SAT REVIEW: Logical Placement, Punctuation, Word Choice

SAT REVIEW: Logical Placement, Punctuation, Word Choice

Multiple Choice

To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 6 should be placed.

[1] After a year of living on futons and eating ramen, the founders at Hourglass decided that antique watches weren't profitable enough to sustain a business. [2] Instead, they decided to invest in plans that included: modern designs, create new watches, and market them at a discount online. [3] Hourglass soon skyrocketed to success. [4] Within a year, it broke ten million dollars in revenue and announced its intent to expand overseas. [5] A lot of existing watch companies are now looking to buy out this company that was once on the verge of bankruptcy. [6] With those plans in place, the company began to attract the young and fashionable crowd, as well as celebrities looking for the next trend.

• A) where it is now.

• B) after sentence 1.

• C) after sentence 2.

• D) after sentence 4.

Multiple Choice

Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence?

Two of them, the ATLAS and CMS detectors, are very similar and can run the same class of experiments.

[1] The Large Hadron Collider, the most powerful particle collider in the world, was built to test theories of particle physics. [2] In particular, it was used to prove the existence of the Higgs Boson, a new type of particle that helps explain why things have mass. [3] The Collider is based at the CERN Laboratory and contains four types of detectors. [4] Having more than one detector carry out the same tests gives scientists the ability to cross-check results and identify any anomalies in the data they generate.

• A) After sentence 1

• B) After sentence 2

• C) After sentence 3

• D) After sentence 4

Multiple Choice

#3 Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence?

When John returned to the surface, he was grinning ear to ear.

[1] John dusted himself off and returned to the tractor for a flashlight and a length of rope. [2] We tied the end of the rope to the rear of the tractor. [3] I led the line for John while he went down for a look around. [4] He had discovered one of the largest cave systems in all of New York State. [5] It would take years to map and would be an adventure even more profitable than the original goal that had led us to discover it.

• A) After sentence 1

• B) After sentence 2

• C) After sentence 3

• D) After sentence 4

Multiple Choice

#4 Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence?

To teach us about speed and rates of change, he swung a bowling ball from the ceiling until it collided with the door.

[1] My freshman year of college was quite intimidating. [2] Not only did I have to adjust to a new setting, but I also had to make sure I did well in my classes. [3] I had many teachers, but my favorite was my math professor. [4] Professor Kwok always had a weird experiment to illustrate the concept of the day. [5] One time, he also made explosives out of liquid nitrogen so that we could apply the Gurney equations to them. [6] He was fired after that.

• A) After sentence 1

• B) After sentence 2

• C) After sentence 4

• D) After sentence 5

Multiple Choice

#5 To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 5 should be placed

[1] It is impossible to differentiate between cane sugar and beet sugar. [2] Cane molasses are what we know as the treacle in our puddings and desserts. [3] Beet molasses are not typically consumed by humans and produce cattle food when mixed with beet pulp. [4] Both cane and beet molasses can be used to produce alcohol is well. [5] However, the molasses obtained from each are somewhat different.

• A). where it is now

• B) after sentence 1

• C) After sentence 2

• D) After sentence 3

Multiple Choice

#6 Where is the most logical place in this paragraph to add the following sentence?

Early versions were pedal-powered and demanded a great deal of physical effort to propel them.

[1] Tanks have been used as fighting vehicles and every modern war. [2] Compared to the latest designs, which incorporate electric range finding devices and laser gun control technology, those older models may seem like relics of the past. [3] Nevertheless, human beings are still required to drive the machines, no matter how technologically advanced they currently are. [4] But with the automation science and remote-controlled drone- like piloting now being developed, tanks may become independent weapons of destruction sooner than we think.

• A) after sentence 1

• B) after sentence 2

• C) After sentence 3

• D) After sentence 4

Multiple Choice

The rapid pace of technological development however has enabled more people to survive on less.

