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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
Practice Test One Answers and Explanations I
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4. B
Difficulty: High
This is a Cause-and-Effect question. One event causes
a particular feeling. If the teacher is trying to negotiate a
compromise, but the students refuse to cooperate, the
teacher might feel doubtful that a compromise could be
reached. What word means the same thing as doubtful?
In (A), cordial does not express any sort of doubtful
feelings. In (B), it seems likely that the teacher would feel
dubious, or fraught with doubt, over the outcome of the
argument if the students were refusing to compromise.
This choice makes sense. In (C), though the teacher was
performing a benevolent action, the students' refusal to
compromise wouldn't have made her feel that way. In
(0), hopefully the teacher wasn't feeling biased about the
argument at all. In (E), prophetic doesn't make any sense at
all in this context.
5. A
Difficulty: Medium
The structure of the sentence sets up a contrast; while the
biography mostly covers familiar events, we're told, several
chapters may well be ---- even to experts. So you're looking
for a word that means "unfamiliar"-making (A), surprising,
the best choice. Notice how the clue word even reinforces
the contrast-even the experts, we're told, are not going to
be familiar with parts of the musician's early life.
6. c
Difficulty: High
The word despite indicates that there is a contrast between
how France and Germany relate to one another politically
and how they relate to one another culturally. Choice (C),
interaction and enmity ("the quality of being enemies"),
best expresses this contrast. The other choices don't reflect
the contrast you need; the two words are either both
positive or both negative.
Questions 7-18
Passage 1 is an expanded critique of a film that not only
discusses the content of the motion picture itself but also
questions the artistic choices and vision of the film's writer
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director, and main star-Oscar Grey-who justifies those
choices and his vision in Passage 2. The author of the first
passage, who seems to be a film critic, wastes no time in
introducing the idea that she believes the film will be a
colossal failure, which she expands upon in the remainder
of the
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passage. With few exceptions, her tone is consistently
negative, and she quotes several other critics who share and
support her opinion.
In Passage 2, Oscar Grey never references one specific
critic from Passage 1 ; however, the descriptions of his
inspirations, the film's subject, and the choices he made
as an artist to convey his vision, as well as how he went
about getting the movie financed, address most of
Passage 1 's criticisms and offer an alternative point of
view. While Passage 1 painted the film as disorganized
and boring, Oscar Grey convincingly offers that the film is
groundbreaking and captivating. Both passages illustrate
how a single subject may produce points of view that are
starkly in contrast with one another.
7. E
Difficulty: Low
What is the reviewer implying about 45 Minutes by
comparing it to a ship famous for sinking?
We're told 45 Minutes from Denver is the longest feature
film of all time and one of the most expensive. The Titanic,
which in her day was the largest and most expensive ship
afloat, famously sank in the Atlantic on her maiden voyage.
By comparing the movie to the ill-fated ship, what is the
reviewer suggesting about the film's own fate?
Choice (A) is out of scope; the overall attitude of the
author of the first paragraph is negative, and this choice
has a positive spin on it. Choice (B) is a distortion and too
extreme; this will probably (but is not guaranteed to) be
true of 45 Minutes and was true for the ship; however, it
does not acknowledge the Titanic ' s fate and is therefore not
the best choice. Choice (C) is a misused detail; the choice
is a distracter for those who did not read or understand
the passage correctly; the reviewer specifically compares
45 Minutes to ill-fated ship Titanic, not the successful film
based upon it. Choice (D) is distortion; the doomed part
of this choice is correct, but there is no indication that the
author believes the film will revolutionize its industry.
Choice (E) matches your prediction.