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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)  


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