Vocab
existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality
a) advent
b) aesthetic
c) abstract
d) whimsical
c) abstract
On March 10th, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln (1) signed a brief document officially promoting then-Major General Ulysses S. Grant to the rank of Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army.
Question 1
A NO CHANGE
B was signing
C were signing
D had signed
A NO CHANGE
In 1883, he placed an advertisement seeking educated, well-mannered, articulate young women between the ages of 18 and 30. Response to the advertisement was overwhelming, even tremendous, and Harvey soon replaced the male servers at his restaurants with women.
A) NO CHANGE
B) Response to the advertisement was overwhelming,
C) Overwhelming, even tremendous, was the response to the advertisement,
D) There was an overwhelming, even tremendous, response to the advertisement,
B) Response to the advertisement was overwhelming,
How long do you get for the writing section?
35 minutes
Which country is Tasmania a part of?
Australia
Use Egregious in a sentence
adj. extremely bad
After cheating on the exam, Emily began to feel as though she’d made an egregious mistake.
Trying to understand these changes (3) demonstrate that although we all technically speak English, we speak very different languages indeed.
(A) NO CHANGE
(B) demonstrate that although we all technically spoke English, we speak
(C) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we might have been speaking
(D) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we speak
(D) demonstrates that although we all technically speak English, we speak
Circadian rhythms, which are controlled by the bodies biological clocks, influence body temperature, hormone release, cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and other bodily functions.
A) NO CHANGE
B) bodies’ biological clocks’,
C) body’s biological clocks,
D) body’s biological clock’s,
C) body’s biological clocks,
How many questions is the PSAT reading section?
47 questions
What month was Julius Caesar stabbed in?
March
They’re ___ for better health care.
articulating, agitating, annihilating, brawling
Agitating
As a result, plants have, over time, lost some of these (1) mechanisms – a form of evolution.
A) mechanisms a form
B) mechanisms; which is a form
C) NO CHANGE
D) mechanisms, of which this is a form
C) NO CHANGE
The first time I visited the Art Institute of Chicago, I expected to be impressed by its famous large paintings. For example, I couldn’t wait to view painter, Georges Seurat’s, 10-foot-wide A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte in its full size.
A) NO CHANGE
B) painter, Georges Seurat’s
C) painter Georges Seurat’s,
D) painter Georges Seurat’s
D) painter Georges Seurat's
How many passages on PSAT reading?
5 total (4 single passages and 1 set of paired passages)
What are the Great Lakes?
Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior
define: Abate
v. to become less active, less intense, or less in amount
Some of these transfers are in the form of (1) predation: one organism eating another – while others are in the form of ecosystem engineering, an organism changing the environment around them.
A) predation,
B) predation;
C) predation -
D) NO CHANGE
C) predation -
Also, studies have found that those students who major in philosophy often do better than students from other majors in both verbal reasoning and analytical writing. These results can be measured by standardized test scores.
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
A) writing as
B) writing, and these results can be
C) writing, which can also be
D) writing when the results are
A) writing as
How many points are the reading/writing sections PSAT worth in total?
760 (1520 PSAT)
What is the joule a unit of?
Energy
Contrast persecute vs prosecute and precedent vs predecessor
Persecute: v. to cause suffering to
Prosecute: v. institute legal proceedings against (a person or organization).
Precedent: n. an example or subject from earlier in time.
Predecessor: n. someone who comes before you (usu. in position or office)
Typically, the ice sheet begins to show evidence of thawing in late summer, following several weeks of higher temperatures. For example, in the summer of 2012, virtually the entire Greenland Ice Sheet underwent thawing at or near its surface by mid-July, the earliest date on record.
A) NO CHANGE
B) However,
C) As such,
D) Moreover,
B) However
The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, one of Russia’s greatest art museums, has long had a productive partnership with a much loved animal: the cat. For centuries, cats have guarded this famous museum, ridding it of mice, rats, and other rodents that could damage the art, not to mention scared off visitors.
A) NO CHANGE
B) scaring
C) scare
D) have scared
C) scare
How long, on average, do you get per question on PSAT Writing?
48 seconds (44 questions, 35 minutes)
How many legs does a crab have?
10