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

12 Practice Tests for t h e SAT I
Practice Test Four Answers and Explanations
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28. A
Difficulty: Medium
Re l ated nouns and pronouns in a sentence must agree in
number.
Since us is p l ura l , t h e p l ura l photographers wou ld be correct
in (A). C h oice (B) agrees wit h its p l ura l subject cameras.
C h oices (C) and (D) are correct idiomatic usage in context.
29. E
Difficulty: Hig
E l iminate answer h
c h oices met h odica ll y; c h oose (E) if t h e
sentence contains no error.
C h oice (A) correct l y uses an adverb to modify an adjective
and an adjective to modify a noun. C h oices (B) and
(C) agree wit h t h eir singu l ar subjects, news and family,
respective l y. C h oice (D) proper l y uses more as an adverb.
30. c
Difficulty: Hig
In Improving Paragrap h h s, a pronoun's antecedent
may appear in an ear l ier passage, but it s h ou ld sti ll be
unambiguous, and t h e noun and pronoun must agree in
number.
T h e on l y possib l e p l ura l antecedents for They are
icebreakers and people, neit h er of w h ic h makes sense in
context. C h oice (C) e l iminates t h e ambiguity and corrects
t h e agreement error. De l eting or moving t h e sentence
wou ld make t h e paragrap h d ifficu l t to understand. Which is
correct pronoun in context, and (E) does not agree wit
t h e verb's singu l ar subject h
bow.
31. D
Difficulty: Medium
Remember, in t h is section, (A) wi ll not repeat t h e origina
se l ection. Read (A) as carefu ll y as you do t h e ot h er c h oices.
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Here, sentence 6 is a fragment. Combining t h e two
sentences wit h a comma sp l ice is t h e simp l est way to
correct t h is. Neit h er sentence contains a l ogica l antecedent
for which in (A). C h oice (B) creates an i ll ogica l cause-andeffect
re l ations h ip between t h e c l auses. C h oice (C) l eaves
t h e meaning of t h e second c l ause incomp l ete. C h oice (E)
creates a run-on sentence.
32. D
Difficulty: Hig
C h eck a ll pronouns h
for c l ear antecedents.
In context, t h e meaning of t h e pronoun this is unc l ear.
C h oice (D) e l iminates t h e ambiguity by adding a noun to
c l arify t h e meaning. C h oice (B)
does not address t h e error
and uses a transition word t h at is inappropriate in context.
C h oice (C) c h anges t h e pronoun from this to it but t h ere is
sti ll no c l ear antecedent. C h oice (E) c h anges t h e meaning
of t h e sentence.
33. A
Difficulty: Hig
Use context c l ues h
to determine t h e proper p l acement of
new information.
Since sentence 8 begins wit h Rather, t h e sentence t at
comes before s h ou ld provide a contrast to t h e idea t h at
design features are w h at a ll ow icebreakers to do t h eir job.
C h oice (A) does so. C h oice (B) is out of scope and a l so
uses a pronoun wit h out a c l ear antecedent. C h oice (C)
wou ld need to be fo ll owed by a sentence t h at answered
t h e question. G l oba l warming is discussed in paragrap h
1 and ot h er uses for icebreakers in paragrap h 3, w h ic
e l iminates (D) and (E).
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34. E
Difficulty: Medium
One way of correcting a run-on sentence is to make one of
t h e c l auses subordinate.
As written, t h is sentence is a run-on. C h oice (E) makes
t h e second c l ause dependent wit h out introducing any
additiona l errors. C h oice (B) creates an inappropriate
cause-and-effect re l ations h ip between t h e c l auses. C h oice
(C) is grammatica ll y incorrect. C h oice (D) uses t h e
semico l on sp l ice incorrect l y; a semico l on must connect two
independent c l auses.
35. D
Difficulty: Medium
Your h reading compre h ension ski ll s wi ll be h e l pfu l in about
a l f of a ll Improving Paragrap h questions.
A ll of t h e answer c h oices but (D) provide information t h at is
pertinent to t h e passage's topic.