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22 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Twenty Two

22 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Twenty Two

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 .
The lieutenant reminded his men that the only information to be given to the captors

                                      A                                                                          B

was each individual’s name , rank , and what his serial number  was  . No error

           C                                                                          D                                   E

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

2 . When the teacher ordered the student to go to the dean’s office as a result of the class

          A                                                               B                                           C      

disruption , she surprised us because she usually will handle her own discipline problems .

                                                                                             D

No error

      E

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

3 . He was the author whom I believed was most likely to receive the coveted award .

                                         A           B                       C                                     D

No error

      E

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

4 . Please give this scholarship to whoever in the graduating class has done the most to

                                                              A                                                 B

promote  goodwill in the community . No error

     C             D                                               E

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

5 . The two lawyers interpreted the statute differently , and they needed a judge to settle its

                                          A                                     B           C                                                     D

 dispute . No error 

                      E

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

6 . All of the team members , except him , has anticipated interest from the national leagues

                                                                A      B                                C    

 , and now practice twice as long . No error

                                                D            E

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

7 . Everybody but him has paid their dues ; we must seek ways to make him understand the

                           A                           B                            C

 need for prompt payment . No error

      D                                             E

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

8 . In order to be sure that the mattress was firm before placing an order , the man gingerly

             A                         B

sat down and laid back . No error

       C                     D               E

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

9. Since she found the climate of Arizona very healthy , she decided to move to Phoenix as

       A                                                                       B                                       C

soon as  possible . No error

      D                           E

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

10 . The data that  he presented was not pertinent to the matter under discussion . No error

                           A                            B               C                                          D                        E

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

11 . In order for she and I to be able to attend , we will need to receive tickets within the

               A              B                                   C                      D

week . No error

              E

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

12 . I feel badly  about the present conflict because I do not know how to resolve it without

                A                                                          B

hurting  either you or him . No error

      C                                D          E

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

13 . A new production of the opera Aida has just been announced ; it will be sung on an

                                                                              A                                 B           C

outdoor stage with live animals . No error

                           D                                 E

 (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

14 . Unless two or more members object to him joining the club , we shall have to accept his

            A                                                                    B                                                        C

 application for membership . No error

                       D                               E

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

15 . Thurgood Marshall made history by becoming the first black Supreme Court Justice

                                                      A                    B

when he was appointed of this position by President Lyndon Johnson . No error

    C                           D                                                                                          E

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

16 . When she spoke with the police , she reported her loss , stating that a large quantity of

          A                                                                                                                                B

 clothing and of valuable jewelry were missing . No error

                                C                             D                 E

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

17 . When Freud introduced the notion that most mental possesses that  determine our

                                                                                                                     A 

everyday thoughts , feelings , and what we wish  occur unconsciously , his contemporaries

                                                                    B                                 C

rejected it as impossible . No error 

                D                                E            

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

18 . Artesian water comes from an artesian well , a well that taps  a water-bearing layer of

                                           A                                                        B

rock or sand , in which the water level stands above  the top of the aquifer . No error

                                 C                                        D                                                          E

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

19 During the Cultural Revolution in China , Li Huayi has labored as a “worker-artist” .

           A                                                                                         B

painting government propaganda posters , while in private he developed his own  artistic

                                                                              C                                                 D            

style . No error

                 E

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


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