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

12 Practice Tests for the SAT
922 Practice Test Ten Answers and Explanations
would agree with this, since he also feels that the book
doesn't have a continuous narrative.
Choice (A) is correct; Author 1 would agree with the critics.
Choice (B) is an opposite; Author 1 doesn't feel that readers
should be more patient with Melville. Choice (C) is an
opposite; Author 2 might agree with this assessment, but
Author 1 would not. Choice (D) is an opposite; Author 1
thinks that the critics are right on track. Choice (E) is distortion;
Author 1 says that it's Melville who is too ambitious, not his
readers.
19. B
Difficulty: Low
Sum up the positions of each author in your mind. Author 1
feels that Melville is lousy, while Author 2 thinks Melville is great.
Choice (A) is an opposite; Author 1 would definitely deny
that Melville is excellent. Choice (B) is perfect. Choice (C) is
distortion; Author 1 doesn't seem to find the work particularly
noteworthy. Choice (D) is out of scope; Moby Dick is the
only Melville work that Author 2 discusses, so you there's
no evidence that this is an improvement over other works.
Choice (E) is an opposite; Author 1 states that Moby Dick is
a blend of a plotline and other, nonfictional elements.
SECTION 9
1. D
Difficulty: High
Look for the most concise answer choice that does not
introduce additional errors.
As written, this sentence is awkward and unnecessarily
wordy. Only (D) corrects these errors without introducing
additional issues. Choice (B) is still wordy, and the repeated
use of the pronoun it makes it unclear. Choice (C) is also
wordy and introduces a cause-and-effect relationship
between the clauses that is incorrect in context. Choice (E)
creates a sentence fragment.
2. D
Difficulty: Medium
A sentence must have a subject and a verb in an
independent clause and express a complete thought.
As written, this sentence is a fragment. Choice (D) corrects
the error by adding the verb is. Choices (B) and (C) do not
address the error. Choice (E) reverses the cause-and-effect
relationship between the clauses.
3. E
Difficulty: High
Items in a series, list, or compound structure must be
parallel in structure.
As written, the adverb permanently destroys the parallel
structure of gaining ... and keeping. Choice (E) corrects
the error. The verb forms in (B), (C), and (D) are not
parallel; additionally, (B) uses the adjective permanent to
modify the verb form gaining, and the pronoun it in (D) is
ambiguous in context.
4. B
Difficulty: Medium
Some sentences in this section will test your knowledge of
word choice.
The prepositional phrase of which is incorrectly used
here; (B) eliminates the phrase and combines the two
independent clauses with a semicolon splice. Choice
(C) misuses the semicolon splice, which is only correct
when used to connect two independent clauses. In (D),
the pronoun it has no antecedent. Choice (E) is a run-on
sentence.
5. A
Difficulty: Medium
If you think there are no errors in a sentence, there's a good
chance (about 150/o, in fact) that you're right.
Choice (B) uses a conjunction that is inappropriate in the
context of the sentence. Choice (C) removes the predicate
(main) verb, creating a sentence fragment. Choice (D)
uses was, which is incorrect with the plural subject
women. Choice (E) violates the parallel structure of the
two verbs.
6. D
Difficulty: Medium
Make sure that modifying phrases are properly placed for
what they are meant to modify.
An extraction, rather than chewing problems, is what is
unlike a root canal. Choices (C), (D), and (E) make this
change, but (C) introduces an inappropriate verb tense, and