SAT Reading & Writing 01

Question 1

Water Bears That Refuse to Die: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

resilience

Question 2

The Architect of a Safety Net: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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instrumental

Question 3

The Tailor's Apprentice: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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meticulous

Question 4

Golden Repairs: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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conceal

Question 5

A Compass Made of Sunlight: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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orient

Question 6

Too Many Jars of Jam: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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contingent on

Question 7

Trading Underground: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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reciprocal

Question 8

A Flood of Books: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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proliferation

Question 9

Practice Behind the Freedom: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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spontaneous

Question 10

The Logic of Slowness: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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conserve

Question 11

A Dance with Directions: Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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To explain how a honeybee behavior communicates the location of food

Question 12

The Violin Upstairs: Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

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It presents a change in a familiar pattern that affects Nora more than she expected.

Question 13

A Wave of Molasses: Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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It describes a disaster, presents a claim about its cause, rejects that claim, and notes a consequence.

Question 14

Guessing the Weight of an Ox: Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

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It presents a finding that contradicts the expectation described in the previous sentence.

Question 15

Growing Back: Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

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To describe an animal's unusual ability and explain why scientists study it

Question 16

Painting with Dots: Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

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It explains how the technique described in the previous sentence produces its effect.

Question 17

Three Scripts, One Message: Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

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It describes an object, explains why it was useful, and identifies an achievement it made possible.

Question 18

What Ended the Dinosaurs?: Based on the texts, how would the researchers mentioned in Text 2 most likely respond to the argument in Text 1?

Accepted Answer

They would argue that the impact alone may not fully explain the extinction.

Question 19

Where Did the Moon Come From?: Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely describe the hypothesis presented in Text 1?

Accepted Answer

As basically sound but in need of revision to account for evidence from lunar samples

Question 20

Does the Author's Life Matter?: Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the critics discussed in Text 1?

Accepted Answer

By arguing that knowledge of an author's life can draw attention to features of the text itself

Question 21

Who Painted the Cave Walls?: Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the conclusion in Text 1?

Accepted Answer

By cautioning that the conclusion depends on dates that might be overestimates

Question 22

Trees Against the Heat: Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the claim in Text 1 that planting street trees is "one of the simplest remedies"?

Accepted Answer

By agreeing that trees can cool cities while noting that their effectiveness depends on careful planning

Question 23

Arms That Think for Themselves: Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

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An octopus's nervous system distributes much of its processing to its arms, which handle many actions with considerable independence.

Question 24

The Return: Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

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Tomas realizes that the home he remembered no longer exists as he imagined it.

Question 25

A Movie Star's Invention: Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

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Although Hedy Lamarr is best known as an actress, she co-invented a communication technique that later proved influential.

Question 26

Otters and Underwater Forests: Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

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Sea otters help maintain kelp forests by controlling populations of the urchins that eat kelp.

Question 27

Managing What Everyone Shares: Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

Accepted Answer

Elinor Ostrom showed that communities can successfully manage shared resources without privatization or government control.

Question 28

A Vault for the World's Seeds: According to the text, why was the vault's location chosen?

Accepted Answer

The surrounding frozen ground helps keep the seeds cold even without machinery.

Question 29

The Crows Who Remembered a Mask: Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Years later, young crows that had never been trapped also scolded people wearing the mask.

Question 30

The Thing with Feathers: Which quotation from the poem most effectively illustrates the claim?

Accepted Answer

"Yet - never - in Extremity, / It asked a crumb - of me."

Question 31

Plants That Listen for Danger: Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers' hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

Plants previously exposed to chewing vibrations produced more defensive chemicals than did plants exposed to wind vibrations or silence.

Question 32

Two Roads in a Yellow Wood: Which quotation from the poem most effectively illustrates the claim?

Accepted Answer

"I shall be telling this with a sigh / Somewhere ages and ages hence"

Question 33

Testing the Bilingual Advantage: Which finding, if true, would most directly weaken the hypothesis described in the text?

Accepted Answer

In a large study, bilingual and monolingual participants with similar education and income performed equally well on attention tasks.

Question 34

Days Longer Than Years: Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

Accepted Answer

its rotation period of about 243 Earth days is longer than its orbital period of about 225 Earth days.

Question 35

Boiling at the Top of the World: Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the example?

Accepted Answer

water boils at about 90.0°C at an altitude of 3,000 meters, compared with 100.0°C at sea level.

Question 36

Who Visits the Feeder?: Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to support the student's conclusion?

