PSAT Practice Test #1_Mod 2_(12-22)

What does the text most strongly suggest about the site discovered by the researchers?

• It is the earliest known example of a titanosaur nesting and breeding site.

• It was very difficult to excavate given that it was discovered in a mine.

• It may have been occupied by other sauropods in addition to titanosaurs.

• It is farther north than any other nesting site discovered in South America.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?

• 7.35 million visitors.

• 9.60 million visitors.

• 6.40 million visitors.

• 5.60 million visitors.

To make sure they got the nutrition they needed while in space, the astronauts of NASA’s Gemini missions were given menus for three meals a day (meals A, B, and C) on a four-day rotating schedule. Looking at the sample of food items from these menus, a student notes that on day 1, the menu included ________ Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

• shrimp cocktail for meal B.

• hot cocoa for meal C.

• sugar cookie cubes for meal B.

• chicken and vegetables for meal A.

In the play, which is a satire, Wilde suggests that a character named Lady Gertrude Chiltern is perceived as both extremely virtuous and unforgiving, as is evident when another character says ________ Which quotation from An Ideal Husband most effectively illustrates the claim?

• “Lady Chiltern is a woman of the very highest principles, I am glad to say. I am a little too old now, myself, to trouble about setting a good example, but I always admire people who do.”

• “Do you know, [Lady Chiltern], I don’t mind your talking morality a bit. Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.”

• “[Lady Chiltern] does not know what weakness or temptation is. I am of clay like other men. She stands apart as good women do—pitiless in her perfection—cold and stern and without mercy.”

• “Lady Chiltern, you are a sensible woman, the most sensible woman in London, the most sensible woman I know.”

Which choice best describes data from the table that support the student’s argument?

• The tadpoles consumed a higher percentage of the striped burrowing frog eggs than they did of the eggs of the dainty green tree frog.

• The tadpoles left a certain percentage of the eggs of each of the five species unharmed, thus ultimately allowing them to hatch.

• The tadpoles consumed a lower percentage of the short-footed frog eggs than they did of the eggs of their own species.

• The tadpoles consumed the same percentage of the dainty green tree frog eggs as they did of the little red tree frog eggs.

Which finding from Asmerom and colleagues’ study, if true, would most directly support their conclusion?

• Neither the Yok Balum data nor the Huagapo data show significant local variations in temperature during the Little Ice Age.

• Both the Yok Balum data and the Huagapo data show increased temperatures and prolonged dry conditions during the Little Ice Age.

• The Yok Balum data show prolonged dry conditions during the same portions of the Little Ice Age in which the Huagapo data show heightened levels of rainfall.

• The Yok Balum data and the Huagapo data show strongly correlated patterns of high rainfall during the Little Ice Age.

Some businesses believe that when employees are interrupted while doing their work, they experience a decrease in energy and productivity. However, a team led by Harshad Puranik, who studies management, has found that interruptions by colleagues can have a social component that increases employees’ sense of belonging, resulting in greater job satisfaction that benefits employees and employers. Therefore, businesses should recognize that ______. Which choice most logically completes the text?

• the interpersonal benefits of some interruptions in the workplace may offset the perceived negative effects.

• in order to maximize productivity, employers should be willing to interrupt employees frequently throughout the day.

• most employees avoid interrupting colleagues because they don’t appreciate being interrupted themselves.

• in order to cultivate an ideal workplace environment, interruptions of work should be discouraged.

The US Geological Survey wants to map every human-made structure in the United States, and it is asking volunteers to help. Cassie Tammy Wang and Ashish D’Souza are just two of the many volunteer map editors who ______ to the project since it began in 2012. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• A) contribute

• B) will contribute

• C) have contributed

• D) will be contributing

Smaller than poppy seeds, tardigrades are tiny, but they are tough. These minuscule animals can survive for thirty years without food or water, and ______ can withstand extreme temperatures as low as minus 328 degrees and as high as 304 degrees Fahrenheit. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• A) that

• B) it

• C) they

• D) he

How ______ a layer of microbubbles on their plumage reduces friction as the penguins speed to the surface. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• they are able to move so fast!

• are they able to move so fast.

• they are able to move so fast.

• are they able to move so fast?