SAT reading practice 1

Based on the text, Du Bois's attitude toward those who would suggest that the songs of slaves expressed their happiness and joy is most likely one of

• complete agreement

• qualified skepticism

• outright dismissal

• hopeful optimism

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Based on the text, Haley is best characterized as a/an

• humane empathizer

• financial amateur

• aggressive negotiator

• passive mediator

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the physicians' claim?

• Researchers find that they can successfully differentiate between broken-heart syndrome and a heart attack by determining whether plaque is blocking the arteries.

• Sociologists report that increasing numbers of people are experiencing a decrease in their mental health due to prolonged stress.

• Psychiatrists find that there is a roughly equivalent likelihood of dying from broken-heart syndrome as there is of dying of a heart attack.

• A randomly controlled survey of adults between 50 and 70 years of age finds that heart attacks are a greater source of worry than broken-heart syndrome.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which quotation from "Colonies and British Constitution" most effectively illustrates the argument?

• These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.

• Slavery that grows in every soil.

• Do not eat your registers and your tion, as that worm for the great bonds . . . are your commerce.

• Dead instruments, passive tools to the securities of your commerce.

• It is the spirit of the English community that gives all their life and efficacy to them.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which choice most logically completes the text?

• whether a bacteria could have any role in harming the environment.

• the capacity of microbiologists to analyze bacteria in a laboratory setting.

• this bacteria's utility in consuming massive plastic deposits.

• the possibility of plastic extending the length it needs to biodegrade.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2