SAT practice test
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THe following test is an example of the nature of the SAT questions.
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Test1
35 Questions � Time--30 Minutes
Directions: Each of the following questions consists of an incomplete sentence followed by five words or pairs of words. Choose that word or pair of words which, when substituted for the blank space or spaces, best completes the meaning of the sentence and select the letter of your choice in the answer column.
Example:
In view of the extenuating circumstances and the defendant's youth, the judge recommended ----.
(A) conviction
(B) a defense
(C) a mistrial
(D) leniency
(E) life imprisonment
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1. Human survival is a result of mutual assistance, since people are essentially ---- rather than ----.
(A) superior..inferior
(B) cooperative..competitive
(C) individualistic..gregarious
(D) physical..mental
(E) dependent..insensate
2. For centuries, malnutrition has been ---- in the drought-stricken areas of Africa.
(A) impalpable
(B) evasive
(C) endemic
(D) divisive
(E) redundant
3. Even as they ---- their pledges of support, they secretly planned a betrayal; their actions ---- their words.
(A) demonstrated..echoed
(B) confirmed..reinforced
(C) compromised..precluded
(D) reiterated..belied
(E) submitted..emphasized
4. The day will come when our ---- will look back upon us and our time with a sense of superiority.
(A) antecedents
(B) descendants
(C) predecessors
(D) ancestors
(E) contemporaries
5. Their ---- debate, billed as a(n) ---- of their opinions, was only needless repetition.
(A) senseless..exoneration
(B) national..travesty
(C) incessant..distillation
(D) primary..renunciation
(E) final..clarification
6. With the ---- of winter storms, all drivers should take extra ---- while on the road.
(A) demise..caution
(B) approach..precautions
(C) waning..care
(D) proximity..leisure
(E) duration..heed
7. Despite our ----, Eva ---- the stranger for directions.
(A) compliance..harrassed
(B) encouragement..questioned
(C) entreaties..pinioned
(D) intentions..assailed
(E) warnings..approached
8. The young man was very unlikely to be hired; his appearance was disheveled, slovenly, and ----.
(A) tousled
(B) harried
(C) beleaguered
(D) mortified
(E) despondent
9. The use of trained bears in circuses was once a ---- but has now almost ----.
(A) menace..diminished
(B) precedent..extinguished
(C) sinecure..vanquished
(D) commonplace..ceased
(E) legacy..vanished
10. Although he has a reputation for aloofness, his manner on that occasion was so ---- that everyone felt perfectly at ease.
(A) reluctant
(B) gracious
(C) malign
(D) plausible
(E) spurious
11. The ---- with which the agent calmed the anxieties and soothed the tempers of the travelers ---- by the delay was a mark of frequent experience with similar crises.
(A) evasiveness..angered
(B) reverence..pleased
(C) facility..inconvenienced
(D) mannerism..destroyed
(E) acuity..accommodated
12. The lover of democracy has an ---- toward totalitarianism.
(A) antipathy
(B) empathy
(C) equanimity
(D) idolatry
(E) obstinacy
13. A ---- of employment opportunities ---- prospective employees entering the job market.
(A) surfeit..impedes
(B) paucity..discourages
(C) plethora..deters
(D) dearth..inspires
(E) deluge..enervates
Directions: Each of the following questions consists of a capitalized pair of words followed by five pairs of words lettered A to E. The capitalized words bear some meaningful relationship to each other. Choose the lettered pair of words whose relationship is most similar to that expressed by the capitalized pair and select its letter in the answer column.
