SAT Practice Reading (Text 2)

12. In line 10, the word "ambivalent" most nearly means

11. The authors most likely use the examples in lines 1-9 of the passage ("Every... showers") to highlight the

13. The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it

16. The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in lines 41-44 may be

14. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

18. As it is used in line 54, "convey" most nearly means

21. The authors would likely attribute the differences in gift-giver & recipient mean appreciation as

19. The authors refer to work by Camerer and others (line 56) in order to

15. The "social psychologists" in paragraph 2 (lines 17-34) would likely describe the "deadweight loss" phenomenon as

17. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

20. The graph offers... gift-givers base their predictions of how much a gift will be appreciated on