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

Section 41
Practice Test Six
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3. Although most people think of Egyptian papyrus
as the earliest paper, during the Han Dynasty, the
Chinese developing a process to create paper from ·
individual plant fibers that was much closer to
techniques used in modern papermaking.
(A) the Chinese developing a process to create
paper from individual plant fibers that
(B) the Chinese developing a process and creating
paper from individual plant fibers that
(C) the Chinese developing a process to create
paper from individual plant fibers, it
(D) the Chinese developed a process to create
paper from individual plant fibers, it
(E) the Chinese developed a process to create
paper from individual plant fibers that
4. During World War II, some of the brightest minds
in America was working in the New Mexico desert
on a secret project that was crucial to the Allied
victory.
(A) was working in the New Mexico desert on a
secret project that was
(B) were working in the New Mexico desert on a
secret project; because it was
(C) was working in the New Mexico desert on a
secret project; it was
(D) were working in the New Mexico desert on a
secret project that was
(E) were working in the New Mexico desert on a
secret project that were
5. Although the budget for the project had already
been increased three times, the contractors kept
asking the committee for a greater amount of
money to complete the construction.
(A) the contractors kept asking the committee for
a greater amount of money
(B) greater money was requested from the
committee by the contractors
(C) the contractors kept asking that the committee
give more money to them
(D) the amount of money asked for by the contractors
from the committee kept increasing
(E) the contractors kept asking the committee for
more money
6. There is more freshwater frozen in the polar ice
caps than the rest of the world.
(A) than
(B) than where there is freshwater in
( C) than there is
(D) than freshwater of
(E) than there is in
7. Like the well-known author Salman Rushdie,
novelist Arundhati Roy has been labeled a magical
realist, even though she dislikes the term.
(A) Like the well-known author Salman Rushdie,
novelist Arundhati Roy has
(B) Like the well-known magical realist author
Salman Rushdie, the novelist Arundhati Roy
has
(C) Similar to the well-known author Salman
Rushdie, the novels of Arundhati Roy have
(D) The novels of Arundhati Roy, like the
well-known author Salman Rushdie, have
(E) Arundhati Roy's novels, like those of the
well-known author Salman Rushdie, have
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