Accepted Answer

cardinals visited the sunflower feeder 112 times but the thistle feeder only 4 times, while goldfinches visited the thistle feeder 140 times.

Question 37

Pen or Keyboard?: Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

Accepted Answer

both groups scored about the same on factual questions, but the handwriting group scored higher on conceptual questions.

Question 38

The Right Temperature to Sprout: Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

Accepted Answer

germination rose from 12 seeds at 10°C to 46 seeds at 25°C but fell to 20 seeds at 35°C.

Question 39

Messages Through the Ground: Which choice most logically completes the text?

Accepted Answer

sense the calls of distant elephants that they cannot hear through the air.

Question 40

Lights in the Flyway: Which choice most logically completes the text?

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fewer migrating birds will collide with buildings in those cities.

Question 41

The Power of the Default: Which choice most logically completes the text?

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which option is presented as the automatic choice.

Question 42

A Colorblind Master of Disguise: Which choice most logically completes the text?

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gather information about color in ways that do not depend on the usual mechanism of color vision.

Question 43

Writing on the Walls of Pompeii: Which choice most logically completes the text?

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the ability to read and write may have been fairly common among the town's residents.

Question 44

A Lighter Lens for Lighthouses: Which choice most logically completes the text?

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could be built large enough to send a strong beam far out to sea.

Question 45

The Fossil Hunter of Lyme Regis: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

fossils;

Question 46

A Novel That Changed the Conversation: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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novel,

Question 47

Roots That Hold the Shore: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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coastlines

Question 48

The First Published Program: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Lovelace—

Question 49

A Sea Too Salty for Fish: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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ocean. As a result,

Question 50

What the Market Sold: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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sale:

Question 51

A Road That Was Not a Road: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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length; instead,

Question 52

The Narrow Road North: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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Bashō

Question 53

Three Cities on One Stage: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Ghana;

Question 54

An Egg-Laying Mammal: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

eggs,

Question 55

Letters from a Folklorist: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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offers

Question 56

One Night of Spawning: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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their

Question 57

The Canal That Connected a Nation: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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opened

Question 58

Painting Herself: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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artist's

Question 59

Farmers Underground: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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leafcutter ants use the leaves to grow a fungus that feeds their colonies.

Question 60

Two Prizes, Two Sciences: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

was

Question 61

The Glass Island: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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continue

Question 62

A Racing Heart: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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that of a resting human.

Question 63

Mushrooms That Glow: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

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produces

Question 64

Two Teams, One Result: Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Accepted Answer

teams'