Example:
DAY : SUN : :
(A) sunlight : daylight
(B) ray : sun
(C) night : moon
(D) heat : cold
(E) moon : star
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14. TRICKLE : GUSH : :
(A) flow : stream
(B) listen : hear
(C) soar : dive
(D) touch : collide
(E) drive : ride
15. WINK : EYE : :
(A) swallow : food
(B) tap : toe
(C) flirt : hand
(D) hit : nail
(E) smell : nose
16. BOWLING : PIN : :
(A) basketball : center
(B) tennis : racket
(C) baseball : glove
(D) archery : arrow
(E) golf : hole
17. LAKE : WET : :
(A) electricity : nuclear
(B) ice : cold
(C) fog : unavoidable
(D) sand : dry
(E) jewel : expensive
18. TOOTH : COMB : :
(A) book : store
(B) horse : race
(C) cog : gear
(D) hair : brush
(E) dog : hound
19. MISER : STINGINESS : :
(A) dilettante : skill
(B) demagogue : passivity
(C) tyrant : dignity
(D) altruist : selflessness
(E) miscreant : honesty
20. CHIVALROUS : GALLANT : :
(A) sanguine : cheerful
(B) doleful : happy
(C) tardy : early
(D) mercurial : slow
(E) rich : degenerate
21. LAVA : VOLCANO : :
(A) snow : mountain
(B) water : spring
(C) balloon : air
(D) eyes : makeup
(E) chimney : smoke
22. DIFFIDENT : CONFIDENCE : :
(A) magnificent : beauty
(B voluminous : size
(C) gloomy : cheer
(D) meticulous : care
(E) athletic : strength
23. CONDUCTOR : ORCHESTRA : :
(A) violinist : bow
(B) pianist : hands
(C) author : books
(D) president : country
(E) school : principal
Directions: The reading passage below is followed by a set of questions. Read the passage and answer the accompanying questions, basing your answers on what is stated or implied in the passage. Select the letter of your choice in the answer column.
Questions 24�35 are based on the following passage.
Stephen Crane (1871�1900) wrote a number of novels, short stories, and poems in his short life, as well as working as a war correspondent overseas. "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" (1898) is the story of a small-town sheriff who brings home a bride, changing his frontier home forever. It opens with this scene. The great Pullman was whirling onward with such
dignity of motion that a glance from the window seemed
simply to prove that the plains of Texas were pouring
eastward. Vast flats of green grass, dull-hued spaces of
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mesquit and cactus, little groups of frame houses, woods
of light and tender trees, all were sweeping into the east,
sweeping over the horizon, a precipice.
A newly married pair had boarded this coach at San
Antonio. The man's face was reddened from many days
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in the wind and sun, and a direct result of his new black
clothes was that his brick-colored hands were con-
stantly performing in a most conscious fashion. From
time to time he looked down respectfully at his attire. He
sat with a hand on each knee, like a man waiting in a
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barber's shop. The glances he devoted to other passen-
gers were furtive and shy.
The bride was not pretty, nor was she very young.
She wore a dress of blue cashmere, with small reserva-
tions of velvet here and there, and with steel buttons
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abounding. She continually twisted her head to regard
her puff sleeves, very stiff, straight, and high. They
embarrassed her. It was quite apparent that she had
cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully. The
blushes caused by the careless scrutiny of some passen-
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gers as she had entered the car were strange to see upon
this plain, under-class countenance, which was drawn
in placid, almost emotionless lines.
They were evidently very happy. "Ever been in a
parlor-car before?" he asked, smiling with delight.
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"No," she answered; "I never was. It's fine,
ain't it?"
"Great! And then after a while we'll go forward to
the diner, and get a big lay-out. Finest meal in the world.
Charge a dollar."
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"Oh, do they?" cried the bride. "Charge a dollar?
Why, that's too much--for us--ain't it Jack?"
"Not this trip, anyhow," he answered bravely.
"We're going to go the whole thing."
Later he explained to her about the trains. "You see,
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it's a thousand miles from one end of Texas to the other;
and this train runs right across it, and never stops but for
four times." He had the pride of an owner. He pointed
out to her the dazzling fittings of the coach; and in truth
her eyes opened wider as she contemplated the sea-
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green figured velvet, the shining brass, silver, and glass,
the wood that gleamed as darkly brilliant as the surface
of a pool of oil. At one end a bronze figure sturdily held
a support for a separated chamber, and at convenient
places on the ceiling were frescoes in olive and silver.
