SAT English Fall Midtrerm, 2023

SAT ENGLISH FALL MIDTERM, 2023
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1. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
The classic children’s board game Chutes and Ladders is a version of an ancient Nepalese game, Paramapada Sopanapata. In
both games, players encounter “good” or “bad” spaces while traveling along a path; landing on one of the good
spaces ______ a player to skip ahead and arrive closer to the end goal.
A) allows
B) are allowing
C) have allowed
D) allow
Artificially delivering biomolecules to plant cells ______ an important component of protecting plants from pathogens.
A) is being
B) were
C) are
D) is
Research conducted by planetary scientist Katarina Miljkovic ______ that the Moon’s surface may not accurately reflect
early impact events.
A) suggesting
B) suggests
C) suggest
D) have suggested
Many insects are iridescent, or have colors that ______ to shimmer and change when seen from different angles.
A) appears
B) appear
C) was appearing
D) to appear
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“In addition to her creative literary works, Braschi ______ academic pieces analyzing writings by Miguel de Cervantes,
Federico García Lorca, and other authors.”
A) to produce
B) produce
C) have produced
D) has produced
Atoms in a synchrotron, a type of circular particle accelerator, ______ faster and faster until they reach a desired energy
level.
A) travel
B) travels
C) travelling
D) has travelled
The award-winning book is Harris’s first novel, but her writing ______ honored before.
A) were
B) have been
C) has been
D) are
In winter, the diets of Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, ______ more by food availability than by food
preference.
A) is influenced
B) influenced
C) are influenced
D) have influenced
Gathering accurate data on water flow in the United States ______ challenging because of the country’s millions of miles
of waterways and the fact that the volume and speed of water at any given location can vary drastically over time.
A) were
B) is
C) are
D) have
Designing disorienting spaces like those in the Gins and Arakawa building ______ the most effective way to create a
physically stimulating environment.
A) are
B) being
C) is
D) have been
Following the principles of community-based participatory research, ………………………….
A) tribal nations and research institutions are equal partners in health studies conducted on reservations.
B) health studies conducted on reservations are equal partners of tribal nations and research institutions.
C) reservations were conducted on health studies by equal partners: tribal nations and research institutions.
D) tribal nations’ health studies were conducted on reservations by equal partners.
Using the case of consumer banking in Italy, …………………………………..
A) the efficiency gains over the long term realized by merged companies do result in economic benefits for consumers.
B) they show that over the long term, the efficiency gains realized by merged companies do result in economic benefits for
consumers.
C) economic benefits for consumers were resulted by merged companies over the long term.
D) merged companies’ efficiency gains resulted in economic benefits for consumers over the long term.
Believing that living in an impractical space can heighten awareness and even improve health, ………………………..
A) an apartment building was designed in Japan to be more fanciful than functional.

B) conceptual artist Madeline Gins’s design of an apartment building in Japan was more fanciful than functional.
C) design of an apartment building in Japan was more fanciful than functional.
D) conceptual artists Madeline Gins and Shusaku Arakawa designed an apartment building in Japan to be more fanciful than
functional.
In 2014, Marie Watt arranged folded blankets into two large stacks and then cast them in bronze, …………… two curving
18-foot-tall blue-bronze pillars.
A) creating
B) creates
C) created
D) was creating
To investigate the effect of lizard predation on spider populations, ……………………
A) spiders in two enclosures, one with lizards and one without, were tracked by a student for 30 days in a biology class.
B) two enclosures were placed: one with lizards and one without, tracked the number of spiders in the enclosures for 30
days.
C) a student in a biology class placed spiders in two enclosures, one with lizards and one without, and tracked the number of
spiders in the enclosures for 30 days.
D) the number of spiders in two enclosures, one with lizards and one without, was tracked by a student in a biology class for
30 days.
In assessing the films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, ……………………
A) many critics have focused on Kurosawa’s use of Western literary sources.

B) Kurosawa’s use of Western literary sources has been the focus of many critics.
C) there are many critics who have focused on Kurosawa’s use of Western literary sources.
D) the focus of many critics has been on Kurosawa’s use of Western literary sources.
Having four legs but the skull and teeth of a seal, ………………………………………….
A) the rare fossil’s early stage in the evolution of pinnipeds illustrates its land-dwelling ancestor.
B) pinnipeds’ evolution illustrates the rare fossil’s land-dwelling ancestor.
C) the rare fossil illustrates an early stage in the evolution of pinnipeds from their land-dwelling ancestors.
D) an early stage of the rare fossil illustrates the evolution of pinnipeds from their land-dwelling ancestors.
Enriquez has completed portraits of numerous Mexican Americans, ………… sculptor Luis Jimenez and writer Rudolfo
Anaya.
A) to include
B) included
C) including
D) includes
Boldly mixing elements of poetry, fiction, drama, philosophy, and manifesto, …………………..….
A) Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi’s cross-genre literature exploring themes such as immigration and independence.
B) Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi creates cross-genre literature that explores themes such as immigration and
independence.
C) themes such as immigration and independence created by Puerto Rican writer Giannina Braschi.
D) cross-genre literature that the writer Giannina Braschi creates explore themes such as immigration and independence.
Although the monkeys prefer to eat vegetation and land-dwelling invertebrates, those food sources may become unavailable
because of extensive snow and ice cover, ______ the monkeys to hunt for marine animals in any streams that have not frozen
over.
A) forces
B) to force
C) forced
D) forcing
21. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
She has indeed been able to ……….. through all the obstacles which she had to face throughout her career.
A) persevere
B) derive
C) circulate
D) implement
However, the application of these techniques involves several ………….. to the reliability and cost of the systems.
A) structures
B) constraints
C) simulations
D) maintenances
Would you trust a surgeon who lacks ………….. to remove your appendix? His lack of precision might result in the
accidental removal of your spleen.
A) precipitation
B) migration
C) accuracy
D) cultivation
Researchers, for instance, can help shape results by ………….. preferred outcomes and subtly providing conditions that favor
their development.
A) obtaining
B) adjusting
C) anticipating
D) unleashing
In addition, the chemical must be economically ………….. and must not be hazardous to the environment and other
organisms.
A) adverse
B) discrete
C) arbitrary
D) feasible
Where ownership is not committed to long-term success, the …………… for ongoing performance improvement is poor.
A) prognosis
B) per capita
C) inflation
D) ratio
The expressive theory implies that changing social structure will determine changing patterns of party ……….. .
A) allegiance
B) folklore
C) vein
D) divination
However, non-typable clones were also encountered in relatively large numbers and as could be seen from their sources, they
were also involved in …………. infections.
A) longitude
B) invasive
C) prevailing
D) tangible
Claims that money had been wasted were ………. by the chairman of the committee.
A) prejudiced
B) biased
C) denied
D) suspended
In order to identify the problems that undermined the study, a questionnaire was ………… by the lead researcher.
A) annexed
B) collapsed
C) devised
D) augmented

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SAT ENGLISH FALL MIDTERM, 2023

Using the case of consumer banking in Italy, …………………………………..

A) an apartment building was designed in Japan to be more fanciful than functional.

To investigate the effect of lizard predation on spider populations, ……………………

In assessing the films of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, ……………………

A) many critics have focused on Kurosawa’s use of Western literary sources.

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