49 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Forty Nine

49 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Forty Nine

The passage below is the unedited draft of a student’s essay . Parts of the essay need to be rewritten to make the meaning clearer and more precise . Read the essay carefully .

The essay is followed by six questions about changes that might improve all or part of the organization , development , sentence structure , use of language , appropriateness to the audience ,or use of standard written English . In each case , choose the answer that most clearly and effectively expresses the student’s intended meaning . Indicate your choice by blackening the corresponding space on the answer sheet .

          [1] Members of our community have objected to the inclusion of various pieces of art in the local art exhibit . [2] They say that these pieces offend community values . [3] The exhibit in its entirety should be presented .

            [4] The reason for this is that people have varied tastes , and those who like this form of art have a right to see the complete exhibit . [5] An exhinit like this one gives the community a rare chance to see the latest modern art nearby , and many people have looked forward to it with great anticipation . [6] It would be an unfortunate blow to those people for it not to be shown .

            [7] The exhibit may contain pieces of art that tend to be slightly erotic , but what is being shown that most people haven’t already seen ? [8] So , give it an Ror an X rating and don’t  let small children in . [9] But how many small children voluntarily go to see art exhibit ? [10] The exhibit includes examples of a new style ogf modern art . [11] The paintings show crowds of nude people . [12] The exhibit is at the library’s new art gallery . [13] For centuries artists have been painting and sculpting people in the nude . [14] Why are these works of art different ? [15] Perhaps they are more graphic in some respects , but we live in an entirely different society than from the past . [16] It is strange indeed for people in this day and age to be offended by the sight of the human anatomy .

            [17] If people don’t agree with these pieces , they simply should just not go . [18] But they should not be allowed to prevent others from seeing it .

1 . With regard to the sentences that precede and follow sentence 3 , which of the following is the best revision of sentence 3 ?

(A) On the other hand , the whole exhibit should be presented .

(B) The exhibit , however , should be presented in its entirety .

(C) The exhibit should be entirely presented regardless of what the critics say .

(D) But another point of view is that the exhibit should be presented in its entirety .

(E) Still other members also say the whole exhibit should be presented in its entirety .

2 . In the context of paragraph 3 , which of the following is the best revision of sentence 8 ?

(A) So , an R or X rating will warn people with small children to keep them out .

(B) Therefore , giving it an R or an X rating and not letting small children in

(C) To satisfy everyone objecting to the exhibit , perhaps the exhibit could be given an R or an X rating to adviser parents that some of the art on exhibit may not be suitable for young children .

(D) Let an R or an X rating caution the public that some of the art may be offensive and be unsuitable for young children .

(E) In conclusion , small children will be kept out by giving it an R or an X rating .

3 . In this context of paragraph 3 , which of the following is the best revision of sentences 10 , 11 , and 12 ?

(A) Paintings on exhibition at the library showing crowds of nude people and done in a new style of modern art .

(B) The exhibit , on display at the library , includes paintings of crowds of nude people done in a new style of modern art .

(C) The exhibit includes paintings in a new style of modern art , which shows crowds of nude people at the library

(D) The library is the site of the exhibit which shows a new style of modern art , with paintings showing crowds of nude people .

(E) The new style of modern art includes examples of paintings showing criwds of nude peple on exhibit in the library .

4 . T improve the clarity and coherence of the whole essay , where is the best place to relocate the ideas contained in sentences 10  , 11 , and 12 ?

(A) Before sentence

(B) 1 Between sentences 1 and 2

(C) Between sentences 8 and 9

(D) Between sentences 15 and 16

(E) After sentence 18

5 . Which of the following is the best revision of the underlined segment of sentence 15 below ?

Perhaps they are more graphic in some respects , but we live in an entirely different society than from the past .

(A) an entirely different society than of the past

(B) a completely different society than the past

(C) a society completely different than from past societies

(D) a society that is entirely different from the way societies have been in the past

(E) an entirely different society from that of the past

6 . Which of the following revisions of sentence 17 provides the best transition between paragraphs 3 and 4 ?

