12.Practice.Tests.for.the.SAT_2015-2016_1128p

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I Section 9
Practice Test Twelve
4. When someone listens to a current pop or rock
song, you hear music influenced by decades
of musicians and genres including gospel and
country.
(A) you hear
(B) it hears
(C) you will hear
(D) he or she hears
(E) they hear
5. Born and raised on the coast of California,
the Beach Boys' hit songs celebrate life in the sun
and surf.
(A) the Beach Boys' hit songs celebrate life in the
sun and surf
(B) the Beach Boys celebrate life in the sun and
surf in their hit songs
( C) a celebration of life in the sun and surf is in
the Beach Boys' hit songs
(D) life in the sun and surf is celebrated in the
Beach Boys' hit songs
(E) the Beach Boys, who celebrate life in the sun
and surf in their hit songs
6. Professor Schonle's son told the magazine that he
had decided not to accept the new position, even
though the current chairman has already resigned.
(A) he had decided not to accept the new
position
(B) the decision was that his father would not
accept the new position
( C) his father had decided not to accept the new
position
(D) he decided that he will not accept to be
placed in the new position
(E) it was decided about his not accepting the
chairman's position
7. Although the college has begun to decrease the size
of its classes, it is still receiving hundreds of protest
letters.
(A) Although the college has begun to decrease
the size of its classes
(B) Although beginning to decrease, as the
college, the size of its classes
(C) The college, beginning to decrease the size of
its classes
(D) The college has begun to decrease the size of
its classes, and
(E) The college, beginning to decrease the size of
its classes, however
8. When we meet new people, we make assumptions
about them and then those assumptions are
reconsidered as we get to know them better.
(A) assumptions about them and then those
assumptions are reconsidered
(B) assumptions about them and then reconsider
those assumptions
(C) assumptions about them, reconsidering those
assumptions then
(D) assumptions about them, we reconsider those
assumptions
(E) assumptions about them and then they are
reconsidered by us
9. The songs of Ray Charles, often more energetic
than his contemporaries, became popular because
they blended disparate musical genres.
(A) The songs of Ray Charles, often more
energetic than his contemporaries,
(B) The songs of Ray Charles, which are often
more energetic and than his contemporaries,
( C) The songs of Ray Charles, often fuller of
energy than those of his contemporaries,
(D) The songs of Ray Charles, often more
energetic than those of his contemporaries,
(E) Often being more energetic than his
contemporaries, the songs of Ray Charles
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