51- ] Model SAT Tests - Test Fifty One

51- ] Model SAT Tests

Test Fifty One 

The passages below are followed by questions based on their content ; questions following a pair of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages . Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided .

Questions 1 - 2 are based on the following passage .

The following was adapted from a biography on Hollywood screen legend Cary Grant .

            Long before Cary Grant even began the acting career that would spread his image across movie screens around the world , he was already a performer . Desperate to escape an unstable home life and the humble environs of Bristol , England , where he grew up , Grant joined a traveling acrobatic troupe . He became the show’s stilt walker , an unenviable position that required much painful practice before it could be mastered . As the rigors of carnival life took their toll and the excitement of crisscrossing the fairgrounds of his native England waned , Grant abandoned the troupe for the stage . His first roles , though small , served to mark the beginnings of what would become an illustrious career .

1 . In t5he concluding sentence of the passage , the author suggests that

(A) Grant displayed great ability , even in the first small roles he was given

(B) Grant was rarely given more than small roles in the early stages of his career

(C) the small roles Grant initially played are significant as the origins of his acting career

(D) Grant owes much of his later success to his first small acting roles

(E) when beginning a career , most actors must initially play small roles

2 . The underlined phrase “took their toll” accentuates how Grant

(A) grew discouraged by his failure to get acting roles

(B) was working hard but earning very little money

(C) came to regret the decision to leave his home and family

(D) was unable to truly master the stilts before he left the troupe

(E) was worn down by the carnival life that had once excited him

Questions 3 - 4 are based on the following

            When the revolutionary American chocolate maker Milton Hershey enthusiastically opened his first candy shop in Philadelphia at the age of 18 , he knew little of the business , and his inexperience cased his endeavor to fold six years later .Nonetheless , getting his feet wet in the industry proved enough to keep him hooked on it , for he went on to work as an intern for a local caramel manufacturer . There he learned that superior results could only be achieved when the freshest milk was used and thus was born a lifelong dedication to quality ingredients upon which he would later build his chocolate empire .

3 . As indicated in the first sentence of the passage , Milton Hershey was

(A) quite industrious

(B) something of a child prodigy

(C) an untalented entrepreneur

(D) a groundbreaking candy producer

(E) committed to sing high quality ingredients

4 . The passage implies that Hershey

(A) was the first to make candy from quality ingredients

(B) had a persisting interest in candy manufacturing

(C) tried to apply caramel making techniques to chocolate production

(D) was well suited for a career only in candy making

(E) had been fascinated by making candy since early childhood

Answer Key

1 . C 2 . E 3 . D . 4 . B