SAT Pastpaper with Solutions

Radiocarbon dating can help scientists determine whether the extinction of the giant short faced bear around 8000 ECE __ the arrival of humans in the same region of the Americas. If instead the giant short-faced bear died out before humans could have altered its habitat, that suggests that its extinction was the result of some other factor, such as change in sea levels as a result of glaciers retreating.

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

Economists often assert that countries looking to increase their reliance on solar energy should expand their capacity for storage; having an ample reserve of stored energy can mitigate the effects of_____solar energy collection caused by unpredictable shifts in cloud cover and haze.

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

Few religious buildings can be said to____the astonishing size of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque in Malaysia, which, with the capacity to accommodate approximately 24.000 people at once, is one of the largest mosques in the world

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

In the United States, historians of the American Revolution once had a tendency to approach their subject with           : they had so much admiration for the people who carried out the revolution that they were far from objective in their scholarship.

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

The following text is from the 1895 poem "Marshlands" by Emily Pauline Johnson, a Kanienkahagen (Mohawk) writer also known as Tekahionwake.

Among the wild rice in the still lagoon,

In monotone the lizard shrills his tune.

The wild goose, homing, seeks a sheltering,

Where rushes grow, and oozing lichens cling.

Late cranes with heavy wing, and lazy flight,

Sail up the silence with the nearing night.

And like a spirit, swathed in some soft veil,

Steals twilight and its shadows o'er the swale.

Hushed lie the sedges, and the vapours creep,

Thick, grey and humid, while the marshes sleep.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

President Richard Nixon is most famous for his participation in the 1970s Watergate political scandal, a convoluted tale of criminality and eroded ethics involving a constellation of associates such as Chief of Staff H .R ."Bob" Haldeman and Nixon's personal friend Charles "Bebe" Rebozo. But Nixan's legacy is complex: he has been praised for his role in opening relations between the United States and China, and he once made an attempt at reforming United States health care policy that is arguably a precursor to the Affordable Care Act, which became law during the Barack Obama administration.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

Thermal technologies have been used in the food industry for over 100 years, providing a way of preserving food in large batches. Recent advancements in ohmic heating were made through research in Chile on the preservation of strawberries. Ohmic heating is generally considered to be an improvement over more conventional thermal preservation methods: whereas conventional methods transfer energy from the surface of a food to its interior, ohmic heating passes electric current through food products to generate heat within the food itself.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

The following text is from Julia Alvarez's 2000 novel In the Name of Salome. Salome, a poet, is hosting guests in the front parlor of her family home, and Ramona is her sister. A salon is a social gathering for the exploration of intellectual ideas.

It was evening when the two men got up to leave. Tia Ana had already come into the room several times to see if these guests had departed yet. The front parlor had always been her special province, as she used it for her little school. Now, every evening, it turned into Salome's salon, as Ramona called it, and it was never in order for its transformation back to a classroom the following morning.

Based on the text, what most likely motivates Tia Ana's behavior during Salome's salon?

Mexican textile artist Victoria Villasana weaves stories of triumph, using her unique method of applying colorful yarn to photographs of people. In some works,Villasana focuses on celebrating cultural icons who are people of color, as she does in her depiction of musician and composer Prince. However, in other works, Villasana honors ordinary people, as she does in her captivating portrayal of a young girl sitting on a sidewalk. Villasana sees both of these approaches as ways of depicting the power and interconnectedness of all people.

Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

There are nineteen Pueblo tribal nations in New Mexico. A student in a geography class is a citizen of the Pueblo of Santa Ana in the north-central part of the state. The student wants to compare the total area covered by the Pueblo of Santa Ana with the total areas of various other Pueblo nations in the state. Looking at the table, the student finds that the total area of the Pueblo of Santa Ana is 101.1 square miles, while the total area of the Pueblo of Tesuque is __

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the comparison?

It is common for freshwater lakes near or above a latitude of 45°north of the equator, like Lake Mjosa in Norway, to accumulate surface ice in winter. The amount and duration of ice depends on many factors,including local weather conditions as well as the lake's depth, volume, and surface area, but a climate researcher claims that some lakes in these latitudes have seen a decline in the duration of ice between the early1980s and the mid-2000s.

Which choice best describes data from the graph that support there searcher's claim?