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To the minds of the pair, their surroundings re-
flected the glory of their marriage that morning in San
Antonio; this was the environment of their new estate;
and the man's face in particular beamed with an elation
that made him appear ridiculous to the negro porter.
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This individual at times surveyed them from afar with
an amused and superior grin. On other occasions he
bullied them with skill in ways that did not make it
exactly plain to them that they were being bullied. He
subtly used all the manners of the most unconquerable
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kind of snobbery. He oppressed them; but of this op-
pression they had small knowledge, and they speedily
forgot that infrequently a number of travelers covered
them with stares of derisive enjoyment. Historically
there was supposed to be something infinitely humor-
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ous in their situation.
24. Crane highlights the newlyweds'
(A) tactlessness
(B) unsophistication
(C) wealth
(D) merriment
(E) fear
25. The bride's dress is clearly
(A) beautiful
(B) torn
(C) red
(D) comfortable
(E) unfamiliar
26. The line "It was quite apparent that she had cooked, and that she expected to cook, dutifully" (lines 22�23) shows the bride's
(A) natural talent
(B) submissiveness
(C) commonness
(D) both A and B
(E) both B and C
27. When the bridegroom answers his bride "bravely" (line 37), the implication is that
(A) he has overcome his fear of her
(B) his usual posture is weak and sniveling
(C) gallantry is his natural mode
(D) he will conquer his anxiety about money for her sake
(E) it takes courage to speak forthrightly
28. The line "He had the pride of an owner" (line 42) is ironic because
(A) the bride has no sense of style
(B) the bridegroom could never own anything so fine
(C) Crane prefers workers to owners
(D) the owners of the train take no pride in it
(E) the bridegroom is not proud of his own belongings
29. The word estate (line 52) is used to mean
(A) property
(B) inheritance
(C) status
(D) statement
(E) manor
30. The figure of the porter is used to indicate
(A) a parallel between slavery and marriage
(B) where the line between worker and owner is drawn
(C) the absurdity of young love
(D) that the newlyweds are not alone in the world
(E) just how unworldly and lower-class the newlyweds are
31. The last sentence of the passage refers to
(A) the fact that newlyweds are figures of fun
(B) Crane's amusement at the behavior of the travelers
(C) people's delight at others' misfortunes
(D) the joy of the newlyweds despite their surroundings
(E) readers' sympathy with the characters
32. Crane uses the word historically (line 63) to mean
(A) importantly
(B) famously
(C) customarily
(D) prominently
(E) ritually
33. Crane's feeling toward the newlyweds is one of
(A) amused sympathy
(B) disgusted revulsion
(C) weary resignation
(D) scornful derision
(E) honest hatred
34. Crane probably does not name the newlyweds in this part of the story
(A) because he does not know who they are
(B) to make them seem ordinary and universal
(C) because he wants to surprise the reader
(D) to prove that they are worthless in his eyes
(E) to focus attention on the peripheral characters
35. The main goal of this passage is to
(A) introduce characters and setting
(B) illustrate a conflict between two characters
(C) resolve a crisis
(D) express an opinion
(E) instruct the reader
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Test2 Math
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10 Questions � Time--15 Minutes
Directions: Solve the following problems using any available space on the page for scratchwork. In the answer column select the choice which best corresponds to the correct answer.
Notes: The figures accompanying the problems are drawn as accurately as possible unless otherwise stated in specific problems. Again, unless otherwise stated, all figures lie in the same plane. All numbers used in these problems are real numbers. Calculators are permitted for this test.
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1. The coordinates of vertices X and Y of an equilateral triangle XYZ are (�4,0) and (4,0) respectively. The coordinates of Z may be
(A) (0, )
(B) (0, )
(C) (4, )
(D) (0, 4)
(E) (, 0)
2. There are just two ways in which 5 may be expressed as the sum of two different positive (nonzero) integers, namely, 5 = 4 + 1 = 3 + 2. In how many ways may 9 be expressed as the sum of two different positive (nonzero) integers?
