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Poet Maya Rivera admired Langston Hughes’s use of Scientists frequently emphasize that nations aiming to
rhythm and imagery. Rivera’s collection Echoes of increase their dependence on wind energy should
Harlem includes a poem dedicated to Hughes that is a enhance their storage infrastructure; maintaining a
clear _______ of Hughes’s approach: anyone familiar substantial reserve of stored energy can help buffer the
with Hughes’s poetry would notice the similarities. effects of _______ wind power generation due to
variable wind speeds.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical
and precise word or phrase? Which choice completes the text with the most logical
and precise word or phrase?
A) forgetting
B) rejection A) developments of
C) imitation B) fluctuations in
D) opinion C) calibrations with
D) incentives for

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Residents can help boost the local economy by 4 Mohamed Fawzy—SAT & ACT English
supporting neighborhood farmers' markets instead of As noted by historian David Roberts, many digital
large supermarket chains. To support this practice, some archives created in the late 1990s to the early 2000s have
towns are _______ programs that offer discounts and become difficult to access because they rely on _______
coupons to those who buy directly from local farmers. technology (such as Java Applets, which are no longer
supported by most modern web browsers).
Which choice completes the text with the most logical
and precise word or phrase? Which choice completes the text with the most logical
and precise word or phrase?
A) instituting
B) occupying A) defunct
C) underestimating B) arcane
D) encountering C) ubiquitous
D) extraneous
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The following text is from the 1995 novel The Silent Ordinary snowflakes typically melt within minutes of
River by author Maria Rivera. The protagonist has landing, as they are quickly affected by temperature
gained widespread acclaim as a sculptor. changes and airflow. However, meteorologist Dr. Emma
Liu and her team have developed methods to slow this
As he became more successful, people began to
process, creating snowflakes that can remain intact for
insist on how he should shape his art. More and
several hours. For instance, adding a specific chemical to
more often he was encouraged to adapt his style to
the snowflakes’ structure allows them to absorb moisture
meet popular trends, and more often than not he
from the surrounding air, thus countering the effects of
did, finding it hard to resist. Those who showcased
melting.
his sculptures, who praised and bought them, and
who demanded their mass production started to Which choice best states the purpose of the underlined
determine his creative direction. portion in the text as a whole?

As used in the text, what does the word “determine” A) It describes the effects of a process devised by
most nearly mean? researchers that increases the longevity of an
object discussed in the text.
A) Conclude
B) It details the circumstances that prompted the
B) Dictate
research discussed in the text.
C) Evaluate
C) It presents a reason why the phenomenon
D) Select
discussed in the text that the researchers wanted
to avoid will inevitably occur.
D) It mentions a method discussed in the text that
researchers intend to test in future experiments.
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Generally, it takes Arctic terns about three weeks to In 1492, Martin Behaim completed one of the oldest
migrate south for the winter. From their summer known terrestrial globes, which became a significant
breeding grounds in Greenland, the birds begin their resource for both European navigators and scholars. This
journey by flying over the North Atlantic, maintaining a globe was known as the Erdapfel (Earth Apple). To
route close to the eastern coast of Canada. They rest construct the globe, Behaim combined knowledge from
briefly on the open ocean, then fly toward the Antarctic earlier maps and consulted with explorers about the new
region, eventually reaching their wintering grounds. In lands they encountered. He included descriptions of
2021, however, the terns took almost twice as long to these lands alongside the globe's illustrations.
complete their migration. According to scientists,
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
changing ocean currents were the likely cause.
A) To discuss the benefits of studying cartography
Which choice best states the function of the underlined
B) To explain how explorers charted new territories
portion in the text as a whole?
C) To describe a historical globe and how it was
A) It illustrates a change in Arctic terns’ usual flight made
behavior. D) To compare European and non-European
B) It suggests an explanation for why Arctic terns cartographic methods
migrate south.
C) It describes part of the Arctic terns’ typical
migration journey.
D) It compares Arctic terns to other birds that
migrate for the winter.
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A study by Dr. Emily Zhou and colleagues found that In the 1950s, Clara Lee became a unique figure in the
people are more likely to make generous decisions when jazz scene, a genre dominated by male musicians. Most
reminded of their past kindness before making a choice. jazz singers of the time had smooth, polished voices and
Study participants were divided into two groups. The performed with large ensembles. But Lee sang with a
experimental group spent a few minutes recalling a time husky, textured voice, often accompanied by only a
when they helped someone before making a financial single pianist. Wearing tailored suits, she would
decision. The control group, on the other hand, spent a reinterpret jazz standards that had traditionally been sung
few minutes thinking about the weather before making by men. She also adjusted these songs by performing
the same decision. Zhou and her colleagues found that them at a slower pace than other jazz singers, which
the experimental group was more generous than the allowed her to convey the emotion of the lyrics more
control group. deeply.

