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Open Mock SAT Sample Paper :
SAT – I (REASONING TEST)
General Directions
TIMING :
** You will have 3 hours and 45 minutes to work on this test.
** There are TEN separately timed sections. (We have included ONLY 4 Sections viz. Essay, Writing, Critical Reading and Quant in the sample paper, whereas on the USA UnivQuest Open Mock Test there will be 10 sections, the way the Actual SAT – I (Reasoning) Test is designed.
** One 25-minute essay
** Six other 25-minute sections
** Two 20-minute sections
** One 10-minute section
** You may work on only one section at a time.
** The supervisor will tell you when to begin and end each section.
** If you finish a section before time is called, check your work on that section. You may NOT turn to any other section.
** Work as rapidly as you can without losing accuracy. Don’t waste time on questions that seem too difficult for you.
SAT 1 REASONING TEST
ESSAY SAMPLE PAPER FOR OPEN MOCK SAT CLASS – XII
SECTION 1
ESSAY
Time – 25 minutes
The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet – you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.
Important Reminders:
** A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero.
** Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet.
** An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.
** If your essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be canceled.
SAT 1 REASONING TEST
WRITING SAMPLE PAPER FOR OPEN MOCK SAT CLASS – XII
SECTION 4
Time — 25 minutes
35 Questions
Turn to Section 6 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet
The following sentences test correctness and effectiveness of expression. Part of each sentence or the entire sentence is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material. Choice A repeats the original phrasing; the other four choices are different. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A; if not, select one of the other choices. In making your selection, follow the requirements of standard written English; that is, pay attention to grammar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctuation. Your selection should result in the most effective sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity.
1. The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program in an effort to encourage minority women to think about careers in publishing and electronic media.
(A) The Women’s Media Group recently launching an intern program
(B) The Women’s Media Group recently would launch an intern program
(C) Recently launching an intern program, the Women’s Media Group
(D) The Women’s Media Group recently launched an intern program
(E) An intern program recently launched by the Women’s Media Group
2. Bears in Yosemite National Park have been known to break into cars for food, candy, or even toothpaste, since such is the case, most campers heed posted warnings about the animals.
(A) toothpaste, since such is the case, most campers heed posted warnings about the animals
(B) toothpaste, with most campers therefore heeding posted warnings about the animals
(C) toothpaste, most campers heed posted warnings about the animals as a result
(D) toothpaste; and most campers heed posted warnings about the animals because of that
(E) toothpaste; therefore, most campers heed posted warnings about the animals
3. The annual National Concrete Canoe Competition attracts teams of engineering students having designed canoes that promote the versatility of concrete.
(A) having designed
(B) who have designed
(C) for designing
(D) to be designing
(E) and they designed
4. Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, being Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(A) Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, being Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(B) Anna Freud adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children, and she was Sigmund Freud’s daughter.
(C) Anna Freud, who as Sigmund Freud’s daughter adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
(D) Being Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud’s daughter adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
(E) Anna Freud, Sigmund Freud’s daughter, adapted classical psychoanalytic technique to the treatment of young children.
5. Mindful of the growing popularity of backyard compost piles among home gardeners, experts warn that adding meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost will attract vermin.
(A) experts warn that adding meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost will
(B) adding meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost, this is what experts warn will
(C) and with warnings from experts that adding meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost will
(D) warnings from experts concerning the addition of meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost will
(E) experts warning that adding meat, dairy products, or cooking grease to compost would
6. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of an independent India, was a foe of colonialism, an advocate of civil disobedience, and a master of political oratory.
(A) was a foe of colonialism, an advocate of civil disobedience, and a master of
(B) was a foe of colonialism, an advocate of civil disobedience, and mastering
(C) was a foe of colonialism, advocated civil disobedience, and a master of
(D) was a foe of colonialism, an advocate of civil disobedience, and he mastered
(E) fought colonialism, was an advocate of civil disobedience, mastering
7. Strong wind, it having swept almost unchecked over great distances, is a prime component of the grassland climate.
(A) it having swept almost unchecked over great distances,
(B) sweeping almost unchecked over great distances,
(C) being almost unchecked, will sweep over great distances, for it
(D) with almost unchecked sweeping over great distances,
(E) swept over great distances and almost unchecked,
8. Although she wrote 2,000 years ago, the Roman poet Sulpicia is still being read: her poems are available in English translation in a number of anthologies.
(A) read: her poems are
(B) read, her poems are
(C) read; her poems being
(D) read: her poems are being
(E) read, yet her poems are
9. The apparently chaotic images in certain types of contemporary painting strike many viewers as both confusing but delightfully original.
(A) but
(B) but also
(C) yet
(D) and as
(E) and
10. The director’s insistence that there be adequate stage lighting and professionally installed backdrops in the theater was not obstinate but a determination to provide a safe work environment for the actors and stage crew.
(A) was not obstinate but a determination
(B) was not obstinate but determined
(C) was not because of obstinacy, he was determined
(D) resulted not from obstinacy, but he was determined
(E) resulted not from obstinacy but from a determination
11. Researchers have found that large fish are most likely to contain high levels of mercury than small fish.
(A) are most likely to contain high levels of mercury than small fish
(B) are more likely to contain high levels of mercury compared to small fish
(C) are more likely than small fish to contain high levels of mercury
(D) compared with small fish most likely contain high levels of mercury
(E) more likely contain higher levels of mercury than in small fish