The document provides examples of SAT reading comprehension questions from May 5th through May 9th, 2014. The questions cover identifying the word that best fits in a sentence, improving sentence structure by selecting the best phrasing of underlined portions, identifying grammatical errors, and choosing words to complete analogies in sentences.
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Week of May 5-9
1. SAT Question & Word of the Day – 5/5/14
Choose the word or set of words
that, when inserted in the
sentence, best fits the meaning of
the sentence as a whole.
Her vague sense of ------- grew
into anxiety and then alarm when
she discovered that her initial
doubts about the success of the
undertaking were well founded.
(A) foreboding
(B) remorse
(C) anticipation
(D) intrigue
(E) complacency
2. SAT Question & Word of the Day – 5/6/14
Part or all 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.
Listening to good storybooks sharpen
children's awareness and appreciation
for the sounds of spoken language.
(A) sharpen children's awareness
(B) sharpens children's awareness of
(C) are what sharpens the awareness of
children
(D) sharpens the awareness of children
(E) is to sharpen children's awareness
3. SAT Question & Word of the Day – 5/7/14
Part or all 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.
They determine the color and flavor of
honey by the flowers from which the
nectar is taken.
•(A) They determine the color and flavor
of honey by the
•(B) Honey’s color and flavor is
determined by which
•(C) Honey’s color and flavor determined
by those
•(D) The color of honey, and its flavor,
determined by the
•(E) The color and flavor of honey are
determined by the
4. SAT Question & Word of the Day – 5/8/14
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.
Although Mrs. Griffin has not
A
previously been very enthusiastic
about preparing her students for
B
the annual piano competition, she
put in extra time this year to ensure
C
that her star pupil would win first
D
prize. No error.
E
5. SAT Question & Word of the Day – 5/9/14
Choose the word or set of words
that, when inserted in the
sentence, best fits the meaning of
the sentence as a whole.
The world, accustomed to -------
whenever governments change
hands, expected rioting and
bloodshed; but the transition of
power was remarkably ------- .
•(A) turmoil . . chaotic
•(B) harmony . . orderly
•(C) ceremony . . solemn
•(D) violence . . uneventful
Editor's Notes
The error in this sentence is (C): the word "heavy" in the phrase "heavy veiled" should not be in the form of an adjective but in the adverbial form since it is used to modify the participle "veiled." The correct sentence reads: Maude Adams, after her spectacular triumph as the original Peter Pan, went about heavily veiled and was accessible to only a handful of intimate friends.
The error in this sentence is (C): the word "heavy" in the phrase "heavy veiled" should not be in the form of an adjective but in the adverbial form since it is used to modify the participle "veiled." The correct sentence reads: Maude Adams, after her spectacular triumph as the original Peter Pan, went about heavily veiled and was accessible to only a handful of intimate friends.
