WorksheetsSAT Practice
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
Scholars have noted that F. Scott Fitzgerald's writings were likely influenced in part by his marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald, but many don't recognize Zelda as a writer in her own right. Indeed, Zelda authored several works herself, such as the novel Save Me the Waltz and numerous short stories. Thus, those who primarily view Zelda as an inspiration for F. Scott's writings ___.
Which choice my logically completes the text?
risk misrepresenting the full range of Zelda's contributions to literature
overlook the many other factors that motivated F. Scott to write
may draw inaccurate conclusions about how F. Scott and Zelda viewed each other's works
tend to read the works of F. Scott and Zelda in an overly autobiographical light
"Tulip mania"-the rapid rise and sudden fall of the price of tulip bulbs in seventeenth-century Amsterdam-is often cited as an example of the perils of rampant market speculation. However, recent research has demonstrated that the episode was neither as frenzied nor as disastrous as has been thought. The popular myth surrounding it, ___ should be regarded with some skepticism.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
for example,
by contrast,
nevertheless,
therefore,
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 his 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
Researcher Lin Zhi developed a process for increasing the tensile strength measured in gigapascals, or GPa - of silkworm ___ dissolving and reweaving the silk in a solution of iron metal ions, zinc, and sugar, Zhi increased the amount of force required to stretch it from approximately 0.5 GPa to 2 GPa.
Which choice completes the text?
silk, by
silk by
silk and by
silk. By
Close analysis of the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to the seventeenth-century Dutch painter Johannes Vernmeer, has revealed subtle deviations from the artist's signature techniques. These variations suggest that the work may be that of a student under Vermeer's tutelage potentially ____ our understanding of Vermeer as a solitary artist.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word for phrase?
negating
prefiguring
entrenching
substantiating
The following text is from Charlotte Perkins Gilman's 1910 poem "The Earth's Entail."
No matter how we cultivate the land, / Taming the forest and the prairie free; / No matter how we irrigate the sand, / Making the desert blossom at command, / We must always leave the borders of the sea; / The immeasurable reaches / Of the windy wave-wet beaches, / The million-mile-long margin of the sea.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
The speaker argues against interfering with nature and then gives evidence supporting this interference.
The speaker presents an account of efforts to dominate nature and then cautions that such efforts are only temporary.
The speaker provides examples of an admirable way of approaching nature and then challenges that approach.
The speaker describes attempts to control nature and then offers a reminder that not all nature is controllable.
It is by no means ___ to recognize the influence of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch on Ali Banisadr's paintings; indeed, Banisadr himself cites Bosch as an inspiration. However, some scholars have suggested that the ancient Mesopotamian people of Epic of Gilgamesh may have had a far greater impact on Banisadr's work.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
substantial
satisfying
unimportant
appropriate
Born in 1891 to a Quecha-speaking family in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Martin Chambi is today considered to be one of the most renowned figures of Latin American photography. In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Chambi's photographs have considerable ethnographic value in his work, Chambi was able to capture diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his subjects with both dignity and authenticity.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student's claim?
Chambi took many commissioned portraits of wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced hundreds of images carefully documenting the peoples, sits, and customs of indigenous communities of the Andes.
Chambi's photographs demonstrate a high level of technical skills, as seen in his strategic use of illumination to create dramatic light and shadow contrasts.
During his lifetime, Chambi was known and celebrated both within and outside his native Peru, as his work was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico.
Some of the peoples and places Chambi photographed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as whole?
It urges contemporary musicians to adopt the unique sound of Keyboard Fantasies.
It responds to criticism of Keyboard Fantasies by some younger musicians.
It offers examples of younger musicians whose work has been impacted by Keyboard Fantasies.
It contrasts Keyboard Fantasies with the recordings of two younger musicians.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the claim about Appia's level of technical expertise made by Bremner in Text 1?
As used in the text, what does the word "endure" most nearly mean?
regret
persist
tolerate
encourage
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
In addition,
In contrast,
Specifically,
Therefore,
The student wants to make a generalization about the kind of study conducted by Glickman, Brown, and Song. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
Author Madeline L'Engle, ____ to create a suspenseful tone that draws the reader in, begins her novel A Wrinkle in Time with descriptions of "wraithlike shadows" and "the frenzied lashing of the wind."
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
looked
looks
is looking
looking
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
equations, though:
equations, though,
equations. Though,
equations though
Which choice completes the text?
Tribe, and
Tribe
Tribe and
Tribe,
Based on the text, how are polarons believed to be involved in the superfluorescence observed in Biliroglu and colleagues' study?
Polarons enable superfluorescent bursts to cross from one crystalline material to another.
Polarons allow for the dipoles to synchronize despite higher temperatures.
Polarons accelerate the dipoles' release of superfluorescent bursts.
Polarons decrease the intensity of the superfluorescent burst.
Which statement, if true, would most strongly support the claim in the underlined sentence?
Which choice most logically completes the text?
many theatergoers and readers are likely to find Shakespeare's history plays less engaging than the tragedies.
some of Shakespeare's tragedies are more relevant to today's audiences than twentieth-century plays.
Romeo and Juliet is the most thematically accessible of all Shakespeare's tragedies.
experts in English history tend to prefer Shakespeare's history plays to his other works.
