SAT Practice - ELP 2

Despite being cheap, versatile, and easy to produce, _____ they are made from nonrenewable petroleum, and most do not biodegrade in landfills. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• there are two problems associated with commercial plastics:

• two problems are associated with commercial plastics:

• commercial plastics’ two associated problems are that

• commercial plastics have two associated problems:

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• Rabinal Achí tells the story of K'iche' Achí, a military leader who

• K'iche' Achí, the military leader in the story of Rabinal Achí,

• the military leader whose story is told in Rabinal Achí, K'iche' Achí,

• there was a military leader, K'iche' Achí, who in Rabinal Achí

During the American Civil War, Thomas Morris Chester braved the front lines as a war correspondent for the Philadelphia Press. Amplifying the voices and experiences of Black soldiers _____ of particular importance to Chester, who later became an activist and lawyer during the postwar Reconstruction period. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• were

• have been

• are

• was

In the 1970s, Janaki Ammal, a prominent botanist, emerged as a powerful voice in India’s environmental conservation movement. Her exhaustive chromosomal survey of plants in Silent Valley, a pristine tropical forest in Kerala, India, that is home to nearly 1,000 species of native flora (many of which are endangered), _____ instrumental in the government’s decision to preserve the forest. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• are

• were

• have been

• was

The artistic talents of Barbara Chase-Riboud, most known for her 1979 historical novel *Sally Hemings* and the conversation it inspired, _____ limited to the realm of prose: she first excelled in sculpture, where her affinity for bronze—a material she described as “timeless” due to its use across eras and cultures—became part of her artistic identity. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• hasn’t been

• wasn’t

• isn’t

• aren’t

When they were first discovered in Australia in 1798, duck-billed, beaver-tailed platypuses so defied categorization that one scientist assigned them the name Ornithorhynchus paradoxus: “paradoxical bird-snout.” The animal, which lays eggs but also nurses _____ young with milk, has since been classified as belonging to the monotremes group. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• they’re

• their

• its

• it’s

Known as Earth’s “living skin,” biocrusts are thin layers of soil held together by surface-dwelling microorganisms such as fungi, lichens, and cyanobacteria. Fortifying soil in arid ecosystems against erosion, ______ Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• a recent study’s estimate is that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year.

• an estimated 60 percent reduction in global dust emissions each year is due to these crusts, according to a recent study.

• these crusts reduce global dust emissions by an estimated 60 percent each year, according to a recent study.

• a recent study has estimated that these crusts reduce global dust emissions by 60 percent each year.

Ten of William Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories. Although each one of these plays, which include Henry V and Richard III, _____ on a single historical figure (specifically, an English king), some, such as Henry VI Part One and Henry VI Part Two, feature different episodes from the same monarch’s life. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• focuses

• focus

• are focused

• were focused

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• Morocco gained its independence two years before the publication of Chraïbi’s debut novel, which

• Chraïbi’s debut novel, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,

• Chraïbi wrote a debut novel that, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,

• published two years before Morocco gained its independence, Chraïbi wrote a debut novel that

Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her colleagues have determined that as much as 25 percent of the sand on Mars is composed of impact spherules. These spherical bits of glass form when asteroids collide with the planet, ejecting bits of molten rock into the atmosphere that, after cooling and solidifying into glass, _____ back onto Mars’s surface. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• to rain

• raining

• having rained

• rain