Rue du Petit-Champlain in Quebec City.Canada, is a pedestrianized street-it is closed to car traftic except in special circumstances. Students in Quehec City surveyed residents about a proposal to increase the amount of car traffic allowed on Rue du Petit-Champlain. The survey results suggest that residents are generally against the proposal, and the students claim that much of the survey respondents' opposition stems from concerns that allowing more car traffic would diminish the distinctive character of the street.

Which quotation from a survey respondent would best illustrate the students' claim?

Arthurian legends (tales related to the character of King Arthur) derive from many sources, such as Preiddeu Annwfn, composed around 900, and Erec and Enide from around 1170. One of the most significant sources, Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain,was written in the1130s; some material from it was later adapted by the Norman poet Wace into the Roman de Brut in 1155. But while the Roman de Brut includes references to the famous Round Table at which Arthur's knights assembled. nothing written before 1155 does, which suggests that _

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Azulejos, mosaics made of glazed ceramic tiles, can be found throughout Portugal. These mosaics beautify places such as            stations, and public squares.

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

On February 1, 2018, Florida-based researchers Martha A. Scholl, Maoya Bassiouni, and Angel Turres Sanchez _____ climate data from several sites in Puerto Rico's Luquillo Mountains. At 12:00 am, the air temperature was 15.6°C at site CC1, the site with the highest elevation,and it had shifted to 16.2°C by 6 .00 pm

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

Writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia's love of short fiction began when she read a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories as a child, and she would develop into a prolific short story writer herself, publishing pieces like "Return"(2008) and"Water"(2007). Yet she's become, with the breakout success of her 2020 novel Mexican_____best known as a novelist.

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

Featuring works by the photographers Dora Maar and Rogi Andre, the 2021 exhibition The New Woman Behind the Camera set out to provide a wide-ranging overview of photography by women in the 1920s through the           given the collection's breadth of more than 120 photos, its efforts were largely successful.

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

Margaret Wendell Huntington and Nessa Cohen were among the 300 artists who exhibited at the 1913 Armory Show, a groundbreaking New York City art exhibition that introduced modernism to American audiences. Though now canonical， many works featured in the show-particularly one abstract cubist painting by Marcel Duchamp-______considered shocking at the time.

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

Along the hallowed walls of New York City's Museum of Modern Art hangs 36.5-by-28.5-inch oil          which was created in 1944 by American
artist Enrico Donati

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

Humans inherit specific physical traits (like having type O or type AB blood)from their parents. ______cats inherit specific physical traits (like having short or long fur)from their parents.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

Author Ursula K.Le Guin's Rocannon's World is a science fiction story set in an era of intergalactic travel, whereas her The Tombs of Atuan is a work of fantasy set in a land of heroes and dragons.______both fans of science fiction and fans of fantasy are among her many readers.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

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

· Spinach is a vegetable that contains ascorbic acid, an essential nutrient for humans.

· There is 30 milligrams (mg)of ascorbic acid in every 100 grams (g)of spinach.

 · Cauliflower is a vegetable that contains ascorbic acid.

· There is 48 mg of ascorbic acid in every 100g of cauliflower.

· Humans cannot make ascorbic acid in their bodies, so they must get it from foods, including fruits and vegetables.

· Ascorbic acid is also known as vitamin C

The student wants to emphasize a similarity between spinach and cauliflower. 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:

· In 2022, University of Miami researchers discovered brine pools in the Gulf of Aqaba.

·A brine pool is an underwater lake that sits on the ocean floor:

·The water in brine pools is three to eight times saltier than the surrounding ocean

·The extreme saltiness of this water makes it toxic to most sea life.

·Some forms of bacteria are able to survive in brine pools.

The student wants to explain why brine pools are toxic to most sea life. 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:

·Dysphania pusilla is a plant species.

· It was believed to be extinct until a living specimen was identified in New Zealand in 2015

·Pseudorca crassidens is a mammal species.

·It was believed to be extinct until a living specimen was identified in Denmark in 1861

·They are considered Lazarus species.

·"Lazarus species" is a term for living species of organisms that were once believed to be extinct.

The student wants to specify where Dysphania pusilla was identified.Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal

·Marine biology is primarily the study of sea life.

·Mary Jane Rathbun was an American marine biologist born in 1860

·She is known for her research on freshwater crabs.

·Ornithology is primarily the study of birds.

·Emilie Snethlage was a German-Brazilian ornithologist born in 1868

·She is known for her research on Brazilian birds.

Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to emphasize a similarity between Rathbun and Snethlage?