SAT Review reading section

The authors indicate that people value gift-giving because they feel it?

D) Can serve to strengthen a relationship

As used in line 15, "demands" most nearly means?

D) Desires

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

D) Lines 65-67 ("Without . . . insecure")

In the passage, Akria addresses Chie with?

D) Respect but not utter deference

Which point about the resources that will be highly valued in space is implicit in passage 1 and explicit in passage 2?

A) They may be different resources from those that are valuable on Earth

Based on table and passage, which choice gives the correct percentage of the purines inn yeast DNA?

C) 18.7% and 31.3%

What function does the discussion of water in lines 28-31 serve in passage 1?

C) It offers hypothetical examples supporting a claim made in the previous paragraph

According to the table, which of the following pairs of base percentages in sea urchin DNA provides evidence in support of the answer to the previous question?

A) 17.3% and 17.7%

The authors would likely attribute the differences in gift-giver and recipient mean appreciation as represented in the graph to?

A) An inability to shift perspective

The author of passage 1 indicates that space mining could have which positive effect?

A) It could yield materials important to Earth's economy.

Which choice provides the best evidence for the previous question?

A) Lines 14-17 ("Within . . . lanthanum)

The authors refer to work by Camerer and others (line 43) in order to?

A) Offer an explanation

The 'social psychologists" mentioned in paragraph 2 (lines 13-26) would likely describe the "deadweight loss" phenomenon as?

A) Predictable

The authors most likely use the examples in lines 1-7 of the passage ("Every . . . showers") to highlight the?

A) Regularity with which people shop for gifts.

The central claim of the passage is that?

A) educated women face a decision about how to engage with existing institutions

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

A) lines 8-10 ("Many . . . peers")

As used in line 51, "hold" most likely nearly means

A) maintain

Which choice best describes the developmental pattern of the passage?

B) A detailed depiction of a meaningful encounter

The central claim of passage 2 is that space is that space mining has positive potential but?

B) Its effects should be thoughtful considered before it becomes a reality.

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

B) Lines 32-25 ("Normally . . . community")

which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

B) Lines 36-37 ("And . . . them")

Based on the passage, the authors' statement "if a pair consisted of two purines, for example, there would not be room for it" (lines 24-25) implies that a pair?

B) Of purines would be longer than a pair consisting of a purine and a pyrimidine

Which choice best describes what happens in the passage?

B) One character receives a surprising request from another character

The range of places and occasions listed in lines 54-58 ("Let us . . . funerals") mainly serves to emphasize how?

B) Pervasive the need for critical reflection is

In lines 3-13, the authors of passage 1 mentions several companies primarily to?

B) Provide evidence of the growing interest in space mining

In lines 8, the word "ambivalent" mostly nearly means?

B) conflicted

As used in line 2, "form" most nearly means

B) custom

According to the passage, Woolf choose the setting of the bridge because it?

B) provides a good view of the procession of the son of educated men

The main purpose of the passage is to?

B) stress the urgency of an issue

The main purpose of the first paragraph is to?

D) Analyze a reaction

Which reaction does Akria most fear form Chie?

A) She will consider his proposal inappropriate

Do the data in the table support the authors' proposed pairing of bases in DNA?

A) Yes, because for each giving organism, the percentage of adenine is closest to the percentage of thymine, and the percentage of guanine is closest to the percentage of cytosine

The graph following the passage offers evidence that gift-givers base their predictions of how much a gift will be appreciated on?

B) The monetary value of the gift.

The author of passage 2 would most likely respond to the discussions of the future of spacing mining in lines 14-22, passage 1, by claiming that such a future?

B) Will be difficult to bring about in the absence of regulations.

The authors use the word "backbone" in line 2 and line 32 to indicate that?

B) the main structure of a chain in a DNA molecule is composed of repeating units.

Why does Akria say his meeting with Chie is "a matter of urgency" (lines 24-25)?

C) He has been offered an attractive job in another country

The passage indicates that the assumption made by the gift-givers in lines 31-34 may be?

C) Incorrect

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

C) Lines 48-50 ("As . . . consideration")

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

C) Lines 52-53 ("Please . . . Proposal")

Which choice mostly closely captures the meaning of the figurative "sixpence" refereed to in line 54?

C) Opportunity

The authors' main purpose of including the information about X-ray evidence and density is to?

C) Provide support for the authors' claims about the number of chains in a molecule of DNA.

As used in line 1 and line 53, "directly" mostly nearly means?

C) Without meditation

Woolf uses the word "we" thought the passage mainly to?

C) establish a sense of solidarity among a group of people

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

C) lines 17-18 ("For . . . ourselves")

Woolf characterizes the questions in lines 40-43 ("For . . . men") as both?

C) momentous and pressing

As it used in line 41, "convey" mostly nearly means?

D) Communication

In the second paragraph (lines 10-16), what do the authors claim to be featured of biological interest?

D) DNA consisting of two chains

The authors' use the words "exact," "specific," and "complement" in lines 38-40 in the final paragraph functions mainly to?

D) Emphasize how one chain of DNA may serve as a template to be copied during DNA replication

Woolf indicates that the procession she describes in the passage?

D) Has become less exclusionary in its membership in recent years.

Based on the table, is the percentage of adenine in each organisms DNA the same or does it vary, and which statement made by the authors is most consistent with that data?

D) It varies; "Adenine . . . thymine" (lines 34-37)

A students claims that nitrogenous bases pair randomly with one another. Which of the following statements in the passage contradicts the student's claim?

D) Lines 22-24 ("As one member . . . chains")

Which statement best describes the relationship between the passage?

D) Passage 2 express reservations about developments discussed in passage 1