• A. NO CHANGE

• B) development, however,

• C) development; however,

• B) development however,

Multiple Choice

The immigration office could not handle the amalgamation of applicants trying to escape tyranny in their home country.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) diffusion

• C) prevalence

• D) influx

Multiple Choice

The general, who surmised that the price of victory was enormous knew that there would be over a hundred battles and thousands of deaths by the time the war was over.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B. general, who surmised that the price of victory was enormous,

• C. general who surmised that the price of victory was enormous,

• D general who surmised that the price of victory was enormous;

Multiple Choice

Among other problems, Hersey noted, the reading material available to grade-schoolers had a hard time competing with television, radio, and other media for children’s attention.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) and with

• C) and also

• D) and competing with

Multiple Choice

The story of The Cat in the Hat’s publication began when William Spaulding the director of the education division at the publishing company Houghton Mifflin, read Hersey’s article and had an idea.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) Spaulding: the director

• C) Spaulding, the director

• D) Spaulding—the director

Multiple Choice

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

Spaulding agreed that there was a need for appealing books for beginning readers: He thought he knew who should write one.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) readers, and so he thought

• C) readers; he thought

• D) readers- he thought

Multiple Choice

Which transition shows a CONTRAST?

Geisel was an experienced writer and illustrator. However, this new project presented him with an obstacle.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) In addition,

• C) Moreover,

• D) Subsequently,

Multiple Choice

On the verge of giving up, Geisel’s story finally hit upon an image that became it's basis: a cat wearing a battered stovepipe hat.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) their basis; a cat

• C) its basis: a cat

• D) its bases: a cat

Multiple Choice

At the end of a duration nine months long, The Cat in the Hat was complete.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) After thirty-six weeks—or nine months—had passed,

• C) After a length of nine months had elapsed,

• D) Nine months later,

Multiple Choice

Which transition would be used to show a continuation of information.

The book was a hit. Children were entertained by its plot about the antics of a mischievous cat. Consequently, they were also captivated by its eye-catching illustrations and memorable rhythms and rhymes.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) Thus,

• C) Certainly,

• D) Moreover,

Multiple Choice

In the years that followed: Many talented writers and illustrators of children’s books imitated Geisel’s formula of restricted vocabulary and whimsical artwork.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) followed, many talented

• C) followed; many talented

• D) followed many talented

Multiple Choice

A growing number of public schools in the United States require students to complete community service hours to graduate. Such volunteering, be it helping at a local animal shelter, when they pick up litter, or working at a health-care facility, has obvious benefits for the community it serves and teaches students important life skills.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) to pick up litter,

• C) litter collection,

• D) picking up litter,

Multiple Choice

By requiring students to do community service in order to graduate, school officials’ are taking away students’ choice to give up their time for nonprofit activities, making volunteerism less meaningful and pleasurable

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) officials are taking away students

• C) officials are taking away student’s

• D) officials are taking away students’

Multiple Choice

Proponents of compulsory volunteering who are in favor of it point out that it allows young people to garner the benefits that volunteering offers

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) volunteering, advocating it,

• C) volunteering

• D) volunteering and its advocates

Multiple Choice

Some studies have also found that students who do community service are more likely to volunteer as adults, and thus effect society positively over the course of many years.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) affect

• C) effecting

• D) affects

Multiple Choice

Businesses have succeeded in minimizing and keeping down costs and ensuring the relevance of employees’ coursework by offering fixed amounts of reimbursement each year and stipulating which subjects workers can study

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) minimizing costs associated with employees’ coursework

• C) being effective at keeping down costs

• D) keeping down costs

Multiple Choice

Select the transition which shows additional information

Although women in cities from New York to Boston demanded equality in academic opportunities, most East Coast universities did not yield to such demands. In fact, coeducational balance did not become a prominent issue for East Coast admissions officers until the 1960s.

• A) NO CHANGE

• B) Consequently,

• C) Therefore,

• D) Be that as it may,