(A) If anyone doesn’t approve of these pieces , they simply should not go to the exhibit .

(B) Anyone disagreeing with the pieces in the exhibit shouldn’t go to it .

(C) Anyone who disapproves of nudity in art simply shouldn’t go to the exhibit .

(D) If anyone dislikes the sight of nudes in art , this show isn’t for them .

(E) Don’t go if you disapprove of nudity in art .

Essay

The excerpt below makes a point about a particular topic . Read the statement carefully , and think about the assignment that follows .

In her novel Sense and Sensibility , Jane Austen wrote , “It is time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy . Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other , and seven days are more than enough for others .” Now Austen may have been writing somewhat tongue in n cheek , for she attributes these sentiments to the excessively romantic . Marianne Dashwood , whose extreme sensibility or emotional susceptibility gets its comeuppance by the novel’s end . Nonetheless the point that young Miss Dashwood makes is valid . No amount of time spent in another person’s company can guarantee that the two of you will become friends .

ASSIGNMENT : What are your thoughts on the statement above ? Compose an essay in which you express your views on this topic . Your essay may support , refute , or qualify the view expressed in the statement . What you write , however , must be relevant to the topic under discussion . Additionally , you must support your viewpoint , indicating your reasoning and providing examples based on your studies and / or experience .  

48 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Forty Eight

48 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Forty Eight

Some or all the parts of the following sentences are underlined . The first answer choice , (A) , simply repeats the underlined part of the sentence . The other four choices present four alternative ways to phrase the underlined part . Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence , one that is clear and exact , and blacken the appropriate space on your answer sheet . In selecting your choice , be sure that it is standard written English , and that it expresses the meaning of the original sentence .

Example

The first biography of author Eudora Welty came out in 1998 and she was 89 years old at the time .

 (A) and she was 89 years old at the time

(B) at the time when she was 89

(C) upon becoming an 89 year old

(D) when she was 89

(E) at the age of 89 years old

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

1 . Nowhere do the problems of urban decay seem more evident than in this dying city .

(A) Nowhere do the problems of urban decay seem more evident than in this dying city .

(B) Nowhere more than in this dying city is there  evidence of the problems urban decay .

(C) In this dying city more so than in other places they evidently  seem to have  problems of urban decay .

(D) The problems of urban decay do seem more evident in this dying city than other place.

(E) In this dying city more so than elsewhere ,the problems of urban decay are evident it seems  .

2 . The average citizen today is surprisingly knowledgeable about landmark court decisions concerning such questions as affirmative action , reproductive rights and whether students can pray in school .

(A) rights and whether students can pray in school .

(B) rights and whether students could pray in school .

(C) rights or whether students can pray in school .

(D) rights and the issue of praying in school .

(E) rights and school prayer.

3 . Georgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era , and her novel The Conqueror takes place over seven hundred years earlier at the time of the Battle of Hastings .

(A) Georgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era , and her novel

 (B) Georgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era nevertheless

(C) AlthoughGeorgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era ,

(D) Georgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era ,

(E) Insofar as Georgette Heyer is best known for her two dozen romances set in the Regency era ,

4 . The inventive pianist Guy Livingston , an American living in Paris, specializes in contemporary music has long had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer George Antheil .

(A) music has long had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer

(B) music , he has long had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer

(C) music ; and has long had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer

(D) music , whereas he has long had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer

(E) music ; and long has he had a fascination with the works of the modern French composer

5 . At an early stage in his travels , Henry James , writing from abroad , described the subtle differences distinguishing Americans fro Europeans .

(A) At an early stage in his travels , Henry James , writing

(B) At an early stage in his travels , Henry James  wrote

(C) At an early stage in his travels , Henry James , was written

(D) At an early stage in his travels , Henry James , was writing

(E) Henry James , whose  writing at an early stage in his travels

6. Fame as well as fortune were his goals in life .

(A) Fame as well as fortune were his goals in life .