Which choice best describes the main purpose of the According to the text, what is one way that Lee differed
text? from other jazz singers?

A) To describe a widely held belief and how a A) She possessed a voice that was smooth and
study’s results support that belief polished.
B) To argue that researchers were surprised by the B) She avoided singing songs written from a male
results of a certain study point of view.
C) To suggest ways to improve a certain study’s C) She disliked performing jazz standards.
experimental design D) She adjusted classic songs by slowing them
D) To explain a study’s conclusion and how a down.
research team arrived at that conclusion
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Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient tablet in In her 2010 book Jazz Innovations and Social Change,
Greece that could represent one of the earliest known historian Lisa Williams analyzes recordings of jazz
examples of written language in the region. Radiocarbon performed in the 1930s by Billie Holiday and Ella
analysis at the excavation site suggests that the tablet Fitzgerald. Williams emphasizes how Holiday and
was likely inscribed between 500 and 300 BCE. Fitzgerald altered the melodies—adding playful scat
Historian Sofia Papadopoulos believes the tablet could singing and improvised rhythms. Williams’s study was
provide valuable insights into the development of early especially time-consuming because, to transcribe the
Greek writing systems. variations sung by Holiday and Fitzgerald, she had to
listen repeatedly to the old recordings, which were often
Which choice best states the main topic of the text?
distorted.
A) Wars of Ancient Greece
What does the text most strongly suggest about the
B) An ancient tablet found in Greece
songs sung by Holiday and Fitzgerald?
C) A new method for analyzing ancient artifacts
D) The research interests of Sofia Papadopoulos A) The songs have become more widely recognized
since Holiday and Fitzgerald first sang them.
B) There were more recordings made of Holiday’s
songs than there were of Fitzgerald’s.
C) There were few, if any, accurate transcriptions
of Fitzgerald’s and Holiday’s improvised
melodies when Williams began her research.
D) According to Williams, the songs sung by
Holiday were more rhythmically complex than
those sung by Fitzgerald typically were.
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Whispering Pines is a 1935 novel by Alice Carter. The Purple sea urchins are common in the rocky shores of
narrator depicts a young man as being underwhelmed by the Atlantic Ocean. At night, they move to deeper
the cabin he is visiting: _______ crevices for protection. But scientists Emma Turner and
James Lin observed that purple sea urchins remained in
Which quotation from Whispering Pines most
shallow crevices after heavy rainfall. Turner and Lin
effectively illustrates the claim?
hypothesized that a thin layer of fresh water created by
A) “His first reaction was one of disappointment; rainfall prevented the urchins from descending deeper.
the plain wooden walls and small windows To test this, they placed some urchins in a tank with just
lacked any charm.” seawater and other urchins in a similar tank with a fresh
B) “The sun poured in through the small window, water layer on top of seawater. Then, they observed the
casting a warm glow over the wooden floor.” urchins' movements at night.
C) “The door, centered perfectly on the front of the
Which finding from the experiment, if true, would most
cabin, opened up to a path lined with
directly support Turner and Lin’s hypothesis?
wildflowers.”
D) “He walked quietly across the porch and pushed A) None of the urchins moved to deeper parts of the
open the creaky door on the left.” tanks, but those in the tank with only seawater
stayed more active near the surface.
B) Urchins in the tank with only seawater moved to
the deepest part, but urchins in the other tank
stopped just below the fresh water layer.
C) Both groups of urchins moved to the deeper
parts of the tanks, but those in the tank with only
seawater moved more quickly.
D) Urchins in the tank with only seawater mostly
stayed near the surface, while urchins in the
other tank moved to just below the fresh water
layer.
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A student in Hawaii is interested in pursuing a career in

technology and decides to do some research on local
trends. The student notices that the number of jobs in
computer services in 2010 was _______

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph

to complete the statement?

A) higher than the number of jobs in technical

consulting services, and in 2019 was about the
same as the number of jobs in engineering
services.
B) about the same as the number of jobs in
engineering services, and in 2019 was about the
same as the number of jobs in technical
consulting services.
C) lower than the number of jobs in engineering
services, but in 2019 was higher than the number
of jobs in engineering services.
D) about the same as the number of jobs in
technical consulting services, but in 2019 was
lower than the number of jobs in technical
consulting service
 16 Mohamed Fawzy—SAT & ACT English Which choice best describes data in the graph that
support the researchers’ conclusion?

A) None of the three groups’ average humility

scores exceeded 3.5.
B) The managers in the control group exhibited
only slightly less humility on average than the
managers in the two experimental groups did.
C) The managers who reflected on a past mistake
that resulted in learning exhibited more humility
on average than the managers in the other two
groups did.
D) All three groups exhibited less humility on
average than the researchers expected.

