41 - ] Model SAT Tests - Test Forty One

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Test Forty One

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 . Are psychiatrists usually vulnerable to mental illness , or are they merely more aware of their problems than the rest of us  ?

(A) problems than the rest of us  

(B) problems as us  

(C) problems than they are aware of  us  

(D) problems like we are  

(E)  problems like ours are  

2 . When used undiluted , you can irritate your skin with liquid bleach .

(A) you can irritate your skin with liquid bleach

 (B) liquid bleach can irritate your skin

 (C) bleach , it being liquid could irritate your skin

 (D) you could be irritating your skin with liquid bleach

 (E) then liquid bleach could be  irritating to  your skin

3 . The authors , taking on a formidable and sensitive subject , has largely conquered it , thanks to indefatigable research  and a rigorous analysis of the data .

(A) taking on a formidable and sensitive subject , has largely conquered it , thanks to indefatigable research 

 (B) took on a formidable and sensitive subject , but has largely conquered it , thanks to indefatigable research 

 (C) taking on a formidable and sensitive subject , have largely conquered it , thanks to indefatigable research 

 (D) taking on a formidable and sensitive subject , have largely conquered it , thanks to indefatigable research 

 (E) taking on a formidable and sensitive subject , has largely conquered it , due  to indefatigable research 

4 . Paul Bertolli followed a typically meandering route for a contemporary American chef , earning a degree in music at Berkeley , working in restaurants in California and Italy , and took time off to study history in Canada before becoming the chef at Oliveto .   

(A) working in restaurants in California and Italy , and took time off to study history in Canada before becoming 

 (B) working in restaurants in California and Italy , and taking time off to study history in Canada before becoming 

(C) and he worked in restaurants in California and Italy , and took time off to study history in Canada before becoming 

(D) working in restaurants in California and Italy , and took time off to study history in Canada before he had become

 (E) he worked in restaurants in California and Italy , and he took time off to study history in Canada before becoming 

5 . Many of the innovations in the early compositions of Charles Ives were adaptations of musical experiments performed by his father , particularly that of polytonality .

(A) Ives were adaptations of musical experiments performed by his father , particularly that of polytonality

 (B) Ives , and in  particular polytonality ,  was in  adaptation of musical experiments performed by his father

 (C) Ives being adapted , and polytonality in particular from musical experiments performed by his father

 (D) Ives these were adaptations of musical experiments performed by his father , particularly that of polytonality .

 (E) Ives ,  particularly polytonality ,  were adaptations of musical experiments performed by his father

6 . There is a great deal of practical advice on antiques that readers may find useful in the mystery novel s of Jonathan Gash .

(A) There is a great deal of practical advice on antiques that readers may find useful in the mystery novel s of Jonathan Gash .

 (B) There are great deals of practical advice regarding antiques that readers may find useful in Jonathan Gash’s  mystery novel s.

 (C) Readers may find useful the  great deal of practical advice on antiques in Jonathan Gash’s mystery novel s .

 (D) A great deal of practical and useful advice on antiques are offered to readers by Jonathan Gash in his  mystery novel s.

 (E) In the mystery novels Jonathan Gash offers readers a great deal of practical advice on antiques.

7 . Of the three Fates , the weavers Clotho , Lachesis , and Atropos , the latter was most frightening  , for she cut the “thread” of life , thus determining the individual’s moment of death .

(A) the latter was most frightening 

 (B) the latter was more frightening 

 (C) the latter is most frightening 

 (D) the last was most frightening 

 (E)  the last are more frightening 

8 . A popular lecturer who spoke as eloquently on Christianity as literature , Lewis combined faith and fiction in his allegorical tales of Narnia .

(A) as eloquently on Christianity as literature

 (B) with  eloquence on Christianity and literature also

 (C) eloquently on Christianity so much as on  literature

 (D) so eloquently on Christianity plus literature

 (E)  as eloquently on Christianity as on literature

9 . Administration officials have consistently sought to stonewall , undermine , or intimidating anyone who might try to check up on their performance .

(A) undermine , or intimidating anyone who might try to check up on their performance .

 (B) undermine , or intimidating those  who might try to check up on their performance .

 (C) undermine , or intimidating anyone who might try to check up about their performance .

 (D) undermine , or intimidate anyone who might try to check up on their performance .

 (E) undermine , or to be intimidating anyone who might be trying to check up on their performance .

10 . Although I understand why airlines have to serve frozen foods to their passengers , I do not understand why I was served a meal by a flight attendant that had been only partially defrosted .  

(A) a meal by a flight attendant that had been only partially defrosted 

 (B) an  only partially defrosted meal by a flight attendant 

 (C) a meal that had been only partially defrosted by a flight attendant. 

 (D) by a flight attendant a meal that had been only partially defrosted . 

 (E)  by a flight attendant a partially defrosted meal

11 . An important factor in the spread of disease is when people fail to practice proper hygiene .

(A) An important factor in the spread of disease is when

 (B) An important factor in spreading disease is when

 (C) An important factor in the spread of disease is that

 (D) Much of the spread of disease results from when

 (E) Much of the spread of disease is due to the fact that when

12 . The della Robbias created many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands , and they  

(A) The della Robbias created many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands , and they 

 (B)The della Robbias who created many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands

(C) Creating many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands were della Robbias , and they 

 (D) The della Robbias created many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands , and doing this they 

(E) In the creation of many sculptural reliefs of the Virgin and Child surrounded by garlands ,  the della Robbias they 

13 . Music journalism at its highest level is a valid literary , genre , not a vicarious alternative to mastering an instrument .

(A) genre , not a

 (B) genre , it is not a

 (C) genre ; not a

 (D) genre , but is not a

 (E) genre ; and it is not a

14 . Many of us attempt to rewrite our personal stories to present ourselves in the best light ; indeed , there is an almost universal inclination to do this .

(A) there is an almost universal inclination to do this

(B) our inclination for it is almost universal

(C) our having this inclination is an almost universal condition

(D) we are  almost universally inclined to do so

 (E) doing so is almost universal as an inclination within us