Bluebook SAT Test Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice 2

Question 1

Passage: "The architect's design was both _____ and functional; it drew visitors with its striking silhouette while offering efficient use of interior space." Which word best completes the sentence?

Accepted Answer

aesthetic

Answer

'Aesthetic' means visually pleasing, which fits the description of a design that attracts visitors with its appearance.

Question 2

Passage: "Coral reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor yet support approximately 25% of all marine species." Which conclusion is best supported by this data?

Accepted Answer

Coral reefs are disproportionately important to marine biodiversity.

Answer

Supporting 25% of marine species while covering only 1% of the floor shows reefs provide outsized biodiversity value.

Question 3

Select the option that best improves the underlined portion: 'The committee, which had been meeting for several months, they finally reached a unanimous decision.'

Accepted Answer

The committee, which had been meeting for several months, finally reached a unanimous decision.

Answer

The original has a redundant pronoun 'they'; removing it eliminates the subject-repetition error.

Question 4

Text 1 claims that social media increases political polarization. Text 2 presents a study showing that most users rarely engage with political content on social media. What is the relationship between the texts?

Accepted Answer

Text 2 challenges the premise underlying Text 1's claim.

Answer

If most users don't engage with political content, Text 2 questions whether social media truly drives polarization as Text 1 claims.

Question 5

Passage: "The novelist's earlier work was characterized by spare prose and minimalist settings; her later novels, by contrast, embraced elaborate description and richly layered narratives." The passage primarily serves to:

Accepted Answer

Contrast the stylistic evolution of the novelist's writing across two periods.

Answer

The passage explicitly contrasts earlier and later stylistic traits using the phrase 'by contrast.'

Bluebook SAT Practice Test

Bluebook SAT Practice Test

Bluebook SAT Test Digital SAT Reading and Writing Practice 2