MAY SAT_Reading Revision

The mole stood still a moment, held in thought. As one wakened suddenly from a beautiful dream, who struggles to recall it, and can re-capture nothing but a dim sense of the beauty of it, the beauty! Till that, too, fades away in its turn.

What does the underlined word "suddenly" most nearly mean?

• Abruptly

• Voluntarily

• Tenderly

• Constantly

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When people think of dinosaurs with feathers, they typically think of winged dinosaurs. such as the bat-like Yi qi. However, many dinosaurs that didn't have wings also had feathers on their bodies. For instance, research indicates that the wingless, predatory Juravenator likely had feathers.

According to the text, what did. Yi qi and Juravenator have in common?

• They were both wingless dinosaurs.

• They both were hunted by the same predator.

• They both could fly.

• They both had feathers.

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The Federalist Papers are a collection of essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison and published pseudonymously in the Daily Advertiser and other New York newspapers in 1787-88. Though the authorship of most of the essays is certain, that of one is obscure: for instance, while No. 12, "The Utility of the Union in Respect to revenue," was surely penned by Hamilton, No. 52, "The House of Representatives," may have been written by either Hamilton or Madison. The difficulty of determining No. 52's arises not from a lack of evidence but from too much contradictory evidence.

Based on the text, which choice best explains why it is challenging to confidently assign authorship of the essay "The House of Representatives”?

• Evidence shows that two versions of "The House of Representatives," one authored by Hamilton and another authored by Madison,appeared in different New York newspapers.

• It is most likely that "The House of Representatives" was the product of a collaborative effort between Hamilton and Madison.

• Support can be found for a strong case that either Hamilton or Madison was the sole author of "The House of Representatives."

• The evidence that would indisputably prove that either Hamilton or Madison was the sole author of "The House of Representatives" has been lost.

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Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour,” was considered daring in its time. The editors of at least two magazines refused the story, calling it immoral. They wanted Chopin to soften her female character and to make her less independent and less unhappy in her marriage. Undaunted, Chopin continued to deal with issues of women’s growth and emancipation in her writing, advancing ideas that are widely accepted today.

What is the main purpose of the previous text?

• To summarize the plot of "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

• To discuss the daring and controversial nature of Kate Chopin's writing.

• To highlight the rejection faced by Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and her persistence in addressing women's issues.

• To analyze the character development in "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

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Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on Earth. Mary Beth Wilhelm and other astrobiologists search for life, or its remains, in this harsh place because the desert closely mirrors the extreme environment on Mars. Thealgae and bacteria found in Atacama's driest regions may offer clues about Martianlife. By studying how these and other microorganisms survive such extreme conditions on Earth, Wilhelm's team hopes to determine whether similar life might have existed on Mars and to develop the best tools to look for evidence of it.

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text asa whole?

• To contrast the conditions in the Atacama Desert with those on Mars

• To indicate why astrobiologists choose to conduct research in the Atacama Desert

• To explain why many life forms cannot survive in the Atacama Desert

• To describe certain limitations to conducting scientific study in the Atacama Desert

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The system considered the number of a ship's cannons and decks. “First-rate” was the highest ranking, and“sixth rate" was the lowest ranking, followed by unranked ships. This ranking determined the size of a ship’s crew: first-rate ships had between 850 and 875 crewmen, while lower-ranked ships had fewer. Two of the ships in the British Royal Navy from this period were the Dreadnought (98 cannons and three decks) and the Royal George (120 cannons and three decks). Of these two, only the Royal George was ranked a first-rateship. It can therefore be concluded that ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

• the Dreadnought had between 850 and 875 crewmen.

• the Royal George needed a crew larger than 875 people in order to operate efficiently.

• all ships with at least 98 cannons were ranked as first-rate ships.

• not all ships with three decks were ranked as first-rate ships.

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A student is researching the trends in the topics submitted to a national science fair for high school students. The graph shows the number of submissions by topic that were made each year. Based on the data in the graph, the student claims that there were more medicine and health research topics submitted in 2019 than in any other year.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to support the underlined claim?

• In 2016, the number of cellular and molecular biology topic submissions was the same as the number of animal science topic submissions.

• In 2019, there were more physics and space science topic submissions than there were medicine and health topic submissions.

• The lowest number of animal science topic submissions in a year was approximately 95 in 2016.

• The highest number of medicine and health topic submissions during the period shown is approximately 285 in 2019.

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Text 1

Stonefox's 2013 song "All I Want" includes a specific musical pattern. That pattern consists of two alternating notes sung over and over with "wa" and "oh" sounds, resulting in a sequence of "Wa-ohwa-oh. This pattern showed up in so many pop songs in the 2000s and 2010s that eventually it earned a nickname, "the millennial whoop." Unfortunately, the whoop showed up so frequently that it could be more irritating than enjoyable.

Text 2

The millennial whoop could be annoying. Not every pop song needs "Wa-oh-wa-ohs!" and it seemed as though nearly every pop song released between 2000 and 2017 had them. But the whoop could also be genuinely fun or even moving. Too many songwriters used it in too many pop songs for a time, but that doesn't mean the whoop was never used well.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the perspectives provided in Text 1 and Text 2?

• Text 1 discusses the advantages of a technique for recording music, while Text 2 discusses the problems with that technique.

• Text 1 provides an explanation of events that inspired a song, while Text2 offers a different explanation of those events.

• Text 1 focuses on critics who praised a particular style of music, whileText 2 focuses on critics who disapproved of that style.

• Text 1 introduces a negative view of a musical pattern, while Text 2 offers a more positive view of that pattern.

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Community science, which involves professional scientists collaborating with amateur science enthusiasts to study a topic, is often an effective and engaging way to conduct research. It can offer insight into the daily life of a scientist, spark youth interest in science and increase the amount of data researchers can collect. This approach was essential to the success of a study by biologist Grace Herzel and colleagues of butterfly color and it relation to behavior, which included findings from hundreds of students and community members in northwestern Arkansas.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

• It introduces the topic of a scientific study, describes the study's importance, and then presents the study's results.

• It argues for a new approach to scientific research, comments on the public's opinion about the approach, and then describes how that approach was applied in a certain study.

• It identifies a particular approach to research, lists some benefits of that approach, and then mentions a study in which that approach was used.

• It describes the development of a type of scientific collaboration, show that type of collaboration has been used in a particular field of study, and then suggests future collaborative projects

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In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Rosa Bonheur's 1855 painting The Horse Fair marks a significant change in Bonheur's artistic development.

Which quotation from an art history textbook would most effectively support the student's claim?

• "The paintings that Bonheur produced before The Horse Fair can be thought of as belonging to her earlier style, to which she never returned."

• "The Horse Fair has been analyzed extensively since it was first exhibited, as no two viewers seem to agree about exactly what the painting means."

• "Of all Bonheur's paintings, none so clearly represents her abilities and ideas as The Horse Fair."

• "Although Bonheur was clearly influenced by other artists of her time, she was also an artist ahead of her time, as The Horse Fair demonstrates."

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