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

12 Practice Tests for t h e SAT
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Practice Test Five Answers and Explanations
8. D
Difficulty: Medium
If you aren't sure of a prediction, you can e l iminate c h oices
by working on one passage at a time. Passage 1 says t at
anima l s ave emotions and t h at it is usefu l for t h ose w h o
work wit h anima l s to take t h is into account. Passage 2 says
t h at, since emotions cannot be scientifica l l y measure d, it is
better not to take t h em into account. Look for a c h oice t h at
matc h es t h is.
C h oice (A) is out of scope; w h om anima l s love is not
addressed in eit h er passage. C h oice (B) is out of scope;
Passage 1 does not compare anima l s to humans, and
Passage 2 does not compare h orses to other animals.
Choice (C) is extreme; Passage 2
h
does not say t h at anima l s
ave no emotions, on l y t h at it is difficu l t to study t h em.
C h oice (D) works we ll wit h t h e prediction. C h oice (E) is
a misused detai l ; it is never stated in eit h er passage t h at
anima l s anthropomorphize.
9. D
Difficulty: Medium
W h en two passages appear to disagree on most points, any
point of agreement wi ll probabl y be somet h ing genera l and
noncontroversia l .
T h e passages disagree on most t h ings, but t h ey do bot
ta l k about observing t h e h
behavior of anima l s. Look for an
answer c h oice t h at refl ects t h is.
C h oice (A) is an opposite; Passage 2 says we can make no
conc l usion about t h is. C h oice (B) is out of scope; neit h er
passage compares h orses to other animals. C h oice (C) is a
misused detai l ; on l y Passage 2 supports t h is. C h oice (D) is
compatibl e wit h bot h passages. C h oice (E) is out of scope;
neit h er passage addresses t h e issue of w h ic h anima l s are
most likely to express emotions.
Questions 1 0- 1 5
T h is h umanities passage is from a speec h by Susan
B. Ant h ony, a 19t h -century women's rig h ts l eader. Ant ony
admits at t h e outset t h at s h e was recent l y c h arged wit
t h e crime of voting. Her intention is to prove t h at h er vote
h
was no crime but rat h er t h e exercise of h er constitutiona l
rig h ts, w h ich no state s h ou ld be a ll owed to impinge upon.
T h is generates t h e passage's big idea: t h at Ant h ony-and by
extension a ll women-s h ou ld be a ll owed to vote. You may
h ave foun d Ant h ony's sty l a l itt l e dated or confusing. Don't
worry; t h e questions wi ll h e l p you focus on specific detai l s.
10. D
Difficulty: Low
To answer t is question, you h ave to consider t h e entire
context of t h e speec . Ant h ony reasons t h at a ll citizens
automatica ll y h ave t h e rig h t to t h e vote, so t h e word citizens
is a part of er principa l argument, an d h er au dience wou
recognize t h at as soon as t h e word was spoken. Since
ld
s h e wants to persuade h er audience on an issue of great
importance to h er, s h e wou ld n't start out by trying to irritate
or offend t h em as in (C). C h oices (A), (B), and (E)
don't
refl ect t h e context at a ll .
11. c
Difficulty: Low
T h e important t h ing h ere is to see w h at exact l y Ant h ony is
saying. T h e question stem is keyed to t h e first paragrap h .
In t h e second sentence, s h e states t h at s h e not only
committed no crime, but ... simply exercised my citizen's
rights, guaranteed me ... by the National Constitution.
T h e words no crime are t h e first important c l ue. You can
immediate l y ru l e out (A) and (E) because t h ey say s h e
be l ieves t h e act was illegal. T h e second part of t h e l ine
discusses t h e Constitution, so (C) is c l ear l y a restatement
of h er argument. C h oices (B) and (D) bot h make sense,
but s h e does not state t h ese points in t h e first paragrap h .
T h erefore, t h ey are wrong.
12. A
Difficulty: Low
T h e most common meaning of promote is to move up to
a h ig h er position, rank, or job. T h is doesn't make sense,
t h oug h , in t h e p h rase promote the general welfare.
General welfare means t h e good of a ll peop l e. So
(A), further, makes t h e most sense because it represents an
improvement or betterment of t h e condition of t h e peop l e.
C h oices (B), organize, and (C), publicize, bot h cou
app l y to t h e genera l we l fare but not as we ll as (A). T ld h ey
refer more to t h e kind of promotion you wou ld d o wit
a concert or sports event. C h oice (D), h
commend, means
praise, w h ic h d oes not make sense in t h is context because
promote means to furt h er or continue a cause, not to judge
or eva l uate it. T h e same can be said for (E).