Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The archaeologist enjoyed the ------- life she led while gathering artifacts; she never stayed at any one site long enough to get bored.
A machine can insert letters in envelopes at the rate of 120 per minute. Another machine can stamp the envelopes at the rate of 3 per second. How many such stamping machines are needed to keep up with 18 inserting machines of this kind?
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
| Wynton Marsalis | emerged as | one of the great |
| A |
| trumpeters | of | the late twentieth century, | winning |
| B | C |
| Grammy awards for both his jazz | and even |
| D |
| classical works. | No error |
| E |
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
To Judith, traveling was ------- ; her sister, however, looked upon each trip as an ------- experience.
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Scientists are studying the birth and growth of thunderstorms to discover what causes the difference between showers that enable crops to ------- and ------- storms that cause floods and erosions.
Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.
Enrico Caruso sang opera in Italy before traveling to the United States, then he gave his first performance at the Metropolitan Opera in November 1903.
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The ------- of drug-resistant strains of bacteria and viruses has ------- researchers’ hopes that permanent victories against many diseases have been achieved.
Ten cars containing a total of 32 people passed through a checkpoint. If none of these cars contained more than 4 people, what is the greatest possible number of these cars that could have contained exactly 2 people?
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
| An | abundant supply of milk | from | dairy farms |
| A | B |
| nearby | make | the Bern region of Switzerland |
| C |
| a leading producer | of condensed milk and milk |
| D |
| chocolate. | No error |
| E |
Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.
The quadratic function ƒ is graphed in the xy-plane above. If ƒ(x) 
u for all values of x, which of the following could be the coordinates of point P?
Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The committee’s report was entirely ------- ; those who ------- it did so with the deliberate intent of damaging my reputation.
The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.
| When | people gave up the hunter-gatherer way |
| A |
| of life and began to cultivate the soil and grow |
| their food, they often | became less mobile | , built |
| B |
| more substantial residences, and | they developed |
| C |
| more effective means | of storage. | No error |
| D | E |
Part of the following sentence is underlined; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.
In Costa Rica, coffee, from the highlands, and bananas, produced mainly in the Caribbean lowlands, as the most important crops, they account for nearly half the total value of all exports.
