Which choice best establishes the argument that follows? Critics of employer-provided professional follows? development argue that employees [ 15] might consider a popular career path. If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics contend. Then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay

D. will be ready for changes in the job market.

B. should lean heavily on their employers.

C. must be in charge of their own careers.

If employees find themselves falling behind in the workplace, these critics contend, then it is the duty of those employees to identify, and even pay or, appropriate resources to show them how and why they are falling behind and what they should do about it.

C. deal with their flaws and shortcomings.

D. allow them to meet their employers’ needs in terms of the knowledge they are supposed to have.

Some employers utilize several approaches simultaneously, developing a framework that suits the particular needs of their employees. Around the same time, the figure illustrates a simple yet comprehensive professional-development model created for special education personnel.

D) DELETE the underlined portion and begin the sentence with a capital letter.

Which choice makes the writer’s description of the figure most accurate?

C. membership in a professional network is the overarching framework within which staff receive coaching and consultation as well as the opportunity to attend foundation and skill-building workshops.

B. participation in foundation and skill-building workshops is the overarching framework. Staff receive coaching and consultation as well as the opportunity to belong to a professional network.

D. receiving coaching and consultation is the overarching framework within which staff have the opportunity to belong to a professional network as well as attend foundation and skill-building workshops.

25. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. The group’s philosophy was connected to the tale of the hare and the tortoise, in which the tortoise wins the race. Should the writer make this addition here? In 1986, McDonald’s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome’s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; however, those who prized regional foods and Italy’s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. 25

D. No, because it distracts from the paragraph’s emphasis on the Slow Food movement’s origins and beliefs.

A. Yes, because it explains the primary belief that led to the development of the Slow Food movement.

B. Yes, because it reinforces a claim that the writer makes earlier in the paragraph.

C. No, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus by introducing a new idea that is not clearly explained.

A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese’s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, we would have meals that are not very flavorful.

B) factors, such as altitude and weather,

C) factors such as, altitude and weather,

D) factors, such as altitude and weather

Which choice most effectively supports the central point of the paragraph? From its beginning, the movement has opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald’s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental factors, such as altitude and weather, shapes the cheese’s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [ 28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful.

D. consumers would lose this diversity of flavors.

B. the public would not be interested in learning about traditional foods.

C. people would not be able to determine how a particular food was made.

During their early years, the movement also focused on the value of spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals.

B. leisurely meals with friends and family.

eating slowly and in the company of loved ones such as friends and family.

joining friends as well as family for time-consuming meals.

Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, can adequately and affordably feed the world?

C. can adequately and affordably feed the world.

B. adequately and affordably can feed the world?

D. adequately and affordably can feed the world.

They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds , a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page headline in the New York Times declared, “ Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.”

B) headline in the New York Times, declared

C) headline, in the New York Times declared,

D) headline, in the New York Times, declared

The writer wants to add a supporting detail to indicate that the story was widely reported. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

B. Other newspapers also ran stories claiming that the broadcast had incited mass hysteria.

C. In 2013, many newspapers and magazines featured articles about the seventy‐fifth anniversary of the broadcast.

D. The Times was then and is now one of the United States’ most popular news sources.

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

A) profits, which is what the newspaper industry tried to do when it portrayed

B) profits, by which the newspaper industry portrayed

C) profits and tried to do this by portraying

Which choice best establishes the main idea of the paragraph? [1] Proof of ulterior motives is scarce, consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow’s argument. [2] For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. [3] Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. [4] Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn’t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. [5] According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been “frightened” by the broadcast. [6] Ratings, however, reveal that fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. [7] Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey “conflated being ‘frightened,’ ‘disturbed,’ or ‘excited’ by the program with being ‘panicked.’”

B. but evidence does suggest that reports of panic have been overblown.

C. yet Pooley and Socolow maintain that the newspaper industry intentionally distorted the story.

D. making it difficult to determine what really happened in 1938.

SAT Writing and Language Review Quiz

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently many times contested.

A. NO CHANGE

B. oftentimes

C. repeatedly

D. Delete the underline portion

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

2. Many people think of NASA’s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,

A. NO CHANGE

B. affect on

C. effect to

D. affects on

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

3. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding, to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe.

A. NO CHANGE

B. creating jobs,

C. for job creation,

D. the creation of jobs,

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

4. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible.

A) NO CHANGE

B) Telescope; and

C) Telescope and;

D) Telescope and,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

5. All along, these NASA projects have greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

Which choice most effectively sets up the list of examples that follows in the next sentence?

A. NO CHANGE

B. garnered national publicity for the agency.

C. generated a steady stream of new technology.

D. made a lot of money for the agency.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

6. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

A. NO CHANGE

B. evolved

C. developed

D. progressed

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

7. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions spawns new industries, and with those industries, jobs

A. NO CHANGE

B. spawned

C. has spawned

D. spawning

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

8. A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. More than 60 percent of the contribution coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology.

A. NO CHANGE

B. which came

C. to come

D. came

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 1 should be placed
[1] A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. [2] More than 60 percent of the contribution 8 coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology. [3] This translates as excellent returns from an agency that received approximately 17.7 billion in tax dollars in 2014. [4] This investment by taxpayers enhances not only the national economy but also the United States’ competitiveness in the international market.
[5] Moreover, the benefits of NASA funding extend beyond the purely economic, as astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson indicated in his testimony before the US Senate: “For . . . a penny on a dollar—we can transform the country from a sullen, dispirited nation, weary of economic struggle, to one where it has reclaimed its twentieth-century birthright to dream of tomorrow.”

A. where it is now.

B. after sentence 2.

C. after sentence 3.

D. after sentence 4.

10.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

10. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. In addition, NASA has facilities in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, California, and other states.
Should the writer make this addition here?

A. Yes, because it serves as a counterargument to the quotation from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.

B. Yes, because it reinforces the passage’s point about the importance of NASA’s work.

C. No, because it undermines the passage’s claim about the economic benefits of NASA’s work.

D. No, because it blurs the paragraph’s focus by introducing information that does not support the paragraph’s claim about the importance of NASA’s work.

SAT Writing and Language Review

43 questions

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently many times contested.

2. Many people think of NASA’s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,

3. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding, to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe.

4. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible.

5. All along, these NASA projects have greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

6. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

7. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions spawns new industries, and with those industries, jobs

8. A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. More than 60 percent of the contribution coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology.

10. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. In addition, NASA has facilities in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, California, and other states.
Should the writer make this addition here?

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SAT Writing and Language Review

43 questions

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a US government agency whose budget is frequently many times contested.

2. Many people think of NASA’s programs as trivial. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive [2] effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding,

3. In truth, the agency has a widespread positive effect on society by serving as a catalyst for innovation and scientific understanding, to create jobs, and showing humanity its place within the universe.

4. But by initiating and collaborating on projects such as the Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope, and unmanned planetary exploration, NASA has continually challenged its scientists and engineers to do things that were previously thought impossible.

5. All along, these NASA projects have greatly increased international cooperation. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

6. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools.

7. A short list of inventions elaborated by NASA includes communications satellites, invisible braces, and cordless tools. All these inventions spawns new industries, and with those industries, jobs

8. A report by the Space Foundation estimated that NASA contributed $180 billion to the economy in 2005. More than 60 percent of the contribution coming from commercial goods and services created by companies using space-related technology.

10. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. In addition, NASA has facilities in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, California, and other states. Should the writer make this addition here?

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10. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. In addition, NASA has facilities in Washington, DC, Florida, Texas, California, and other states.
Should the writer make this addition here?