(A) 3
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) 7
3. A board 7 feet 9 inches long is divided into three equal parts. What is the length of each part?
(A) 2 ft. 6 in.
(B) 2 ft. 7 in.
(C) 2 ft. 8 in.
(D) 2 ft. 8 in.
(E) 2 ft. 9 in.
4. What is the smallest possible integer K > 1 such that R2 = S3 = K, for some integers R and S?
(A) 4
(B) 8
(C) 27
(D) 64
(E) 81
5. The number of square units in the area of triangle RST is
(A) 10
(B) 12.5
(C) 15.5
(D) 17.5
(E) 20
6. Which of the following has the same value as ?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
7. In the accompanying figure, ACB is a straight angle and DC is perpendicular to CE. If the number of degrees in angle ACD is represented by x, the number of degrees in angle BCE is represented by
Note: Figure not drawn to scale.
(A) 90 � x
(B) x � 90
(C) 90 + x
(D) 180 � x
(E) 45 + x
8. In parallelogram ABCD, what is the ratio of the shaded area to the unshaded area?
(A) 1 : 2
(B) 1 : 1
(C) 4 : 3
(D) 2 : 1
(E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
9. In the drawing below, if the ratio of AB to BC is 4 : 9, what is the area of parallelogram ABCD?
(A) 36
(B) 26
(C) 18
(D) 13
(E) It cannot be determined from the information given.
10. A store owner buys eggs for M cents per dozen and sells them for cents apiece. At this rate, what is the profit on a dozen eggs?
(A) cents
(B) cents
(C) cents
(D) M cents
(E) 2M cents
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Test 3 Reading Comprehension
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10 Questions � Time--15 Minutes
Directions: The two passages given below deal with a related topic. Following the passages are questions about the content of each passage or about the relationship between the two passages. Answer the questions based upon what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material provided. Select the letter of your choice in the answer column.
Test Begins Here:
Questions 1�10 are based on the following passages.
Matthew Henson was born in 1866 of free black parents in Maryland. He met Commander Robert Peary in 1888 and became first his servant and then his assistant on Peary's major expeditions to the Arctic. In these two passages, Henson and Peary describe the same area in Greenland, a place known as Karnah.
Passage 1--from Henson's Account of the 1908 Expedition
We stopped at Kookan, the most prosperous of the
Esquimo settlements, a village of five tupiks (skin tents),
housing twenty-four people, and from there we sailed to
the ideal community of Karnah.
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Karnah is the most delightful spot on the Greenland
coast. Situated on a gently southward sloping knoll are
the igloos and tupiks, where I have spent many pleasant
days with my Esquimo friends and learned much of the
folk-lore and history. Lofty mountains, sublime in their
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only exposure is southward toward the sun. In winter its
climate is not severe, as compared with other portions of
this country, and in the perpetual daylight of summer,
life here is ideal. Rivulets of clear, cold water, the beds
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of which are grass- and flower-covered, run down the
sides of the mountain and, but for the lack of trees, the
landscape is as delightful as anywhere on earth.
Passage 2--from Peary's Account of the 1891 Expedition
From the eastern point of Academy Bay the main
shore of the gulf extends, due east, to the face of the great
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Heilprin Glacier, and then on beside the great ice-
stream, until the crests of the cliffs disappear under the
white shroud of the "Great Ice." From here on, the
eastern and northern sides of the head of the gulf are an
almost continuous glacier face, six great ice-streams,
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separated by as many precipitous nunataks, flowing
down from the interior ice-cap to discharge an
enormous fleet of bergs. As a result of this free dis-
charge, the great white viscosity of the interior has
settled down into a huge, and in clear weather easily
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discernible, semi-circular basin, similar to those of
Tossukatek, Great Kariak, and Jacobshavn. In this head
of the gulf, situated some in the face of the glaciers, and
others a short distance beyond them, are seven or eight
islands, most of which bear proof of former glaciation.
