SAT 09/16/23 Exam Reading Test

Reading Test
65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS
Directions: Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or
graph).

1. Which choice best describes what happens in the passage?

2. Which choice best describes the developmental pattern of the passage?

3. As used in line 1 and line 65, “directly” most nearly means

4. Which reaction does Akira most fear from Chie?

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

6. In the passage, Akira addresses Chie with

7. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to

8. As used in line 2, “form” most nearly means

9. Why does Akira say his meeting with Chie is “a matter of urgency” (line 32)? 

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

11. The authors most likely use the examples in lines 1-9 of the passage (“Every… showers”) to highlight the

12. In line 10, the word “ambivalent” most nearly means

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

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

15. The “social psychologists” mentioned in paragraph 2 (lines 17-34) would likely describe the “deadweight loss” phenomenon as

16. The passage indicates that the assumption made by gift-givers in lines 41-44 may be

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

18. As it is used in line 54, “convey” most nearly means

19. The authors refer to work by Camerer and others (line 56) in order to

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

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

22. The authors use the word “backbone” in lines 3 and 39 to indicate that

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

24. In the second paragraph (lines 12-19), what do the authors claim to be a feature of biological interest?

25. The authors’ main purpose of including the information about X-ray evidence and density is to

26. Based on the passage, the authors’ statement “If a pair consisted of two purines, for example, there would not be room for it” (lines 29-30) implies that a pair

27. The authors’ use of the words “exact,” “specific,” and “complement” in lines 47-49 in the final paragraph functions mainly to

28. Based on the table and passage, which choice gives the correct percentages of the purines in yeast DNA?

29. Do the data in the table support the authors’ proposed pairing of bases in DNA? 

30. 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?

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

32. The main purpose of the passage is to

33. The central claim of the passage is that

34. Woolf uses the word “we” throughout the passage mainly to

35. According to the passage, Woolf chooses the setting of the bridge because it

36. Woolf indicates that the procession she describes in the passage

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

38. Woolf characterizes the questions in lines 53-57 (“For we… men”) as both

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

40. Which choice most closely captures the meaning of the figurative “sixpence” referred to in lines 70 and 71?

41. The range of places and occasions listed in lines 72-76 (“Let us… funerals”) mainly serves to emphasize how

42. In lines 9-17, the author of Passage 1 mentions several companies primarily to

43. The author of Passage 1 indicates that space mining could have which positive effect?

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

45. As used in line 19, “demands” most nearly means

46. What function does the discussion of water in lines 35-40 serve in Passage 1? 

47. The central claim of Passage 2 is that space mining has positive potential but

48. As used in line 68, “hold” most nearly means

49. Which statement best describes the relationship between the passages?

50. The author of Passage 2 would most likely respond to the discussion of the future of space mining in lines 18-28, Passage 1, by claiming that such a future

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

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