WorksheetsPSAT 10 Practice Test #1 (1-11)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
As used in the text, what does the phrase “a void” most nearly mean?
A useless
An empty
A forgotten
An incomplete
In the 1960s, Sam Gilliam, a Black painter from the southern United States, became the first artist to drape painted canvases into flowing shapes. He later explored a different style, ______ quilt-like paintings inspired by the patchwork quilting tradition of Black communities in the South. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
predicting
refusing
hiding
creating
Studying how workload affects productivity, Maryam Kouchaki and colleagues found that people who chose to do relatively easy tasks first were less ______ compared to those who did hard tasks first. Finishing easy tasks gave participants a sense of accomplishment, but those who tackled hard tasks first actually became more skilled and productive workers over time. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
secretive
efficient
outgoing
unsympathetic
As used in the text, what does the word “disturbed” most nearly mean?
Disorganized
Alarmed
Offended
Interrupted
As used in the text, what does the word “suggestion” most nearly mean?
Trace
Opinion
Dispute
Command
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To demonstrate that Anne has a newly developed appreciation of nature
To describe an argument that Anne and Marilla often have
To emphasize Marilla’s disapproval of how Anne has decorated her room
To show that Anne and Marilla have very different personalities
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
To introduce and illustrate Barrier Williams’s integral role in supporting other Black women as their circumstances changed during part of the Great Migration
To establish that Barrier Williams used her professional connections to arrange employment for other Black women, including jobs with the Chicago Defender
To demonstrate that the factors that motivated the start of the Great Migration were different for Black women than they were for Black men
To provide an overview of the employment challenges faced by Black women in the agricultural and domestic spheres in the southern United States
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined question in the text as a whole?
It reflects a primary goal that many computer animators have for certain components of the animations they produce.
It represents a concern of computer animators who are more interested in creating unique backgrounds and lighting effects than realistic ones.
It conveys the uncertainty among many computer animators about how to create realistic animations using current technology.
It illustrates a reaction that audiences typically have to the appearance of characters created by computer animators.
What choice best describes the main purpose of the text?
It describes an experimental method of measuring the strength of physiological responses in humans.
It illustrates processes by which certain insects can express how they are feeling.
It summarizes a finding suggesting that some mechanisms in the brains of certain insects resemble mechanisms in mammalian brains.
It presents research showing that certain insects and mammals behave similarly when there is a possibility of a reward for their actions.
Based on the text, which choice best describes the moon with the eccentric orbit?
It doesn’t have a retrograde orbit, but it likely has the same origin as the moons with retrograde orbits.
Its orbit is so tilted with respect to the other moons’ orbits that it’s neither prograde nor retrograde.
It has a prograde orbit that is likely the result of having collided with another body orbiting Saturn.
It has a prograde orbit and may not be a remnant of an earlier body that orbited Saturn.
Which choice best states the main idea of the text?
Although there are some grounds for believing that Beowulf was composed between the late ninth and early eleventh centuries, advocates for that view tend to rely on evidence that has been called into question by advocates for an earlier date.
Although several scholars have dated Beowulf to the late ninth through early eleventh centuries, others have argued that doing so privileges a controversial interpretation of the social conditions of the period.
Although Beowulf fits well with the historical context of England in the late ninth through early eleventh centuries, it fits equally well with the historical context of England in the seventh and eighth centuries.
Although the claim of a late ninth- through early eleventh-century composition date for Beowulf has some plausibility, advocates for the claim have not compellingly addressed evidence suggesting an earlier date.