(B) Fame as well as fortune was his goals in life .

(C) Fame as well as fortune were his goal in life .

(D) Fame and  fortune were his goals in life .

(E) Fame also  fortune were his goals in life .

7 . For recreation I like to watch these kind of programs in the evening .

(A) these kind of

(B) these sort of

(C) these kinds of

(D) them kind of

(E) this kind of a

8 .Whatever the surface appearances at the moment may be , modern men are fundamentally less tolerant of despots then men of old

(A) less tolerant of despots then men of old

(B) less tolerant of despots than of older men

(C) more intolerant of despots than of men of old

(D) more  intolerant of despots then men in former years

(E) less tolerant of despots than were men of old

9 . The method of how different viruses being transmitted from one patient to another depends on the particular viruses involved .

(A) of how different viruses being transmitted

(B) whereby the transmission of different viruses is

(C) by which different viruses are transmitted

(D) for different viruses that are being transmitted

(E) when different viruses being transmitted

10 . Because he wished to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war was why Armand Hammer , a young American millionaire , decided that he had to go to Moscow .

(A) Because he wished to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war was why Armand Hammer , a young American millionaire , decided that he had to go to Moscow .

(B) Because he wished to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war a young American millionaire named Armand Hammer , decided that this was whyhe had to go to Moscow .

(C) Armand Hammer Because , a young American millionaire , decided that he had to go to Moscow . to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war .

(D) Armand Hammer , a young American millionaire , deciding  that he had to go to Moscow  because he wished to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war.

(E) A young American millionaire named Armand Hammer decided that he had to go to Moscow to help alleviate the famine that followed the Russian civil war .

11 . The fierce competition for grades among premed student  is because of wanting to be accepted by a top medical school .

(A) is because of wanting to be accepted by a top medical school

(B) is because of a desire to be accepted by a top medical school

(C) stems out of wanting to be accepted by a top medical school

(D) stems from  the desire to be accepted by a top medical school

(E) is because of the desire for acceptance at a top medical school

12 . Jane Smiley makes a convincing case that horses like people , have their own natures , and that one can learn about them the same way you can learn about human beings : through observation , reading , and empathy .

(A) the same way you can learn about human beings

(B) in the same way you can learn about human beings

(C) the same way you could learn about human beings

(D) the same way one can learn about human beings

(E) only the same way one learns about human beings

13 . Brought up in a homogeneous , all white suburb , it was only when I moves to San Francisco that I realized how exciting life in an ethically diverse community could be .

(A) it was only when I moves to San Francisco that I realized how exciting life in an ethically diverse community could be

(B) I did not  realize until  I moves to San Francisco how exciting life in an ethically diverse community could be

(C ) when I moved to San Francisco that I realized how exciting life in an ethically diverse community could be

(D)an exciting life in an ethically diverse community was unrealized by me until I moved to San Francisco

(E) moving to San Francisco made me realize how exciting life in an ethically diverse community could be

14. For an overtly political cartoonist like Aaron McGruder , being free to criticize contemporary American society is more important than winning a large and admiring audience .

(A) being free to criticize contemporary American society is more important than

(B) there is  greater  importance in the freedom to criticize contemporary American society than in

(C) having  freedom  for criticism of contemporary American society is more important than

(D) to have the freedom to criticize contemporary American society is more important than

(E) freedom to criticize contemporary American society has more importance than does  

47- ] Model SAT Tests - Tests Forty Seven

47 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Forty Seven

Select the best answer to each of the following questions ; then blacken the appropriate space on your answer sheet .

The sentences in this section may contain errors in grammar , usage , choice of words , or idioms . Either there is just one error in a sentence or the sentence is correct . Some words or phrases are underlined and lettered ; if the sentence is correct , select No error . Then blacken the appropriate space on your answer sheet .

