59.6% H. stoechas 11 12 23 52.2% Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Isabelle Storer, and Rocío Perez-Barrales recently examined several plots within a diverse plant community in southeast Spain. The researchers calculated that if individual plants were randomly distributed on this particular landscape, only about 15% would be with other plants in patches of vegetation. They counted the number of juvenile plants of five species growing in patches of vegetation and the number growing alone on bare ground and compared those numbers to what would be expected if the plants were randomly distributed. Based on these results, they claim that plants of these species that grow in close proximity to other plants gain an advantage at an early developmental stage. Which choice best describes data from the table that support the researchers’ claim? A) For all five species, less than 75% of juvenile plants were growing in patches of vegetation. B) The species with the greatest number of juvenile plants growing in patches of vegetation was H. stoechas. C) For T. libanitis and T. moroderi, the percentage of juvenile plants growing in patches of vegetation was less than what would be expected if plants were randomly distributed. D) For each species, the percentage of juvenile plants growing in patches of vegetation was substantially higher than what would be expected if plants were randomly distributed. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 8 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 17 In the mountains of Brazil, Barbacenia tomentosa Herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs could grow more and Barbacenia macrantha—two plants in the than 100 feet long and weigh up to 80 tons, and some Velloziaceae family—establish themselves on soilless, researchers have attributed the evolution of nutrient-poor patches of quartzite rock. Plant sauropods to such massive sizes to increased plant ecologists Anna Abrahão and Patricia de Britto Costa production resulting from high levels of atmospheric used microscopic analysis to determine that the roots carbon dioxide during the Mesozoic era. However, of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha, which grow there is no evidence of significant spikes in carbon directly into the quartzite, have clusters of fine hairs dioxide levels coinciding with relevant periods in near the root tip; further analysis indicated that these sauropod evolution, such as when the first large hairs secrete both malic and citric acids. The sauropods appeared, when several sauropod lineages researchers hypothesize that the plants depend on underwent further evolution toward gigantism, or dissolving underlying rock with these acids, as the when sauropods reached their maximum known process not only creates channels for continued sizes, suggesting that _______ growth but also releases phosphates that provide the Which choice most logically completes the text? vital nutrient phosphorus. A) fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide Which finding, if true, would most directly support affected different sauropod lineages differently. the researchers’ hypothesis? B) the evolution of larger body sizes in sauropods A) Other species in the Velloziaceae family are did not depend on increased atmospheric carbon found in terrains with more soil but have root dioxide. structures similar to those of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha. C) atmospheric carbon dioxide was higher when the largest known sauropods lived than it was when B) Though B. tomentosa and B. macrantha both the first sauropods appeared. secrete citric and malic acids, each species produces the acids in different proportions. D) sauropods probably would not have evolved to such immense sizes if atmospheric carbon C) The roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha dioxide had been even slightly higher. carve new entry points into rocks even when cracks in the surface are readily available. D) B. tomentosa and B. macrantha thrive even when transferred to the surfaces of rocks that do not contain phosphates. Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 9 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 20 In documents called judicial opinions, judges explain In ancient Greece, an Epicurean was a follower of the reasoning behind their legal rulings, and in those Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved explanations they sometimes cite and discuss around the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined historical and contemporary philosophers. Legal pleasure as “the absence of pain in the body and of scholar and philosopher Anita L. Allen argues that trouble in the _______ that all life’s virtues derived while judges are naturally inclined to mention from this absence. philosophers whose views align with their own Which choice completes the text so that it conforms positions, the strongest judicial opinions consider to the conventions of Standard English? and rebut potential objections; discussing philosophers whose views conflict with judges’ views A) soul,” positing could therefore _______ B) soul”: positing Which choice most logically completes the text? C) soul”; positing A) allow judges to craft judicial opinions without D) soul.” Positing needing to consult philosophical works. B) help judges improve the arguments they put 21 forward in their judicial opinions. C) make judicial opinions more comprehensible to British scientists James Watson and Francis Crick readers without legal or philosophical training. won the Nobel Prize in part for their 1953 paper announcing the double helix structure of DNA, but it D) bring judicial opinions in line with views that are is misleading to say that Watson and Crick broadly held among philosophers. discovered the double helix. _______ findings were based on a famous X-ray image of DNA fibers, “Photo 51,” developed by X-ray crystallographer 19 Rosalind Franklin and her graduate student Public-awareness campaigns about the need to Raymond Gosling. reduce single-use plastics can be successful, says Which choice completes the text so that it conforms researcher Kim Borg of Monash University in to the conventions of Standard English? Australia, when these campaigns give consumers a choice: for example, Japan achieved a 40 percent A) They’re reduction in plastic-bag use after cashiers were B) It’s instructed to ask customers whether _______ wanted a bag. C) Their D) Its Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) they B) one C) you D) it Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 10 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 24 In 1937, Chinese American screen actor Anna May Researchers studying magnetosensation have Wong, who had portrayed numerous villains and determined why some soil-dwelling roundworms in secondary characters but never a heroine, finally got the Southern Hemisphere move in the opposite a starring role in Paramount Pictures’ Daughter of direction of Earth’s magnetic field when searching Shanghai, a film that _______ “expanded the range for _______ in the Northern Hemisphere, the of possibilities for Asian images on screen.” magnetic field points down, into the ground, but in the Southern Hemisphere, it points up, toward the Which choice completes the text so that it conforms surface and away from worms’ food sources. to the conventions of Standard English? Which choice completes the text so that it conforms A) critic, Stina Chyn, claims to the conventions of Standard English? B) critic, Stina Chyn, claims, A) food: C) critic Stina Chyn claims B) food, D) critic Stina Chyn, claims, C) food while D) food 23 In 1637, the price of tulips skyrocketed in 25 Amsterdam, with single bulbs of rare varieties selling for up to the equivalent of $200,000 in today’s Scientists believe that, unlike most other species of US dollars. Some historians _______ that this “tulip barnacle, turtle barnacles (Chelonibia testudinari) mania” was the first historical instance of an asset can dissolve the cement-like secretions they use to bubble, which occurs when investors drive prices to attach _______ to a sea turtle shell, enabling the highs not supported by actual demand. barnacles to move short distances across the shell’s surface. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English? A) claiming B) claim A) it C) having claimed B) themselves D) to claim C) them D) itself Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. 11 CO NTI N U E............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 28 The classic children’s board game Chutes and In 1453, English King Henry VI became unfit to rule Ladders is a version of an ancient Nepalese game, after falling gravely ill. As a result, Parliament Paramapada Sopanapata. In both games, players appointed Richard, Third Duke of York, who had a encounter “good” or “bad” spaces while traveling