ANSWER TO SAT PRACTICE TEST III

WRITING

Directions: Read the passage and select the best answers for the questions that follow. Some questions are about particular sentences or parts of sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice. Other questions ask you to consider organization and development. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

Questions 1 – 5 are based on the following passage

(1) Many critics consider modern film remakes of classical works disrespectful and a waste of time and money. (2) A recent version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet drew harsh reviews from purists, they are people who expect filmmakers to follow the original text exactly. (3) The only positive ones expressed relief that Shakespeare was not around to feel the insult. (4) Wouldn’t he be horrified to see his play open with a gang shoot-out at a gas station? (5) And Clueless, a remake of Jana Austen’s 1815 novel Emma. (6) Imagine equating flirtation in a Southern California high school with dignified courtship in a nineteenth-century English country estate. (7) I see nothing wrong with creative remakes. (8) After all, didn’t Shakespeare borrow freely from other writers’ plots? (9) For example, his Romeo and Juliet is borrowed from a myth popularized by the Roman poet Ovid. (10) And as for being insulted, Shakespeare would have starved if he had written only about genteel topics. (11) No doubt he would recognize the swaggering teenagers in the movie, they would be distant relatives of his own warring characters. (12) Austen will see traces of her characters in the frivolous, money-conscious society of Clueless. (13) The movie’s main character is preoccupied with appearances, and it would make her feel right at home in the England mocked by Austen. (14) The themes of the great classics are timeless, so we should not let these works become fossils.

1. Which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 2 (reproduced below)?
A recent version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet drew harsh reviews from purists, they are people who expect filmmakers to follow the original text exactly.
(a) (as it is now)
(b) Purists; they were people who expected
(c) Purists in expecting
(d) Purists. These expected
(e) Purists, those who expect
Answer:  E

2. In context, which of the following is the best word to use instead of “ones” in sentence 3?
(a) Scenes   (b) instances   (c) reviews   (d)  remakes   (e)  sections
Answer:  C

3. In context, which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 5 (reproduced below)?
And Clueless, a remake of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel, Emma.
(a) (As it is now)
(b) Clueless is a
(c) Another supposed outrage is Clueless, a
(d) We can also take offense at Clueless, a
(e) Yet consider Clueless, which is a
Answer:  C

4. An important strategy used in the first paragraph is to
(a) Elaborate on a view that contrasts with the essay’s argument
(b) Use descriptive detail to animate a personal experience
(c) Provide a thoughtful, objective analysis of modern criticism
(d) Introduce an unconventional approach to writing fiction
(e) Reveal the sense of playfulness implicit in much film criticism
Answer:  A

5. Which of the following is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 11 (reproduced below)?
No doubt he would recognize the swaggering teenagers in the movie, they would be distant relatives of his own warring characters
(a) (as it is now)
(b) Movie, they are
(c) Movie; they were
(d) Movie for being
(e) Movie as
Answer:  E

Instructions: The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined: beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing: the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not select one of the other choices.

In making your selection; follow the requirements of standard written English; that is pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence – clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity

6. Traveling through Yosemite, the scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks, which we photographed, was beautiful.
(a) The scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks, which we photographed, was beautiful
(b) The waterfalls and granite peaks were the beautiful scenery we photographed
(c) We photographed the beautiful scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks
(d) We photographed the scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks, being beautiful
(e) What we photographed was the beautiful scenery of waterfalls and granite peaks
Answer:  C

7. Because of their ability to eat large numbers of insects, some people are building bat houses in their backyards.
(a) Because of their ability to eat large numbers of insects, some people are building bat houses in their backyards.
(b) They have the ability to eat large numbers of insects, so some people are building bat houses in their backyards
(c) Because bats cane eat large numbers of insects, bat houses are being built in their backyards by some people
(d) Some people are building bat houses in their backyards because bats can eat large numbers of insects
(e) Bats can eat large number of insects, because of this some people are building bat houses in their backyards
Answer:  D

The following sentences test your ability to recognize grammar and usage errors. Each sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. No sentence contains more than one error. The error, if there is one, is underlined and lettered in brakets. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence is correct, select choice E. In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English.

8. Neither Ms. Perez nor(a) Ms. Tanaka believes(b) that watching as much television as her(c) son Sam does will lead(d) to anything productive. No error(e)
Answer:  C

9. An amateur potter herself(a), the accountant offered to help(b) the artist with his business accounts, complicated as they were(c) by(d) his unusual system of record keeping. No error(e)
Answer:  E

MATH 

1. If a film takes 90 minutes to show, what fraction of the film is completed 15 minutes after it begins?
(a) 1/9
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/5
(d) 1/4
(e) 1/3
Answer :  B




2. In triangle HJK above,  JHK is a right angle. Which of the following lengths is greatest?
(a) HJ
(b) HK
(c) HL
(d) JK
(e) JL
Answer:  D




3. The table above defines a linear function. What is the value of p?
(a) 21
(b) 23 
(c) 25
(d) 27
(e) 29
Answer:  C

4. Charlie has built houses for 5 years less than twice as long as Maly has. If Maly has built houses for n years, which of the following expressions represents the number of years that Charlie has built houses?
(a) n – 5
(b) n + 5
(c) 2n – 5
(d) 2n + 5
(e) 5 – 2n
Answer:  C

5. A box contains wood beads, red glass beads, and blue glass beads. The number of glass beads is 4 times the number of wood beads. If one bead is to be chosen at random from the box, the probability that a red glass bead will be chosen is 3 times the probability that a blue glass bead will be chosen, If there are 12 red glass beads in the box, what is the total number of beads in the box?
(a) 20    (b)  45   (c)  48   (d)  60   (e)  90
Answer:  A 



6. The graph above shows the distribution of Tom’s $240 trip expenses. The amount Tom paid for the hotel room was only part of the total hotel room cost, because he shared the cost of the room equally with 3 other people What was the total cost of the hotel room?
(a) $20
(b) $80
(c) $144
(d) $192
(e) $240
Answer:  D


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