SAT Writing Day 2

SAT Writing Guided Practice

Multiple Choice

A subway system is expanded to provide service to a growing suburb. A bike-sharing program is adopted to encourage nonmotorized transportation. (1) To alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated.

Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. Coordinating stoplight timing can help alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.

• C. Stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams in a congested downtown area.

• D. In a congested downtown area, stoplight timing is coordinated to alleviate rush hour traffic jams.

Multiple Choice

When any one of these changes (2) occur, it is likely the result of careful analysis conducted by transportation planners.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. occur, they are

• C. occurs, they are

• D. occurs, it is

Multiple Choice

The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and improving those facilities or (3) they design new ones. Most transportation planners work in or near cities,

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. to design

• C. designing

• D. design

Multiple Choice

The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and improving those facilities or they design new ones. Most transportation planners work in or near cities, (4) but some are employed in rural areas. Say, for example, a large factory is built on the outskirts of a small town. Traffic to and from that location would increase at the beginning and end of work shifts. The transportation planner’s job, might involve conducting a traffic count to determine the daily number of vehicles traveling on the road to the new factory.

Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph?

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. where job opportunities are more plentiful.

• C. and the majority are employed by government agencies.

• D. DELETE the underlined portion and end the sentence with a period.

Multiple Choice

Traffic to and from that location would increase at the beginning and end of work shifts. The transportation (5) planner’s job, might involve conducting a traffic count to determine the daily number of vehicles traveling on the road to the new factory.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. planner’s job

• C. planners job,

• D. planners job

Multiple Choice

If analysis of the traffic count indicates that there is more traffic than the (6) current road as it is designed at this time can efficiently accommodate, the transportation planner might recommend widening the road to add another lane.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. current design of the road right now

• C. road as it is now currently designed

• D. current design of the road

Multiple Choice

Transportation planners work closely with a number of community stakeholders, such as government officials and other interested organizations and individuals. (7) Next, representatives from the local public health department might provide input in designing a network of trails and sidewalks to encourage people to walk more.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. For instance,

• C. Furthermore,

• D. Similarly,

Multiple Choice

Transportation planners work closely with a number of community stakeholders, such as government officials and other interested organizations and individuals. Next, representatives from the local public health department might provide input in designing a network of trails and sidewalks to encourage people to walk more. (8) According to the American Heart Association, walking provides numerous benefits related to health and well-being. Members of the Chamber of Commerce might share suggestions about designing transportation and parking facilities to support local businesses.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?

• A. Kept, because it provides supporting evidence about the benefits of walking.

• B. Kept, because it provides an additional example of a community stakeholder with whom transportation planners work.

• C. Deleted, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus on the community stakeholders with whom transportation planners work.

• D. Deleted, because it doesn’t provide specific examples of what the numerous benefits of walking are.

Multiple Choice

(9) People who pursue careers in transportation planning have a wide variety of educational backgrounds.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. People, who pursue careers in transportation planning,

• C. People who pursue careers, in transportation planning,

• D. People who pursue careers in transportation planning,

Multiple Choice

Most jobs, however, require at least a bachelor’s degree; majors of transportation planners are (10) varied, including fields such as urban studies, civil engineering, geography, or transportation and logistics management. For many positions in the field, a master’s degree is required.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. varied, and including

• C. varied and which include

• D. varied, which include

Multiple Choice

(11) People who pursue careers in transportation planning have a wide variety of educational backgrounds.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B. People, who pursue careers in transportation planning,

• C. People who pursue careers, in transportation planning,

• D. People who pursue careers in transportation planning,