Final Exam SAT GR 12

Historians agree that the jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton was exaggerating when he claimed to have invented jazz music. No one can deny, _______ that Morton’s innovative compositions and remarkable improvisational skills helped shape jazz as a genre during its early years.

• therefore,

• in the second place,

• in other words,

• though,

In 1929, Edwin Herbert Land invented a polarizing filter that was featured in a number of products, from sunglasses to 3D movies. A decade later, Land _______ his technology to invent the world’s first instant camera, the Polaroid Land camera.

• used

• to have used

• to use

• using

Lê Lượ ng Minh became the thirteenth secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in January 2013, making _______ the first time the organization would appoint a Vietnamese leader. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

• these

• those

• this

• some

Many ancient sculptures of people’s heads are missing their noses. This is because the nose is the most _______ part of a sculpture of a person’s head. It is delicate and sticks out from the rest of the sculpture, making it especially easy to break. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

• recognizable

• fragile

• common

• sophisticated

As used in the text, what does the word “trace” most nearly mean?

• Evidence

• Blemish

• Amount

• Sketch

What is the solution (r, s) to the given system of equations? s + 7r = 27 r = 3

• (6, 3)

• (3, 6)

• (3, 27)

• (27, 3)

If 4x - 28 = -24, what is the value of x - 7?

• -24

• -22

• -6

• -1

For a snowstorm in a certain town, the minimum rate of snowfall recorded was 0.6 inches per hour, and the maximum rate of snowfall recorded was 1.8 inches per hour. Which inequality is true for all values of s, where s represents a rate of snowfall, in inches per hour, recorded for this snowstorm?

• s ≥ 2.4

• s ≥ 1.8

• 0 ≤ s ≤ 0.6

• 0.6 ≤ s ≤ 1.8

Line r in the xy-plane has a slope of 4 and passes through the point (0, 6). Which equation defines line r?

• y = -6x + 4

• y = 6x + 4

• y = 4x - 6

• y = 4x + 6

A veterinarian recommends that each day a certain rabbit should eat 25 calories per pound of the rabbit's weight, plus an additional 11 calories. Which equation represents this situation, where c is the total number of calories the veterinarian recommends the rabbit should eat each day if the rabbit's weight is x pounds?

• c = 25x

• c = 36x

• c = 11x + 25

• c = 25x + 11