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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
832 Practice Test Nine Answers and Explanations
The paragraph does not describe Emerson's personal level
of religious devotion, so (C) isn't a reasonable answer.
Choice (D) is out because the paragraph only notes that
Emerson felt disillusioned about the divinity school his
father may have pressed him to join. It never indicates that
he renounced, or rejected, his father. Finally, the paragraph
does not explore whether or not Emerson wished he had
never enrolled in divinity school, so (E) is incorrect.
24. D
Difficulty: Low
The passage indicates that in divinity school Emerson
became disillusioned and restless, finding the teachings of
the school stifling and rigid. This characterization suggests
that he found these modes of thinking unpleasant, likely
because they could not be changed or because he felt
compelled to adopt them unquestioned, (D). Choice (A)
isn't a reasonable inference. Emerson rejected the philosophies
of his divinity school, but this does not mean that he
was uninspired by the experience; it is certainly possible
to be inspired by negative influences. While Emerson is
described as creative, he is never referred to as rebellious,
(B). Nothing in the paragraph suggests that another divinity
school would have been better suited for Emerson, so (C)
can't be the answer. Choice (E) makes a generalization
about divinity school.
SECTION 7
1. D
Difficulty: Low
Strategic Advice: If Thomas wound up in debt, it means
that he spent more money than he actually had-a situation
that you're probably familiar with. So, the correct answer
must be greater than the amount of money he had, which
was $15, so eliminate (A), (B), and (C).
Getting to the Answer:
If he has a debt of $5, then he must have spent all the
money he had, or $15, and then borrowed another $5 and
spent that also. So he spent a total of $1 5 + $5, or $20, (D).
2. D
Difficulty: Medium
Strategic Advice: Here, the angle marked x0 is in a triangle
with two other unknown angles. However, one of those
unknown angles of the triangle, the one just above the x°
angle, lies on a straight line with an angle measuring 98°.
Therefore, that angle must measure 1 80° - 98° = 82°. The
third angle in the triangle is opposite a 54° angle that is
formed by the intersection of two straight lines. So the third
angle of the triangle must also measure 54°.
Getting to the Answer:
The three angles of a triangle add up to 1 80°, so 54° + 82° +
x0 = 1 80°, and x = 44, (D).
3. E
Difficulty: Medium
Strategic Advice: Since something happens every 5
minutes at this party, look at each 5-minute interval.
Getting to the Answer:
At first, there are 256 people. After 5 minutes, half of them
leave. That means that 1 28 people leave and 128 people
are left after 5 minutes. Then 5 minutes after that, or l 0
minutes after it started, half the remaining people leave.
That means that half of 1 28, or 64, people leave and 64
are left after 1 O minutes. Then 1 5 minutes after it started,
half the remaining 64, or 32, people leave and 32 people
are left; 20 minutes after it started, half of 32, or 16, people
leave; and so finally only 16 people are left to eat all those
ham and cheese sandwiches from section 2. Choice (E) is
correct.
4. A
Difficulty: Medium
Strategic Advice: Remember, in a symbolism problem
you shouldn't worry that there's a strange symbol you've
never seen before. It's just a made-up symbol that is always
defined by mathematical concepts with which you are
already familiar. Here, an x with a circle around it just means
to plug x into an equation.
Getting to the Answer:
If CK)= 5x -}-. then ® = 5(8) -· or 40 - 4, which is
36, (A).