13 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Thirteen

13 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Thirteen

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 . Complaining that he couldn’t hear hardly anything  , he asked Dr Brown , the otologist ,

whether he should get a hearing aid .

(A) Complaining that he couldn’t hear hardly anything

(B) Complaining that he couldn’t hardly hear anything

(C) He complained that he couldn’t hear hardly anything

(D) Complaining that he could hear hardly anything

(E) Because he couldn’t hear hardly anything

2 . Shakespeare wrote many plays , they are now being presented on public television .

(A) Shakespeare wrote many plays , they are now being presented on public television .

(B) Shakespeare wrote many plays , and they have been presented on public television .

(C) Shakespeare wrote many plays , which  public television has now presented.

(D) The many plays of Shakespeare have now been presented on public television

(E) Shakespeare wrote many plays , they are now being presented on public television .

3 . Many alcoholics attempt to conceal their problem from their fellow workers , but invariably failing to keep their secret .

(A) but invariably failing to keep their secret

(B) but they invariably fail to keep their secret

(C) but fail , invariably , to keep their secret

(D) who invariably fail to keep their secret

(E) who they  invariably fail to keep their secret from

4 . Upon considering the facts of the case , the solution was obvious ; consequently , Holmes sent for the police .

(A) Upon considering

(B) When considering

(C) Considering

(D) In consideration of

(E) When he considered

5 . Familiar with the terrain from previous visits , the explorer’s search for the abandoned mine site was a success .

(A) the explorer’s search for the abandoned mine site was a success

(B) the success of the explorer’s search for the abandoned mine site was assured

(C) the explorer succeeded in finding the abandoned mine site

(D) the search by the explorer for the abandoned mine site was a successful

(E) the explorer in his search for the abandoned mine site was a success .

6 . Economic conditions demand not only cutting wages and prices but also to reduce inflation-raised tax rates .

(A) not only cutting wages and prices but also to reduce

(B) we not only cut wages and prices but also reduce

(C) to not only cutt wages and prices but also to reduce

(D) not only to cut wages and prices but also to reduce

(E) not only a cut in wages and prices but also to reduce

7 . He interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and qualifications he required .

(A) who he thought

(B) whom he thought

(C) of whom he thought

(D) he thought who

(E) which he thought

8 . A person’s true character , it seems , is revealed in a situation which is similar to this .

(A) in a situation which is similar to this .

(B) in a situation like this is .

(C) in a situation such as this .

(D) in such a situation like this is .

(E) from  a situation such as this .

9 . It is typical of military service for a skilled technician to be induced and then you spend your whole tour of duty peeling potatoes and cleaning latrines .

(A) and then you spend your whole tour of duty

(B) to spend your whole tour of duty

(C) then they spend their whole tour of duty

(D) to spend their whole tour of duty

(E) then spend her whole tour of duty

10 . Being that he is that kind of a boy , he should not be blamed for his mistakes .

(A) Being that he is that kind of a boy

(B) Being that he is that kind of boy

(C) Since that he is that kind of boy

(D) Since that he is that sort of a boy

(E) Because he is that sort of a boy

11 . In years past , teenagers typically passed notes to their friends in class rather than electronic instant messages today .

(A) class rather than electronic instant messages today

(B) class but today it is electronic instant messages

(C) class today they send electronic instant messages

(D) class instead of electronic instant messages today

(E) class : instead , teenagers today sending instant messages electronically

12 . City officials have called on parents and guardians of students with asthma to provide schools with plans for emergency care should their children be stricken during school hours.

(A) care should their children be stricken during school hours.

(B) care in the event that  their child might be stricken during school hours.

(C) care because their children should be stricken during school hours.

(D) care although their children might be stricken during school hours.

(E) care could their children be struck during school hours.

13 . George Balanchine’s inspiration has had a great effect on many later choreographers who came after him , including Danish-born Peter Martins .

(A) George Balanchine’s inspiration has had a great effect on many later choreographers who came after him

(B) George Balanchine’s inspiration has greatly effected many later choreographers who came after him

(C) The inspiration of George Balanchine was great for many later choreographers who came after him

(D) Many choreographers who came after him have been affected greatly by the  inspiration of George Balanchine

(E) George Balanchine has inspired many later choreographers

14 . According to Freud , the aim of psychotherapy is to trace neurotic symptoms back to their unconscious roots and expose these roots to mature , rational judgment , thereby depriving them of their compulsive power .  

(A) judgment , thereby depriving them of their compulsive power .  

(B) judgment ; and thereby it deprives them of their compulsive power .  

(C) judgment ; thereby depriving them of their compulsive power .  

(D) judgment , thereby it deprives them of their compulsive power .  

 (E) judgment , thereby it deprives them of its compulsive power .