PSAT-Writing and Language 8/9

12. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

• pollination: this is

• pollination,

• pollination;

• no change

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

13. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

• no change

• highlights the potentially disastrous effects

• highlight the potentially disastrous effects

• highlights the potentially disastrous affects

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

14. Read the passage and choose your answer.

• no change

• Known as a colony

• It is known as a colony

• Colony

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

15. Which choice offers the most accurate interpretation of the data in the chart.

(exceeded 25 percent of the population each winter)

• no change

• been above acceptable range

• not changed noticeably from year to year

• greatly increased every year

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

16. Which choice offers accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?

(portion of the bee population lost fell nearly 10 percent in the United States, with a loss 31 percent)

• no change

• portion of bees lost was double what it had been the previous year, and rising

• number of losses, which had fallen within the acceptable range the previous year rose to,

• portion of total colonies lost rose almost 10 percentage points with a loss of

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

17. Which choice most smoothly and effectively introduces the writer's discussion of studies of CCD in this paragraph?

• no change

• Bees are vanishing, and according to studies there are several possible reasons for this trend.

• Several possible reasons, offered by studies, may explain why bees are vanishing

• Delete the underlined sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

18. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence:

Prolonged exposure to neonicotinoids has been shown to increase bees' vulnerability to disease and parasitic mites.

Should the writer make this addition here?

• Yes, because it provides support for the claim made in the previous sentence.

• Yes, because it introduces a new idea that will become important later in the passage.

• No, because it would be better placed elsewhere.

• No, because it contradicts the main idea of the passage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

19. Look at the passage and choose the correct answer.

• no change

• is a pretty big deal.

• can't be put on the back burner.

• cannot be ignored.

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RI.8.4

20. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

• No Change

• crops, this is an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees

• crops, an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees

• crops; an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

21. Read the passage and choose the correct answer.

• no change

• there

• their

• its

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5