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

12 Practice Tests for t h e SAT
Practice Test Five Answers and Explanations I
411
13. E
Difficulty: Medium
Ant h ony points out t h at no su b group was exc l uded b y t h e
wording of t h e pream b l e of t h e Constitution: we formed it ...
to secure [the blessings of liberty}; not to the half of ourselves
... but to ... women as well as men. T h erefore, (E) is correct:
a ll peop l e deserve to enjoy the rights of t h e Constitution.
Ant h ony never c l aims t h at t h e Founding Fat h ers p l otted to
deny women t h eir rig h ts, as in (A). C h oice (B)
b is incorrect
ecause t h e aut h or's main concern is women's rig h ts an d not
rig h ts of any ot h er group. A l t h oug h some ma l citizens may
sti ll b e denied b asic rig h
b ts, (B) goes against t h e gist of w h at is
eing sai d. C h oice (C) is l i k e (A) in t h at it's a c l aim Ant h ony
never ma k es. Fina ll y, t h oug h (0) is a point t h at Ant h ony does
ma k e, s h e doesn't ma k e it unti l t h e next paragrap h .
14. B
Difficulty: Medium
We're sti ll l oo k ing at t h e same part of t h e passage. Loo k at
t h e structure of t h e quoted sentence: We didn't do it on l y
for b X, ut for X and Y. Posterity means future generations,
w h ic h wou ld inc l ude men and women. So t h e X, the half
of our posterity, refers to t h e posterity of t h ose w h o a l ready
enjoy t b l essings of l i b erty. In ot h er wor ds, male citizens,
(B), is t h e rig h t c h oice. C h oice (A) h as not h ing to do wit
what Ant h ony is discussing. Since the construction of t h e
h
sentence ma k es it c l ear t h at t h e h a l f of our posterity is not
t h e w h o l e of t h ose w h o want to vote, (C) is out. T h ere's no
way to conc l ude t h at one- a l f of the peop l e are and wi ll b e
opponents of women's rig h ts, so (0) is wrong. C h oice (E)
wrong l y suggests t h at in t h e future, one- h a l f of t h e country's
popu l ation wi ll b e mem b ers of government.
15. A
Difficulty: Medium
Reread t h e k eyed paragrap h . Ant h ony is saying t h at a state
t h at pro h i b its women from voting vio l ates federa l l aw-t h e
Constitution. T h erefore, it b ecomes an odious aristocracy;
a hateful oligarchy. Neit h er of t h ese t h ings is a democracy.
C h oice (A) b is t correct answer. Ant h ony mentions
rebellion, ut s h e doesn't mean t h e k ind of vio l ent
re b e ll ion (B) ta l k s a b out. C h oice (C) is wrong b ecause of
t h e word remain. T h e nation is not and never h as b een an
aristocracy. C h oice (0) p l ays off t h e same sentence as
(B)
does, b ut instead of going too far, it doesn't go far
enoug h . Ant h ony wants t h e l aws against women voting
repea l ed; s h e doesn't want t h em mere l y discussed. C h oice
(E) is tota ll y wrong b ecause at no point is Ant h ony arguing
t h at an aristocracy s h ou ld b e preserve d.
16. A
Difficulty: Medium
Read t h e sentence in question and remem b er to ma k a
prediction b efore l oo k ing at t h e c h oices. Notice t h at t h e
aut h or uses catalyst to refer to t h e previous sentence's
discussion of b acteria t h at c h anged Eart h into a t h riving
p l anet. So t h e aut h or must b e using t h is word to mean
agent of change.
C h oice (A) is correct; transforming a p l anet's atmosp h ere
is certain l y significant. C h oice (B) is opposite; t h e passage
suggests t h e c h ange wou ld l ast a l ong time. C h oice (C)
is out of scope; not h ing in t h e passage indicates t h at t h e
c ange wou ld b e premature. C h oice (0) is an opposite;
t h e paragrap h indicates t h at t h e pace of c h ange wou ld b e
anyt h ing b ut rapid. C h oice (E) is an opposite; c l ear l y, t h e
agent does faci l itate c h ange.
17. D
Difficulty: Medium
Voca b -in-Context questions usua ll y require you to find a
synonym for a word as it is used in t h e text. Sometimes,
as in this case, you wil l be asked to se l ect a p h rase most
simi l ar to t h e meaning t h e aut h or intends for t h e word.
The author says, warming stands as the first domino in
terraforming Mars. Loo k at your notes and notice t h at, in
t h e l ast paragrap h , t h e aut h or discusses successive events
caused b y that initia l event. So t h e aut h or must b e using
warming to represent the initiating event for a succession of
other events.
C h oice (A) is out of scope; t h is ma k es no sense wit h in t h e
context. C h oice (B) is out of scope; t h is p l ays off anot h er
meaning of domino.
h It ma k es no sense wit h in t h e context,
owever. C h oice (C) is out of scope; t h is does not ma k sense in context. C h oice (0) is correct; t h is matc h es t h e
t h rust of t h e prediction. C h oice (E) js an opposite; warming
is t h e first step, not t h e cu l minating step.
18. B
Difficulty: Medium
As wit h a ll Inference questions, a l ways k eep in mind t h at a
va l id inference must b e b ased on t h e facts in t h e passage.