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

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Practice Test Five
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3. Word has it that employees using the latest version
of word processing software to produce documents
streamlining the week's work schedule.
(A) using the latest version of word processing
software to produce documents streamlining
(B) using the latest version of word processing
software to produce documents and streamline
( C) using the latest version of word processing
software and producing documents, they
streamlined
(D) are using the latest version of word processing
software to produce documents, thus
streamlining
(E) used the latest version of word processing
software, so streamlining methods of
4. Last month, one of my best friends were absent so
often that I was afraid she might be seriously ill.
(A) were absent so often that I was afraid she
might be
(B) were absent so often that I were afraid she
might be
(C) were absent so often; that I was afraid she
might be
(D) was absent so often that I was afraid she
might be
(E) was absent so often; that I was afraid she
might be
5. The city's administration constantly complained of
having too little money to fix roads, but actually it
had a greater amount of funding than other cities
in the state.
(A) it had a greater amount of funding than
(B) its funding was the most among
(C) it was having more funding than
(D) the amount of funds they had was the most of
(E) it had more funding than
6. Hockey fans in the 1990s saw more violence on the
rink than the 1950s and 1960s.
(A) than
(B) than did
(C) than the hockey of
(D) than with the fans in
(E) than did fans in
7. Unlike many female poets who preceded her,
Emily Dickinson did not find her inspiration in
light verse.
(A) Unlike many female poets who preceded her,
Emily Dickinson
(B) Unlike the inspiration of many female poets
who preceded her, Emily Dickinson
(C) Emily Dickinson's poetry, unlike many
female poets who preceded her,
(D) Different from many female poets who preceded
her, Emily Dickinson's poetry
(E) Emily Dickinson's inspirations, different
from many female poets who preceded her,
8. In the United States, the movement toward neoclassicism
was perhaps even more pronounced in
architecture than either music or literature.
(A) either music or literature
(B) either music or in literature
( C) either in music or literature
(D) in either music or literature
(E) in either music or in literature
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