SAT Practice 5 and 6
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Page #6, Question #1
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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The convention being tested is subject-verb agreement. The singular verb "has been" agrees in number with the singular subject "writing."
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Page #6, Question #2
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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"Prescribed" would mean laid down as rules. The text indicates that the characters in the comedies often defy gender roles that are "socially dictated" and scholars have been interested in these acts of defiance. The context indicates that what the characters are rebelling against are standards of behavior prescribed by the society of the time.
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Page #6, Question #3
Which choice best describes data from the table that support the researcher's claim?
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This provides the most direct support from the table for the claim that two languages can convey similar amounts of information even if they're spoken at different rates. The Table shows the approximate rates at which five languages are spoken and the rates at which those five languages convey information. Vietnamese is spoken at around 5.3 syllables per second, whereas, Spanish is spoken at around 7.7 syllables per second, but the two languages convey information at very similar rates: Vietnamese at a rate of around 42.5 bits per second and Spanish at a rate of around 42.0 bits per second. Thus, the description of Vietnamese conveying information at around the same rate that Spanish does despite being spoken more slolwy supports the claim in the text that languages can convey the same amount of information even if spoken at different rates.
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Page #7, Question #1
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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This most logically completes the text's discussion of Ward and colleagues' findings. As used in this context, "innocuous" means mild or unharmful. The text describes the vibration and warning that Ward and colleagues used to alleviate itching as "harmless applications" and contrasts these applications with another stimulus that actually offers more relief even though it seems stronger and "less benign." This context conveys the idea that vibration and warning were innocuous stimuli.
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Page #7, Question #2
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
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The convention being tested is the use of punctuation between the titles and proper nouns. No punctuation is needed to set off the proper noun "Yuree Lee" from the title that describes Lee, "plant cell biologist." Because "Yuree Lee" is essential information identifying the "plant cell biologist," no punctuation is necessary.
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Page #7, Question #3
Based on the texts, what would the author of Text 2 most likely say about Text 1's characterization of the discovery involving EGR?
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This reflects how the author of Text 2 would most likely respond to Text 1 based on the information provided. Text 1 discusses the discovery of a regeneration-linked gene, EGR, in both three-banded panther worms (which are capable of full regeneration) and humans (who have relatively limited regeneration abilities). Text 1 characterizes this discovery as "especially promising" and a sign of "exciting progress" in understanding human regeneration. The author of Text 2, on the other hand, focuses on the fact that the team that reported the EGR finding pointed out that while EGR's function in humans isn't yet known, it's likely very different from its function in panther worms. Therefore, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Text 1's enthusiasnm about the EGR discovery is overly optimistic given Srivastava's team's observations about EGR in humans.
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The plural verb "were" doesn't agree in number with the singular subject "writing."
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The plural verb "have been" doesn't agree in number with the singular subject "writing."
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The plural verb "are" doesn't agree in number with the singular subject "writing."
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Saying that expectations about gender were "interjected," or suddenly inserted between other things, wouldn't make sense in context. There's no suggestion in the text that the issue of gender roles was inserted between other things or was an interruption in a larger discussion.
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The text indicates that Shakespeare depicts characters rebelling against expectations that society has "committed," or carried out, entrusted, or promised.
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The text indicates that Shakespeare depicts characters rebelling against expectations about gender that have been "socially dictated," not expectations that have been "illustrated," or clarified with examples. Although it's possible for expectations about gender roles to be illustrated, there's nothing in the text to indicate that characters in Shakespeare's comedies rebel against illustrations of gender expectations.
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It isn't true that Thai and Hungarian have the lowest speech rates in the five languages shown. According to the table, Hungarian is spoken at around 5.9 syllables per second, which is faster than Vietnamese (5.3 syllables per second). Additionally, even if this statement were true, the assertion that two languages are spoken the slowest and convey information the slowest wouldn't support the claim that languages can convey the same amount of information even if they're spoken at different rates.
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It isn't true that the fastest-spoken language (Spanish, at 7.7 syllables per second) also conveys information the fastest: Spanish conveys information at 42.0 bits per second, which is slower than the 42.5 bits-per-second rate at which Vietnemese conveys information. Additionally, even if this statement were true, the assertion that the language spoken the fastest aslo conveys the same amount of information the fastest has no bearing on the claim that languages can convey the same amount of information even if they're spoken at different rates.
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It isn't true that Serbian conveys information at a rate of around 39.1 bits per second, which is slower than the 42.0 bits-per-second rate at which Spanish conveys information.
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The text focuses on a distinction between harmless stimuli and those that seem to be less benign. Nothing in the text suggests that any of the treatments are "deceptive," or misleading; indeed, even the less effective ones are described as offering some relief.
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The text focuses on the amount of relief from itching offered by harmless stiuli and those that seem to be less benign. The text doesn't suggest that any of these stimuli are "novel," or original and new; heat, vibration, and electricity aren't new inventions.
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It wouldn't make sense to describe an application of vibration or warning as "impractical," or not suitable for use. The text indicates that these harmless applications are useful in that they offer at least some temporary relief.
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No punctuation is needed.
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No punctuation is needed.
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No punctuation is needed before or after the proper noun "Yuree Lee." Setting the biologist's name off with commas suggests that it could be removed without affecting the coherence of the sentence, which isn't the case.
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The author of Text 2 explains that Srivastava and her team explicitly reported that they haven't yet identified how EGR functions in humans; therefore, the author of Text 2 wouldn't say that Text 1's excitement is reasonable for the stated reason. Instead, the author of Text 2 would likely characterize Text 1's excitement as premature and overly optimistic.
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Text 1 does treat Srivastava's team's findings with enthusiasm; it describes the discovery of EGR in both three-banded panther worms and humans as promising and exciting. It would be illogical for the author of Text 2 to say that because most others treat the discovery with enthusiasm, Text 1's enthusiastic characterization of the discovery is unexpected.
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Text 1 isn't at all dismissive of Srivastava's team's findings; instead, Text 1 is optimistic about the EGR discovery, characterizing it as promising and exciting. There's nothing in Text 2 to suggest that the author of Text 2 would say that Text 1's praise for the discovery is dismissive, or disdainful.
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