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Along the north-western shore of the gulf, the vertical
cliffs resume their sway, back of which rise the trio of
striking peaks, Mounts Daly, Adams, and Putname. The
cliffs continue westward for some little distance, then
gradually merge into a gentle slope, which is in turn
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succeeded by the face of the Hubbard Glacier. West of
the glacier, cliffs of a different character (red and grey
sandstone) occur, and extend to the grand and pictur-
esque red-brown Castle Cliffs at the entrance to Bowdoin
Bay. At these cliffs, the shore takes an abrupt turn to
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the northward, into the now familiar but previously un-
known Bowdoin Bay, in which was located the head-
quarters of my last Expedition.
This bay has an extreme length of eleven miles, and
an average width of between three and four miles. What
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with its southern exposure, the protection from the wind
afforded by the cliffs and bluffs which enclose it, and
the warmth of colouring of its shores, it presents one of
the most desirable locations for a house. The scenery is
also varied and attractive, offering to the eye greater
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contrasts, with less change of position, than any other
locality occurring to me. Around the circuit of the bay are
seven glaciers with exposures to all points of the com-
pass, and varying in size from a few hundred feet to over
two miles in width.
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The ice-cap itself is also in evidence here, its vertical
face in one place capping and forming a continuation of
a vertical cliff which rises direct from the bay. From the
western point of the bay, a line of grey sandstone cliffs--
the Sculptured Cliffs of Karnah--interrupted by a single
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glacier in a distance of eight miles, and carved by the
restless arctic elements into turrets, bastions, huge
amphitheatres, and colossal statues of men and animals,
extends to Cape Ackland, the Karnah of the natives.
Here the cliffs end abruptly, and the shore trending
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north-westward to Cape Cleveland, eighteen miles dis-
tant, consists of an almost continuous succession of fan-
shaped, rocky deltas formed by glacier streams. Back of
the shoreline is a gradually sloping foreshore, rising to
the foot of an irregular series of hills, which rise more
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steeply to the ice-cap lying upon their summits. In
almost every depression between these hills, the face of
a glacier may be seen, and it is the streams from these
that have made the shore what it is, and formed the wide
shoals off it, on which every year a numerous fleet of
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icebergs becomes stranded.
1. Henson uses the word exposure (line 11) to mean
(A) denunciation
(B) unmasking
(C) emptiness
(D) danger
(E) openness
2. Henson's main impression of Karnah is one of
(A) apprehension
(B) dismay
(C) indifference
(D) pleasure
(E) tolerance
3. Henson might prefer that Karnah
(A) were not so far north
(B) were warmer
(C) were uninhabited
(D) lay further inland
(E) had more trees
4. Peary admires Bowdoin Bay for its
(A) diverse vistas
(B) incredible length
(C) calm waters
(D) impressive tides
(E) great ice-streams
5. Peary compares the arctic elements to
(A) avenging Furies
(B) athletic challenges
(C) stonecarvers
(D) wild horses
(E) ice palaces
6. Future explorers might use Peary's description to
(A) locate their ships in Karnah's harbor
(B) find their way around Greenland's shoreline
(C) decide the future of native settlements
(D) identify trees and vegetation on the island
(E) reenact Peary's discovery of the North Pole
7. In general, Peary's description is in
(A) chronological order, according to his various trips
(B) spatial order, proceeding along the coastline
(C) chronological order, moving from past to present
(D) spatial order, moving from west to east
(E) spatial order, moving in a circle around the ship
8. The "lofty mountains" described by Henson (line 9) are probably Peary's
(A) Sculptured Cliffs (line 64)
(B) Cape Cleveland (line 70)
(C) Heilprin Glacier (line 20)
(D) Mount Daly (line 37)
(E) Great Kariak (line 31)
9. Unlike Henson, Peary seems intent on
(A) snubbing the natives
(B) discussing flora and fauna
(C) focusing on geology
(D) raising political issues
(E) extolling the delights of Karnah
10. Peary and Henson seem to agree on
(A) the severity of Greenland's weather
(B) the area's attractiveness
(C) the need for future exploration
(D) both A and B
(E) both B and C
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