Jia Hu and colleagues hypothesized that workplace

leaders who reflect on lessons learned from past
mistakes are likely to exhibit more humility than leaders
who don’t engage in such reflection. To test this, the
team placed 301 managers in one of three groups.
Participants in two experimental groups were asked to
reflect on a mistake, one group focusing on a mistake
that resulted in learning and the other group focusing on
a mistake that didn’t result in learning. Participants in a
control group were asked to reflect on their daily routine.
All the participants then described how they would
respond to a workplace scenario. After evaluating the
responses for evidence of humility, the researchers
concluded that their hypothesis was correct.
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If a plant species has been extinct for thousands of years, Silicon-based solar panels dominate the market,
how can scientists figure out its original flower color? A accounting for 90% of all installations, but they convert
team of researchers developed a potential solution. only about 18–22% of incoming sunlight into electricity.
When they studied the fossilized petals of an extinct In an effort to address this limitation, a research team led
flower, they discovered preserved pigment structures by Dr. Alan Kim discovered that adding a thin film of
called chromoplasts. Chromoplasts store pigments that the mineral cadmium telluride—which captures shorter
give flowers their color. Since chromoplasts have wavelengths of light, while silicon captures longer
different shapes depending on the pigments they contain, wavelengths—allows the cells to convert up to 28% of
the researchers hypothesized that they could _______ the Sun’s energy into usable electricity. Panels using
only cadmium telluride, however, perform similarly to
Which choice most logically completes the text?
silicon-only panels. It’s reasonable to conclude, then,
A) show how chromoplasts can be found in fossils that _______
of other ancient plants.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
B) determine the colors of the flower based on the
appearance of the chromoplasts in the petals. A) solar panels with both silicon and cadmium
C) explain why the chromoplasts in the petals were telluride are more efficient because they capture
so well preserved. a wider range of light.
D) identify the colors of ancient plants whose B) solar panels with only cadmium telluride and no
fossils lack chromoplasts. silicon would likely convert more than 28% of
the Sun’s energy.
C) solar power will remain inefficient until silicon-
based cells are replaced with newer
technologies.
D) researchers need to further study cadmium
telluride’s effects on overall panel performance.
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In 1971, a stagehand accidentally dropped legendary To explain the concept of inertia, imagine two
guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s favorite guitar, causing a dent in skateboarders: one riding steadily down a hill, the other
its body. When Hendrix tested the damaged instrument, skating back and forth on a flat surface. The rules of
he realized that he _______ sound of the altered guitar physics apply equally to both _______ motion relative to
over that of an undamaged one. the ground. But, what, physicists ask, happens when
friction is removed?
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
the conventions of Standard English? Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
the conventions of Standard English?
A) preferred; the
B) preferred the A) skateboarders’, regardless of they’re
C) preferred, the B) skateboarders, regardless of there
D) preferred. The C) skateboarder’s, regardless of their
D) skateboarders, regardless of their

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From 1980 to 2005, Maria Sanchez owned and operated 22 Mohamed Fawzy—SAT & ACT English
the magazine El Sol. While it was under Sanchez’s Wattage is a unit of measurement used to determine how
leadership, El Sol _______ one of the most widely read much power an electrical device consumes. The
Spanish-language magazines in the region. measurement is based on how much and how quickly
electrical energy is _______ one watt is equivalent to the
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
power needed to move one ampere of current across a
the conventions of Standard English?
potential difference of one volt.
A) will become
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
B) became
the conventions of Standard English?
C) is becoming
D) to become A) moved, for example,
B) moved,
C) moved; for example,
D) moved
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Hydropunk is a speculative art genre that envisions The interaction between proteins and enzymes shows
water-powered technology integrated seamlessly into how molecules with similar structures can perform
modern urban landscapes. In Lee Tao’s hydropunk short different _______ whereas proteins are made of amino
story “Flow,” an advanced water turbine system, acids arranged in long chains, enzymes are specialized
distributing energy through a complex array of pipes and proteins that catalyze specific chemical reactions in the
currents, _______ New York City’s energy network. body.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to
the conventions of Standard English? the conventions of Standard English?

A) have been powering A) functions

B) power B) functions,
C) powers C) functions and,
D) are powering D) functions:

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Prism is a 1990 painting by the French artist Jean To build the first weather prediction models, scientists
Dupont. Like many of Dupont’s works, Prism, which needed to create a detailed mathematical representation
depicts a diver cutting through colorful beams of light, of atmospheric patterns, including the influence of wind
aims to explore the entire visible light _______ sporting and temperature. _______ it was meteorologist Dr. June
reflective swim gear, the diver glides through a spectrum Peters who designed the software that could execute
of hues that dance across the water. these complex calculations.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to Which choice completes the text with the most logical
the conventions of Standard English? transition?