Title	Question type	Subject / Words
Water Bears That Refuse to Die	🐻 Words in Context	Science · 62 words
The Architect of a Safety Net	🏛️ Words in Context	History · 59 words
The Tailor's Apprentice	🧵 Words in Context	Literature · 66 words
Golden Repairs	🏺 Words in Context	Arts · 56 words
A Compass Made of Sunlight	🦋 Words in Context	Science · 64 words
Too Many Jars of Jam	🍓 Words in Context	Social Science · 71 words
Trading Underground	🍄 Words in Context	Science · 60 words
A Flood of Books	📚 Words in Context	History · 67 words
Practice Behind the Freedom	🎷 Words in Context	Arts · 52 words
The Logic of Slowness	🐢 Words in Context	Science · 55 words
A Dance with Directions	🐝 Text Structure and Purpose	Science · 90 words
The Violin Upstairs	🎻 Text Structure and Purpose	Literature · 84 words
A Wave of Molasses	🍯 Text Structure and Purpose	History · 87 words
Guessing the Weight of an Ox	🐂 Text Structure and Purpose	Social Science · 79 words
Growing Back	🦎 Text Structure and Purpose	Science · 69 words
Painting with Dots	🎨 Text Structure and Purpose	Arts · 73 words
Three Scripts, One Message	📜 Text Structure and Purpose	History · 83 words
What Ended the Dinosaurs?	🦖 Cross-Text Connections	Science · 110 words
Where Did the Moon Come From?	🌙 Cross-Text Connections	Science · 119 words
Does the Author's Life Matter?	📖 Cross-Text Connections	Literature · 96 words
Who Painted the Cave Walls?	🖐️ Cross-Text Connections	History · 112 words
Trees Against the Heat	🌳 Cross-Text Connections	Social Science · 92 words
Arms That Think for Themselves	🐙 Central Ideas and Details	Science · 79 words
The Return	🌾 Central Ideas and Details	Literature · 93 words
A Movie Star's Invention	📡 Central Ideas and Details	History · 78 words
Otters and Underwater Forests	🌊 Central Ideas and Details	Science · 71 words
Managing What Everyone Shares	🐄 Central Ideas and Details	Social Science · 76 words
A Vault for the World's Seeds	🌱 Central Ideas and Details	Science · 81 words
The Crows Who Remembered a Mask	🐦 Command of Evidence: Textual	Science · 72 words
The Thing with Feathers	🐦 Command of Evidence: Textual	Literature · 32 words
Plants That Listen for Danger	🌿 Command of Evidence: Textual	Science · 76 words
Two Roads in a Yellow Wood	🌲 Command of Evidence: Textual	Literature · 38 words
Testing the Bilingual Advantage	🗣️ Command of Evidence: Textual	Social Science · 67 words
Days Longer Than Years	🌍 Command of Evidence: Quantitative	Science · 48 words
Boiling at the Top of the World	⛰️ Command of Evidence: Quantitative	Science · 41 words
Who Visits the Feeder?	🐦 Command of Evidence: Quantitative	Science · 44 words
Pen or Keyboard?	📝 Command of Evidence: Quantitative	Social Science · 64 words
The Right Temperature to Sprout	🌱 Command of Evidence: Quantitative	Science · 50 words
Messages Through the Ground	🐘 Inferences	Science · 77 words
Lights in the Flyway	🌃 Inferences	Science · 74 words
The Power of the Default	☑️ Inferences	Social Science · 80 words
A Colorblind Master of Disguise	🦑 Inferences	Science · 71 words
Writing on the Walls of Pompeii	🏺 Inferences	History · 67 words
A Lighter Lens for Lighthouses	🗼 Inferences	History · 77 words
The Fossil Hunter of Lyme Regis	🦕 Boundaries	Science · 29 words
A Novel That Changed the Conversation	📗 Boundaries	Literature · 39 words
Roots That Hold the Shore	🌳 Boundaries	Science · 26 words
The First Published Program	💻 Boundaries	History · 36 words
A Sea Too Salty for Fish	🌊 Boundaries	Science · 35 words
What the Market Sold	🧺 Boundaries	Social Science · 37 words
A Road That Was Not a Road	🐫 Boundaries	History · 45 words
The Narrow Road North	🐸 Boundaries	Literature · 42 words
Three Cities on One Stage	🥁 Boundaries	Arts · 34 words
An Egg-Laying Mammal	🦆 Boundaries	Science · 25 words
Letters from a Folklorist	✉️ Form, Structure, and Sense	Literature · 34 words
One Night of Spawning	🌕 Form, Structure, and Sense	Science · 32 words
The Canal That Connected a Nation	⛵ Form, Structure, and Sense	History · 34 words
Painting Herself	🌺 Form, Structure, and Sense	Arts · 37 words
Farmers Underground	🐜 Form, Structure, and Sense	Science · 28 words
Two Prizes, Two Sciences	🏅 Form, Structure, and Sense	Science · 29 words
The Glass Island	🏺 Form, Structure, and Sense	Arts · 36 words
A Racing Heart	🐦 Form, Structure, and Sense	Science · 36 words
Mushrooms That Glow	🍄 Form, Structure, and Sense	Science · 34 words
Two Teams, One Result	🔬 Form, Structure, and Sense	Social Science · 36 words
The Mold on the Dish	🦠 Transitions	Science · 56 words
Peach Baskets and Ladders	🏀 Transitions	History · 47 words
Did the Statues Walk?	🗿 Transitions	History · 74 words
More Than a Happy Sound	🐈 Transitions	Science · 47 words
The Jellyfish That Starts Over	🌊 Transitions	Science · 43 words
Making Washi by Hand	📜 Transitions	Arts · 56 words
The Bird That Copies Everything	🐦 Transitions	Science · 40 words
News Without Newspapers	📻 Transitions	History · 52 words
The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees	🌳 Rhetorical Synthesis	History · 66 words
A Travel Diary in Poems	🍃 Rhetorical Synthesis	Literature · 63 words
Wings Across the Ocean	✈️ Rhetorical Synthesis	History · 64 words
An Ancient Clue to a Modern Medicine	🌿 Rhetorical Synthesis	Science · 90 words
An Alphabet Built by One Man	✍️ Rhetorical Synthesis	History · 74 words
The City in the Clouds	🏔️ Rhetorical Synthesis	History · 65 words
One Hump or Two?	🐫 Rhetorical Synthesis	Science · 67 words
Measuring the Universe with Stars	🌌 Rhetorical Synthesis	Science · 69 words

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