Example

The region has a climate so severe that plants growing there rarely had been more

                                                 A                                 B                               C

than twelve inches high . No error

                                  D         E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

1 . This multimedia exhibition , part of a worldwide celebration of  the centenary of

                                                            A                                    B

Balanchine’s birth , includes photographs , designs , costumes , and set models ,

                                        C

complimented by  videotapes and excerpts from oral histories in the Library of Performing

           D

Arts . No error   

                 E                                   

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

2 . The Mozart Myths looks at how scholars have revised their predecessors’ findings ,

                                          A        B

 selecting material that might support their own pet theories , and depicting Mozart ,

 

 variously  , as a childish victim , a Romantic genius , and an Enlightenment rebel .

       C           D

No error

      E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

3 . Following the example of the Orpheus chamber orchestra , this recently formed

              A                                                                                                      B

 ensemble of young conservatory graduates performing without a conductor . No error

       C                                                        D                                          E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

4 . To most Americans , the notion that free markets and democracy are essential to  curing

              A                                                                                                                  B             

the world’s ills is an article of  faith . No error

                    C           D                   E  

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

5 . What better word than serendipity could define the collectors’ triumphs , in which

                                       A                               B

accidentally found objects discovered to have extraordinary value ? No error

                    C                  D                                                     E 

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

6 . Contrary to what moviegoers have for so long  regarded as absolute truth , the mutiny

                  A                                                   B

 of the Bounty’s seamen was not provoked from any unreasonable harshness on the part of

                                           C                    D

 Captain Bligh . No error

                                 E

7 . Since the sociologist Max Weber wrote about the Protestant work ethic and the spirit of

        A                                                                                                                                       B

 capitalism , social scientists have argued that culture , including religious habits , are part

                                                                                                                                             C

 of the complex mix that determines a country’s economic health . No error

                                       D                                                     E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

8 . J .D .Salinger had had many offers to be interviewed by reporters ,but the reclusive

                                   A                                         B                             C

 author invariably refuses to meet the press . No error

                  D                                                               E

 

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

9 . To find employment at a time when companies are laying off employees , one must be

           A                                                                                 B

 diligent in following up leads and ingenious in your pursuit of fresh contacts . No error

        C                                                                               D                                              E

 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

10 . The black bear presents such a danger to homeowners in some New Jersey areas that it

                                                    A

 has become imperative to discover methods to prevent their encroaching on human

         B                                            C                                      D

territory . No error

                   E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

11 . Although many literary critics have written about the Bronte family , never before has

                                                                      A                                                               B           C

the differences in style of the three novelist sisters been so clearly delineated . No error

                                                                                                     D                                   E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

12 . Our parents did their best to ignore the ongoing rivalry between my brother and I

                                       A                                      B                                                    C

because they believed we would only be encouraged if they attempted to intervene .

                                                         D

No error

      E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

13 . Because James had disobeyed computer lab regulations by downloading games , the

                                             A                                                        B

computer science teacher penalized him by taking away his computer privileges for an

                                                                                C

indecisive period . No error

       D                           E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

14 . If one is concerned  with improving conditions in the Third World , you should

                           A                      B                                                                            C

 consider volunteering for the Peace Corps . No error

                                         D                                      E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

15 . The steaks that Karl and Kathy ordered online to be delivered to their brother were

                                                                                                      A               B

a less tender and far more costly than Chelsea Meat Market . No error

                            C                                                  D                          E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

16 . Perspective  visitors to tropical countries should plan to start taking anti-malaria pills

               A                                         B

one to two weeks prior to their setting out on their trips . No error

                                 C                    D                                             E   

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

17 . All of the flood victims except Mrs. Vega and I have decided  to accept the settlement

                                                                                    A         B                  C

 proposed by the insurance company . No error

       D                                                             E                     

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

18 . Gold ,like other soft metals that bend easily , are  widely used in jewelry-making .

                            A                                            B        C          D

No error

      E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

19 . Given the long-standing bias against  Victorian art , it is unsurprising that British

                                                         A                                                         B

artists of the later nineteenth century are poorly  represented in the museum’s collections .

                                                                           C               D

No error

      E

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)