A) spectrum A) Ultimately,
B) spectrum: B) In other words,
C) spectrum while C) Secondly,
D) spectrum, while D) In addition,
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In 1943, the 800-mile Burma Road was constructed in Observing that plants grew poorly in air that had been
less than a year, largely due to the efforts of over 5,000 enclosed for too long, eighteenth-century botanists did
Chinese laborers who worked alongside Allied forces. not conclude that carbon dioxide was harmful to plants;
The workers’ efforts went largely unrecognized for instead, many believed that the air had become
decades. _______ in 2019, the government established oversaturated with a substance they called “fixed air.”
“Burma Road Remembrance Day” to honor those who _______ when Jan Ingenhousz demonstrated
helped complete this crucial supply route. photosynthesis in 1779, he showed that plants actually
absorb carbon dioxide.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical
transition? Which choice completes the text with the most logical
transition?
A) Lastly,
B) Then, A) In other words,
C) Similarly, B) For this reason,
D) For example, C) Alternatively,
D) Nevertheless,

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The Oceanic Sound Lab in California specializes in
creating audio-based interpretations of oceanic changes.
One such project integrates recordings of whale songs
with data tracking ocean temperatures. As the water
warms, the pitch of the whale songs shifts; _______
listeners can “hear” the effects of climate change on
marine life.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical

transition?

A) furthermore,
B) by comparison,
C) for instance,
D) thus,
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the While researching a topic, a student has taken the
following notes: following notes:

 Giant pandas are native to China.  Impressionism is an art movement that emphasizes
light and color through loose brushwork.
 They inhabit six mountain ranges in central China.
 Claude Monet is a French painter known for his
 These mountain ranges are part of protected nature
Impressionist works.
reserves.
 “By focusing on natural light, I try to capture a
The student wants to emphasize how many mountain
moment as it is experienced,” he says about his
ranges in China have giant pandas living in them. Which
technique.
choice most effectively uses relevant information from
the notes to accomplish this goal?  His work often depicts landscapes, such as gardens
and water lilies.
A) Giant pandas, native to China, are found in
protected nature reserves.  Monet’s painting Water Lilies (1906) portrays a
B) Giant pandas are known for living in pond with reflections of light on the water’s surface.
mountainous regions in central China.
The student wants to provide a quotation from Monet
C) Only six mountain ranges in central China have
that explains why he used his technique in Water Lilies.
giant pandas living in them.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information
D) There are protected nature reserves in central
from the notes to accomplish this goal?
China where giant pandas live.
A) In painting Water Lilies, Monet applied
Impressionism to capture a moment with natural
light and reflections.
B) Impressionism, the technique used in Monet’s
Water Lilies, involves loose brushwork and
vibrant colors.
C) In Water Lilies, Monet uses a technique that he
says involves “focusing on natural light to
capture a moment.”
D) Water Lilies portrays Monet’s reflections on
nature as he sees them: “a serene, ever-changing
scene.”
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While researching a topic, a student has taken the While researching a topic, a student has taken the
following notes: following notes:

 Frankenstein is a novel by Mary Shelley published  David Chen is a curator at the National Gallery in
in 1818. Washington, D.C.

 In Frankenstein, the character Victor is often  He curated the gallery’s 2019 exhibition Rising
depicted as a tragic hero. Voices: Contemporary Asian American Art.

 Victor’s Confession is a 2021 novel by John Smith.  This exhibition featured works by eight emerging
Asian American artists.
 The novel is a retelling of Frankenstein from
Victor’s point of view.  He curated the gallery’s 2021 exhibition Modern
Echoes: Japanese Prints and American Art, 1900-
 It often portrays Victor as misunderstood.
1950.
The student wants to emphasize whose point of view the
 This exhibition included over 150 works by early
novel is told from. Which choice most effectively uses
twentieth-century Japanese and American artists.
relevant information from the notes to accomplish this
goal? The student wants to describe the exhibition that Chen
curated in 2019. Which choice most effectively uses
A) From the point of view of Frankenstein, the
relevant information from the notes to accomplish this
character Victor is often a tragic figure.
goal?
B) John Smith often portrays the character as
misunderstood. A) Held at the National Gallery, the exhibition
C) Victor’s Confession is a retelling of Modern Echoes: Japanese Prints and American
Frankenstein from the character Victor’s point Art, 1900-1950 included over 150 works by
of view. early twentieth-century Japanese and American
D) Frankenstein is a novel that features the artists.
character Victor. B) Rising Voices: Contemporary Asian American
Art, an exhibition at the National Gallery,
featured works by eight emerging Asian
American artists.
C) In both 2019 and 2021, David Chen curated
exhibitions at the National Gallery in
Washington, D.C.
D) While one exhibition that David Chen curated
featured works by emerging artists, another
included works by early twentieth-century
artists.
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