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30 - ] Model SAT Tests

Test Thirty

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 . Unable to see more than three inches in front of her nose without corrective lenses . Mary’s search for her missing glasses was frantic .

(A) Mary’s search for her missing glasses was frantic .

(B) Mary’s frantic search was for her missing glasses.

(C) Mary frantically searched for her missing glasses .

(D) her missing glasses were what Mary frantically searched for .

(E) her missing glasses was that for which Mary frantically  searched .

2 . Ron liked to play word games , of which he found crossword puzzles particularly satisfying

(A) games , of which he found crossword puzzles particularly satisfying

(B) games , and it was crossword puzzles that particularly found satisfying

(C) games , particularly satisfying to him were crossword puzzles

(D) games ; he found crossword puzzles particularly satisfying

(E) games ; the satisfaction of  crossword puzzles particularly

3 . Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence had a strong impact on the members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , especially Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy .

(A)Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence had a strong impact on the members

(B) Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence had a strong impact regarding the members

(C) Martin Luther King Jr. strongly influenced members

(D) the influence Martin Luther King Jr. was strong on the members

(E) Martin Luther King Jr.’s influence strongly impacted members

4 . Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters is a novel written by the notoriously reclusive J.D. Salinger .

(A) Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters is a novel written by the notoriously reclusive J.D. Salinger .

(B) Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters were a novel written by the notorious reclusive J.D. Salinger .

(C) Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters were a novel that the notoriously reclusive J.D. Salinger .wrote

(D) as notorious recluse , J.D. Salinger has written a novel that is called Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters

(E) Raise High the Roofbeam , Carpenters is the name of a novel that was written by the notorious reclusive J.D. Salinger .

5 . That it is deemed necessary to shield television viewers from ads concerning pressing public issues while they are being bombarded with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles is a sad commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

(A) they are being bombarded with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles is a sad commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

(B) they had been bombarded with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles sadly is a  commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

(C) it is bombarded with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles is a sad commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

(D) they are being bombarded with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles is a sad commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

(E) they are bombarding with commercial pitches for beer and sports utility vehicles is a sad commentary on the state of our cultural and of our democracy .

6 . There is simply no way one can avoid conflict ; hence , if you must fight , fight to win .

(A) There is simply no way one can avoid conflict ; hence

 

(B) In no way one can simply avoid conflict ; hence

(C) You cannot avoid conflict ; hence

(D) There is simply no way one can avoid conflict ; however,

(E) There is simply no way in which you may avoid conflict ; consequently

7 . The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to rule this week on whether to protect beluga sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act .

(A) is expected to rule this week on whether to protect beluga sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act .

(B) are expected to rule this week on whether to protect beluga sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act .

(C) have been expected to rule this week on whether to protect beluga sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act .

(D) is expected to rule this week about the protecting of beluga sturgeon by means of the Endangered Species Act .

(E) is being  expected to rule this week on whether or not they should protect beluga sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act .

8 . Businessman by day and composer by night Charles Ives’s vast output has gradually brought him recognition as the most original and significant American composer of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries .

(A) Businessman by day and composer by night Charles Ives’s vast output has gradually brought him recognition as

(B) Businessman by day and composer by night ,  Charles Ives’s vast output that has gradually brought him recognition from

(C) Businessman by day and composer by night Charles Ives’s vast output has been  gradually bringing to him recognition from

(D)Doing business by day and composing music by night ,  Charles Ives’s vast output has gradually brought him recognition for

(E) The vast output of Charles Ives ,  businessman by day and composer by night , has gradually brought him recognition as

9 . In most states where local property taxes fund the public schools , communities with strong tax bases from commercial property can support its schools while maintaining low property tax rates .

(A)with strong tax bases from commercial property can support its schools while maintaining low property tax rates .

(B)that have strong tax bases from commercial property can support their schools and maintaining low property tax rates .

(C)with strong tax bases from commercial property could have supported its schools while maintaining low property tax rates .

(D)with strong tax bases from commercial property can support their schools while maintaining low property tax rates .

(E)with strong tax bases from commercial property could of supported its schools and the maintenance of low property tax rates .

10 . The author has given us a well-written , thoughtful , and at times she is even colorful in her examination of one of the perennial dilemmas of contemporary life .

(A) thoughtful , and at times she is even colorful in her examination of

(B) thoughtful , and even at times she is colorful examining

(C) thoughtful ; and at times she is even colorful examining

(D) thoughtful , and at times even colorful examination of

(E) thoughtful , or at times is even colorful when she examines

11. James had initially derided the physical education requirement at his school , then eventually he was convinced of the value of exercising regularly .

(A) school , then eventually he was convinced of the value

(B) school , then eventually the value convinced him 

(C) school , but eventually he was convinced of the value

(D) school : and eventually he was convinced of the value

(E) school ; however, eventually being convinced of the value

12 . The drop in interest rates , especially for home mortgages , have encouraged prospective buyers and applied for loans .

(A) have encouraged prospective buyers and applied for loans .

(B) have encouraged prospective buyers and loans have been applied for .

(C) have encouraged prospective buyers : therefore , they applied for loans .

(D) has encouraged prospective buyers that they applied for loans .

(E) has encouraged prospective buyers t apply for loans .

13 . The bridge between San Francisco and Man County , California , is actually painted a reddish orange , while being called the Golden Gate .

(A) is actually painted a reddish orange , while being

(B) although actually painted a reddish orange is

(C) whose  paint is actually a reddish orange , while it is

(D) being actually painted a reddish orange caused it to be

(E) which is actually painted a reddish orange , while being

14 . Fans of Donald Trump’s reality television show The Apprentice have described it as simultaneously infuriating because of Trump’s arrogance but Trump’s shrewdness still has a fascination .

(A) but Trump’s shrewdness still has a fascination

(B) and Trump’s shrewdness still is fascinating

(C) and  Trump is fascinatingly shrewd

(D) and fascinating because of  Trump’s shrewdness

(E) while Trump is so shrewd that he fascinates them