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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
Practice Test One Answers and Explanations l 17
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Anthony's goal to expose any racism on her part. Choice
(C) is an opposite; Anthony wanted to help the Republican
Party in order to gain their help in return. Choice (D) is
a misused detail; it is getting women the right to vote
that Anthony thinks will make politicians pay attention to
women. Choice (E) works with your prediction.
17. c
Difficulty: Low
If you're having trouble making a prediction for what a word
means, try rephrasing the whole sentence in your own
words-the definition might become clear that way. The
passage says that Anthony's work was not in vain and then
says that her work became successful years after her death.
Predict that in vain means "unsuccessful. "
Choice (A) is out of scope; whether or not Anthony's work
reflected an exaggerated love of self is not addressed in
the passage at all. Choice (B) is out of scope; blood or
heredity is not mentioned in the passage. Choice (C) works
well with your prediction. Choice (D) is an opposite; the
passage says her work was effective (remember the not in
front of in vain). Choice (E) is out of scope; how convenient
Anthony's work was is not discussed in the passage.
18. E
Difficulty: Medium
Names are easy to scan for in a passage because they
begin with capital letters. The passage mentions that
Anthony's friends included Douglass, Bloomer, and Stanton.
However, in line 22 it says that Bloomer introduced her to
Elizabeth Stanton, and the two women formed a friendship
and political alliance that lasted the rest of their lives.
Stanton, then, would be the one whose politics most closely
aligned with Anthony.
Choice (A) is a misused detail; Douglass is cited as a
supporter of hers, but he worked mainly for the abolition
of slavery, which was not a primary motivation for Anthony.
Choice (B) is a misused detail; Bloomer is cited as a friend
of Anthony's, but Bloomer did not work with her as much as
Stanton did. Choice (C) is a misused detail; there is nothing
in the passage about Washington's politics. Choice (D) is
a misused detail; the Sons of Temperance had the cause
of temperance in common with Anthony, but the author
indicates nothing about other causes. Choice (E) matches
your prediction.
19. D
Difficulty: Low
Use your notes to get a sense of what is most important
in the passage. Anthony supported many things that the
passage describes, but the one referred to most often is
women's suffrage, or giving women the vote.
Choice (A) is a misused detail; Anthony supported the
abolitionists primarily to win political allies for her own
cause. Choice (B) is a misused detail; Anthony was a
supporter of this cause, but the passage spends more time
discussing her efforts to win the vote for women. Choice
(C) is a misused detail; the passage does not mention any
particular affiliation with the Republican Party, except that
she hopes it will support her cause. Choice (D) matches
your prediction. Choice (E) is extreme; this is a bit more
ambitious than what Anthony was shooting for.
20. c
Difficulty: Medium
Never answer a Detail question from memory. Instead, go
back to the text and pay close attention to the cited content.
In this case, the cited word comes in a sentence that begins
with the phrase to that end which immediately links it to
the previous sentence, which focuses on how an infant
learns from the streams of audible communication around
him in order to acquire language skills. As absorb is used
in reference to rhythmic patterns and other nuances of
language, it is likely that absorb is being used as a synonym
of learning or language acquisition.
Choice (A) is distortion; this choice is too vague, as here
the author is describing how infants take in information
from their environment, not that they are just aware of
their surroundings. Choice (B) is distortion; this is close,
but again all that is being described in the passage is the
acquisition of language skills, not necessarily a natural talent.
Choice (C) is correct; absorbing patterns of speech can be
considered equivalent to acquiring knowledge. Choice (D)
is out of scope; this choice also comes close, but nothing
in the paragraph actually indicates that infants deliberately
attempt to learn from streams of speech. Choice (E) is an
irrelevant detail; while infants must be able to differentiate
between streams of speech, the sentence here is
describing the learning that takes place after this has been
accomplished.