SAT Practice Test #4 - Section 1

Question 1

What statement is best supported by the data presented in the figure?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 2

Which of the following does the author suggest about the “female goats” mentioned in line 59?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 4

It can most reasonably be inferred from Passage 2 that Paine views historical precedents as

Accepted Answer

D

Question 5

The question the narrator asks in lines 30-31(“Will it... railway”) most nearly implies that

Accepted Answer

D

Question 6

The passage and the figure are in agreement that the onset of the Little Ice Age began

Accepted Answer

B

Question 7

Which choice best states the relationship between the two passages?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 8

What does the author suggest about the transgenic studies done in the 1980s and 1990s?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 9

The main purpose of both passages is to

Accepted Answer

B

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 11

The author’s attitude toward pharming is best described as one of

Accepted Answer

C

Question 12

...which choice best describes the current financial situation in many major American cities?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 13

The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the North Pole have

Accepted Answer

A

Question 14

The author of the passage would most likely consider the information in chart 1 to be

Accepted Answer

B

Question 15

The author uses the phrase “is written in” (line 6) most likely to

Accepted Answer

D

Question 16

Which choice best describes how Burke would most likely have reacted to Paine’s remarks in....

Accepted Answer

D

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

B

Question 18

The phrase “liquid gold” (line 71) most directly suggests that

Accepted Answer

D

Question 19

As used in line 68, “conducted” is closest in meaning to

Accepted Answer

A

Question 20

As used in line 68, the phrase “Another possible candidate” implies that

Accepted Answer

B, C

Question 21

According to the data in the figure, the greatest below-average temperature variation....

Accepted Answer

C

Question 22

As used in line 20, “expert” most nearly means

Accepted Answer

C

Question 23

According to chart 2, the years 2000–2010 were characterized by

Accepted Answer

A

Question 24

As used in line 50, “bearing” most nearly means

Accepted Answer

A

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 26

As used in line 22, “low” most nearly means

Accepted Answer

A

Question 27

AAs used in line 4, “state” most nearly refers to a

Accepted Answer

D

Question 28

How would Paine most likely respond to Burke’s statement in lines 30-34, Passage 1?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 29

Which choice best describes the narrator’s view of his expedition to the North Pole?

Accepted Answer

B

Question 30

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 31

Which choice best summarizes the first paragraph of the passage (lines 1-35)?

Accepted Answer

C

Question 32

In Passage 1, Burke indicates that a contract between a person and society differs from....

Accepted Answer

D

Question 33

Over the course of the passage, the focus shifts from

Accepted Answer

B

Question 34

The sentence in lines 10-13 (“For years... other”) mainly serves to

Accepted Answer

C

Question 35

...members of which group moved away from central-city areas in large numbers in early 2000s?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 36

Chart 2 suggests which of the following about population change in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 37

Which choice best supports the claim that Quilotoa was not responsible for the Little Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 38

The most likely purpose of the parenthetical information in lines 63-64 is to

Accepted Answer

D

Question 39

The passage implies that American cities in 1974

Accepted Answer

C

Question 40

The main purpose of the passage is to

Accepted Answer

C

Question 41

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 42

In line 34, “flat” is closest in meaning to

Accepted Answer

A

Question 43

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 44

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

Accepted Answer

A

Question 45

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

Accepted Answer

C

Question 46

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

Accepted Answer

D

Question 47

According to the passage, which of the following is true of antithrombin?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 48

The primary purpose of the passage is to

Accepted Answer

A

Question 49

Where does the author indicate the medieval volcanic eruption most probably was located?

Accepted Answer

A

Question 50

As used in lines 1-2, “not readily verifiable” most nearly means

Accepted Answer

D

Question 51

Over the course of the passage, the narrator’s attitude shifts from

Accepted Answer

C

Question 52

As used in line 49, “take the slightest interest in” most nearly means

Accepted Answer

D

SAT Practice Test #4 - Section 1

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SAT Practice Test #4 - Section 1

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