The College Board ? of the Day

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 Queen Elizabeth I impressed her contemporaries: she seemed to know what dignitaries and foreign leaders were thinking.

1. symbiosis


2. malevolence


3. punctiliousness


4. consternation


5. perspicacity

College Board ? of the Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

To some scholars of medieval Britain, the legendary King Arthur is a genuine historical figure, while to others he and his Round Table are nothing more than ------- of myth and romance.

1. harbingers


2. trifles


3. spoilers


4. figments


5. inventors

College Board ? of the Day

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.

Their part of the reconstruction process that followed the Second World War, the nations of Western Europe took steps toward achieving greater political and economic integration.

1. Their


2. The


3. It was


4. As


5. On

Hint
Try rearranging the sentence, beginning with “The nations of Western Europe” and moving the information about reconstruction to the end.

College Board ? of the Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

A dictatorship ------- its citizens to be docile and finds it expedient to make outcasts of those who do not ------- .

1. forces . . rebel


2. expects . . disobey


3. requires . . conform


4. allows . . withdraw


5. forbids . . agree

Hint
Think carefully about the standard dictionary definitions of the important words in the sentence. And remember that small words such as not can make a big difference. When you pick your answers, read the entire sentence with the blanks filled in to be sure that it makes sense.

College Board ? of the Day

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If p is an odd integer, which of the following is an even integer?

1. p – 2


2. p²


3. p² > – 2


4. (p – 2)²


5. p² – p

Hint
Anytime you square an odd integer, the result will be odd. (Think of 32 = 9, 52 = 25, and 112 = 121.)

Anytime you add 2 to an odd integer, or subtract 2, the result will be odd. (Think of 51 + 2, 19 – 2, and 101 – 2.)

College Board ? of the Day

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.

Like (A) areas in and around (B) the Rocky Mountains,
the Western Basins and Plateau Region of the United States offer (C) much for (D) the tourist.
No Error (E)

1. (A)


2. (B)


3. (C)


4. (D)


5. (E)

College Board ? of the Day

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The research is so ------- that it leaves no part of the issue unexamined.

1. comprehensive


2. rewarding


3. sporadic


4. economical


5. problematical