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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
Practice Test Two Answers an d Exp l anations
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but not the musician himself. Choice (0) matches your
prediction perfectly. Choice (E) is out of scope; the passage
does not indicate whether Ojango was given any honors.
20. D
Difficu l ty: Low
Be sure to predict first and look at the choices second. The
difficulty Ojango faced was the disfigurement of his hand
and the loss of three fingers. If he was working hard to
compensate for losing three digits, you can infer that digits
are the same thing as fingers.
Choice (A) is an opposite; though this is a common
meaning of the word digits, it makes no sense for Ojango
to be coping with the loss of three numbers. Choice (B)
is out of scope; there is nothing in the passage to indicate
that the accident caused Ojango to lose money. Choice (C)
is out of scope; this doesn't make sense in context. Choice
(0) matches your prediction. Choice (E) is out of scope;
electronics are not mentioned in the passage at all.
21. A
Difficu l ty: High
Note the difference, in prose, between language that
indicates a firm conclusion and language that is not
necessarily supported by evidence. Seems and apparently
suggest that the author is making a conjecture rather
than drawing a conclusion based on firm evidence. She is
speculating that people who are the same as everyone else
have trouble making art that is very different from everyone
else's.
Choice (A) matches your prediction perfectly. Choice (B)
is a distortion; if this were an explanation, it would be
elaborating on a point made previously. This statement,
however, introduces a new idea. Choice (C) is an opposite;
the phrase is a generalization, not a specific story. Choice
(0) is a distortion; the author is taking a guess but not
exploring the topic for support. Choice (E) is an opposite;
the phrase is a generalization, not a specific example.
22. c
Difficu l ty: Medium
When looking for an assumption made in the text, ask
yourself what has to be true for the relevant phrase to make
sense. The author says that for a musician to restrict herself
to two-fingered technique, if she has five working fingers,
is unnecessary work. In the sentence before, she poses
the question why should another musician be expected to
try such a thing? (lines 71-73). It seems that the author is
making the assumption that most musicians wouldn't limit
themselves if they didn't have to.
Choice (A) is an opposite; the assumption is that they don 't
do this. Choice (B) is an opposite; most musicians have
access to a full hand of fingers. Ojango is the exception.
Choice (C) works with your prediction. Choice (0) is out of
scope; the author doesn't make any judgments on the work
ethic of musicians in general. Choice (E) is extreme; the
author assumes only that musicians wouldn't unnecessarily
restrict themselves in order to improve their technique, not
that they don't work to improve their technique at all.
23. E
Difficu l ty: Medium
Ask yourself what point the author is supporting with the
given phrase. The notion that expressing pity for those who
are physically challenged can be seen as insulting is not
mentioned anywhere else in the passage. It seems that the
author wants to quickly add a supplementary reason to the
main argument-that it's not necessary to pity the physically
challenged.
Choice (A) is an opposite; the author seems to admire,
not feel inordinate sympathy toward, physically challenged
people. Choice (B) is an opposite; the notion that pity
might be deemed insulting has little to do with the previous
argument (that such pity is unnecessary). Choice (C) is out
of scope; the author does not mention that she herself is
insulted. Choice (0) is out of scope; some say does not
indicate the presence of experts, because the some does
not identify anybody specific. Choice (E) works well with
your prediction.
24. B
Difficu l ty: Low
Use your notes to help you determine the intent of a
paragraph and zero in on the purpose of a section of it.
The cited section includes the phrase Those who are
different-really, substantially different-have access to
a whole world that "normal" people can only dream of
(lines 80-83). The view expressed here is that physical
disability provides a person with the opportunity to explore
things from a different point of view than that of others and,
therefore, find new techniques and ideas.