PSAT Practice Writing

12 Which choice offers the most accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?

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• pollination: this is
• pollination,
• pollination;
• Not Sure

13 Which choice offers the most accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?

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• highlights the potentially disastrous effects
• highlight the potentially disastrous effects
• highlight the potentially disastrous affects
• Not Sure

14 Which choice offers the most accurate interpretation of the data in the chart?

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• Known as colony
• It is known as colony
• Colony
• Not Sure

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

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• been above the acceptable range.
• not changed noticeably from year to year.
• greatly increased every year.
• Not Sure

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

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• portion of bees lost was double what it had been the previous year, rising to
• 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
• Not Sure

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

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• 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.
• Not Sure

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 in the passage.

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

• Not Sure

19 Choose the Best Answer

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• is a pretty big deal.
• can’t be put on the back burner.
• cannot be ignored.
• Not Sure

20 Choose the Best Answer

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• 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.
• Not Sure

21 Choose the Best Answer

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• there
• their
• its
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