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SAT Reading 1
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Passage from Irving Kristol's Reflections of a Neoconservative
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1
In line 8, exude means_____________
emit
encase
blunt
hold in
2
Question 2
C
B
D
A
3
Question 7
B
C
A
D
4
How did the peasants react to the music?
they did not react
it made them scared
it enraged them
it made them soften and relax
5
In line 100, audacity means________.
boldness
happiness
strange
fear
6
Question 6
A
C
B
D
7
The protagonists of the story are________.
the narrator and Luo
Mozart and Luo
only the narrator
Luo and the Communist workers
8
Question 10
A
B
C
D
9
A synonym for furtive is____________.
longing
fever
happy
secret
10
What did Luo do while the narrator played?
danced
clapped his hands
he sang
lit a cigarette
11
What was the strange object that needed to be identified?
toy
hearth
violin
possession
12
Why did the people believe that the violin was a toy?
Only wealthy people owned violins not the peasants.
The violin was small.
The violins look differently in China.
They had never seen one before.
13
Luo gave me a ___ wink which means a _________ look.
puzzled, confused
audacious, bold
menacing, sly
surreptitious, secret
14
What did the headmaster describe as bourgeois?
comrade
the boys
the fireplace
the violin
15
Officious means________.
hurried
handsome
promising
meddlesome
16
Question 9
D
B
C
A
17
Question 1
A
B
D
C
18
In line 59, galvanize means to
startle
provoke
enrich
amaze
19
Who does Mozart think of often?
Luo
Chairman Mao
comrade
the headman
20
Question 4
D
C
B
A
21
Question 5
C
A
D
B
22
Why did he falter when asked "what is a sonata?"
He thought he was in trouble.
He was hungry.
He wasn't sure how to answer the question.
All things Western were deemed against the Communist regime.
23
They were both eighteen at the time.
True
False
24
Question 8
D
A
C
B
25
Question 3
D
B
C
A
