SAT Pastpaper with Solutions

Several scholars of children's literature recently           to discuss the work of John Steptoe, illustrator of such lauded books as Mother Crocodile: An Uncle Amadou Tale from Senega. Once together, they talked about his style, influences, and themes.

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

The           of horse populations across Eurasia today reflects the competitive advantages of the highly mobile DOM2 breed that emerged through domestication and selective breeding in the 3rd millennium BCE. DOM2 spread quickly and extensively, completely supplanting other horse breeds in places like El Acequión, Spain, and Hohler Stein bei Schwabthal, Germany, by the end of the 2nd millennium BCE.

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

"Bien Pretty" is an English-language short story by Sandra Cisneros that often includes Spanish words and phrases. In Their Dogs Came with Them, Helena Maria Viramontes frequently        Spanish text as well. But readers who are unfamiliar with Spanish can easily read both works since the meaning of the Spanish text can be inferred from the surrounding English text.

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Guadalupe Romero Vilanueva et al. conducted radiocarbon analysis of paint used in rock art at the Patagonian archaeological site Cueva Huenul 1, revealing that images of a comb like motif date to as early as 8,000 years ago, predating other paintings in the region by several millennia. The motif was subsequently reproduced multiple times at the site over the next 3,000 years, a period coinciding with extremely arid conditions and slightly negative population growth. The motif may therefore have functioned to help preserve cultural knowledge during a time of ecological and demographic stress.

 

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

What is a city? The answer depends on where you live! Many countries define an area as a city based on how many people live there. However, not every country uses the same numbers. Greenland defines a city as an area with a population of at least 200, while Switzerland defines a city as having a minimum population of 10,000. Some countries even define cities using other factors, like if there is a local government.

 

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

Devon A. Mihesuah is a novelist and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Critics and fellow writers have praised her work for combining traditional Choctaw stories with popular genres of literature, such as mystery fiction, But Mihesuah is not the only indigenous writer to blend traditional stories with popular literature. In the 2018 novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice successfully blended the oral storytelling tradition of his people, the Anishinaabe, with horror fiction.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

Text 1

From the extinct Shasta ground sloth to the living Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, sloths are among the most appealing animals native to the Americas, But scientists still have a lot to learn about them, Unlike their ancient ground-dwelling relations, today's sloths spend most of their time high up in trees. The sloths' inaccessibility has made it hard for scientists to study them.

 

Text 2

By using a hat-like monitor, biologist Bryson Voirin and colleagues can at last discover the previously hidden activities of sloths. Such monitors can provide information to correct misconceptions. It was long believed that sloths are very gentle. But, in fact, sloths have very sharp claws and will attack if threatened.

 

Based on the texts, the author of Text 1 and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree with which statement about sloths?

A student in an economics course is examining the decline since 1950 in average hours worked per person per year in various nations due to both increased productivity and the adoption of policies that limit working hours. The student researches how the decline in the Netherlands compares to that in other countries and finds that

 

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the student's conclusion?

 

A student is collecting data about countries with volcanoes that have been active in the time since 1800 and in the time since 1960. The student records that Eritrea has_________.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the statement?

Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge is an 1838 historical account by Elleanor Eldridge and Frances Harriet Whipple Green. In the book, the authors caution against inquiring into the private life of the book's subject beyond what is presented in the text, writing,            

 

Which quotation from Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge most effectively illustrates the claim?

Mariana Lopes Barata and Pedro Simbes Coelho collected data from 324 music-streaming service users to identify factors that influence users to opt for paid (premium) versions of music streaming services, like Apple Music, They found that performance expectancy (how much the use of a service is perceived to benefit the consumer) is positively correlated with users' intentions to adopt premium versions. They also found that users' intentions to purchase a premium service positively influence their intentions to recommend the premium service to others, which suggests that           

 

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Researchers who study olfaction—the sense of smell—define valence as a person's perception of how pleasant an odor is. Conventional wisdom holds that valence is culturally mediated. A team of scientists led by Artin Arshamian evaluated this view by testing how people from ten different places-including the Mah Meri people from a small community in the Malay Peninsula and the Seri people from a small community in Mexico-ranked ten odors from most pleasant to least pleasant. in general, respondents ranked scents similarly regardless of where they lived, overwhelmingly choosing the odorant linalool as more pleasant than diethyl disulfide. These results show that         

 

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Many places in the United States share a name with a foreign city or country. When founding the village of Prague, Nebraska, residents decided to name            after the Czech city of Prague.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Skeletal muscles are attached to bones. One bone, the trapezoid, has a skeletal muscle attached to            called the flexor pollicis breves.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Nicknamed "The Boringueneers," the US Army's 65th infantry Regiment has a membership that has included Colonel Juan Cordero Davila, Sergeant First Class Felix Nieves, and thousands of other Puerto Rican service people. In 2016, these soldiers were honored for            historic service when President Barack Obama awarded the 65th infantry Regiment with the Congressional Gold Medal.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Refined safflower oil reaches its smoke point at around 510 degrees Fahrenheit. At this temperature, the substance cannot absorb any more heat        will begin to combust, emitting smoke.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

The theory of plate tectonics explains how large pieces of Earth's crust, called tectonic plates, move and interact. According to the theory, the movement of tectonic plates forms          creates volcanoes, and causes earthquakes.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Sarah Vibrant of Massachusetts and Annie Godbe of Utah were leaders of the National Woman Suffrage Association in the late 1800s. Today, both of these women            remembered for their fierce advocacy of women's voting rights.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

One example of public art (art that's readily accessible to the general public)           the work First Generation. This sculpture is installed in a public square in Boat Quay, Singapore.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Many ranching terms come from Spanish. For example, the word "mustang" (a wild horse) comes from the Spanish word mestenas, and "hackamore" (a halter)             from jaguima. This is because the first Anglo, African, and Native American cattle ranchers in the southwestern US learned the trade from Spanish-speaking Mexican vaqueros, or cowboys.

 

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Silver is one of a variety of potentially useful trace elements contained in the chemical-rich brine that remains after seawater is purified through desalination. However, routine extraction of silver and other such elements from brine is not yet technologically or economically feasible.           most trace elements have only been extracted from seawater on an experimental basis.

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Formerly known as the Southwest Territory, Tennessee was granted statehood by a vote of the US Congress on June 1, 1796, making Tennessee the 16th US state. By comparison, as one of the nation's original thirteen colonies, Delaware became a state when it ratified the US Constitution on December 7, 1787.          New York attained statehood by ratifying the Constitution, becoming the 11th US state on July 26, 1788.

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Thousands of years ago, the Olmec civilization's reign over parts of eastern Mexico ended.          the Olmecs' massive stone statues of human heads remain. Two of these statues, known as Monument 2 and Monument 53, weigh over 5 tons!

 

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

 

·Louis Ballard was a classical composer and citizen of the Quapaw Tribe.

·His works blend Western classical music with elements of various Native musical traditions.

·His 1970 composition Cacéga Ayuwipi incorporate a Pueblo water drum, a traditional Native instrument.

·Critic Peter Altman commended Ballard's ability to synthesize "strong, idiomatically modern expressions.

 

The student wants to present Altman's claim to an audience already familiar with Louis Ballard. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

 

·The Danube River is in Europe.

·It is the second longest river in Europe.

·It crosses the countries Hungary and Romania.

·It ranks No. 30 among the longest rivers in the world.

·It is 2,888 kilometers long.

 

The student wants to specify how many kilometers long the Danube River is. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?