Sociologists have found that, paradoxically, many children of unorthodox, creative parents grow up to be rather tame _______.
A. idealists
B. conformists
C. individualists
D. alarmists
E. elitists
The key word here is “paradoxically.” A paradox is an apparent contradiction, so we need to choose a word that suggests “uncreative” and “orthodox.” With that in mind, “conformists” would make the most sense. [...]
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Which choice best improves the underlined portion of this sentence? If the sentence is fine as is, choose (A).
I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music: it has given me so much pleasure.
A. I would like to thank whoever it was that wrote that piece of music:
B. I would [...]
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The vertices of rectangle ABCD are A(-1,0), B(2,0), C(s, t), and D(-1,4). How long is diagonal AC?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6
The length of AC will be the same as the length of BD, so all we need to do is plug the coordinates of B and D into the distance [...]
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It is astonishing to see such extraordinary results from a mere _______.
A. epicure
B. connoisseur
C. glutton
D. confidant
E. tyro
First of all, an epicure is one who delights in earthly pleasures. A connoisseur is an expert in something. A glutton is one who overindulges, especially in eating. A confidant is someone you can confide in. By default, [...]
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This is a “student-produced response” question. In these, you have to generate an answer rather than make a choice.
Each canvas bag will hold exactly 5 pounds of Famous Joe’s tomatoes. How many bags will be necessary to hold 5 kilograms worth of these same tomatoes? (1 kilogram = 2.25 pounds
The math on this one is [...]
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Frustrated council members noted that some of the strategies designed to ________ traffic congestion only served to ________ the problem.
a) ease; perpetrate
b) consolidate; fix
c) alleviate; exacerbate
d) allay; impede
e) avoid; mollify
Council members would obviously want to do something to help ease the problem of traffic congestion. The first words in choices (A), (C), and (D) would [...]
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If a cube has a volume of 64, the perimeter of one face of the cube is:
A: 8 B: 32 C: 4 D: 16 E: 24
This is about as easy as SAT math questions will get! The volume of a cube is equal to the length x the width, x the height, or, because the sides [...]
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Indicate which choice would best improve the underlined part of the sentence. If the sentence is ok as is, choose (A).
In ancient times, Nubia was the principal corridor where there were cultural influences transmitted between Black Africa and the Mediterranean basin.
A. where there were cultural influences transmitted
B. through which cultural influences were transmitted
C. where there [...]
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Identify the error, if any, in the sentence below.
Determination ofA the long-term effects ofB aerosols on the upper atmosphere isC currently one of the more challengingD problems in climate research. No errorE.
This seems ok, but there’s actually a problem. “More challenging” would only be appropriate if you were comparing two items. Here, you would need [...]
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The novel’s protagonist, a pearl diver, naïvely expects that the buyers will compete among themselves to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they ——- to ——- him.
(A)
venture . . reward
(B)
pretend . . praise
(C)
conspire . . reimburse
(D)
refuse . . cheat
(E)
collude . . swindle
If the diver’s expectation that the buyers will offer the [...]
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If the median of x consecutive odd integers is 9, then the average is:
(A) 6 (B) 9 (C) 8 (D) 10 (E) 12
Does it matter what the value of x is here? It will be an odd number; that really all you need to know! If 9 is the median of a set of [...]
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Critical Reading Passage
The following speech was delivered by General Douglas MacArthur on September 2, 1945, upon Japan’s surrender to the U.S. in WWII.
1 “Men since the beginning of time have sought peace. Various methodsthrough the ages have been attempted to devise an international process to prevent or settle disputes between nations. From the very start [...]
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The median of a set of 10 consecutive integers is 3.5. What is the greatest of these 10 integers?
If the median of 10 consecutive integers is 3.5, then we know that the two middle numbers are 3 and 4. We also know that, because there is a total of 10 consecutive integers, there will be [...]
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Which of the choices best improves the sentence below? If the sentence is fine as is, choose (A).
Samuel never did come to the party however he did send along a present to give to the guest of honor.
(A) to the party however he did
(B) to the party he did however
(C) to the party, however, he [...]
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