Expression of Ideas
“O2 Arena,” an award-winning science fiction story by Nigerian author Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, takes place in an alternate version of Nigeria where breathable air is a rare commodity that is owned and sold by companies. ______blank people must purchase it with currency called O2 credits.
as a result, nevertheless, in any case, earlier
As a result
Some foraging models predict that the distance bees travel when foraging will decline as floral density increases, but biologists Shalene Jha and Claire Kremen showed that bees’ behavior is inconsistent with this prediction if flowers in dense patches are ______blank: bees will forage beyond patches of low species richness to acquire multiple resource types.
depleted, homogeneous, immature, dispersed
homogeneous
Stomata, tiny pore structures in a leaf that absorb gases needed for plant growth, open when guard cells surrounding each pore swell with water. In a pivotal 2007 article, plant cell ________ showed that lipid molecules called phosphatidylinositol phosphates are responsible for signaling guard cells to open stomata.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
A. biologist, Yuree Lee
B. biologist Yuree Lee,
C. biologist Yuree Lee
D. biologist, Yuree Lee,
C. biologist Yuree Lee
A second-generation Japanese American, Wataru Misaka ______blank in World War II (1941-45) and won two amateur national basketball championships at the University of Utah when he joined the New York Knicks for the 1947-48 season, becoming the first non-white basketball player in the US’s top professional league.
already served
was already serving
already serves
had already saved
had already saved
What does RAP stand for?
Read Analyze Predict
A blend of gabardine and wool, the material for Elvis Presley’s Gold Vine jumpsuit was flexible enough to allow the singer to perform his signature dance moves. ______blank the added weight of the suit’s swirling vines made of gold rhinestones likely limited Elvis’s mobility to some degree.
however, for this reason, firstly, in other words
however
The Polynesian languages, a group of related languages originating on islands in the Pacific, typically have ______blank array of consonant sounds. For example, the Mangareva language of the South Pacific has nine consonants, and ‘Ōlelo Hawai‘i, the language of the Native Hawaiian people, has eight. Globally, however, the median number of consonants per language is over twenty-two.
modest, pungent, musical, unvarying
modest
The National Heritage Fellowship was created to publicly ______blank exceptional folk and traditional artists in the United States. In 2015, the fellowship was given to the circus aerialist (mid-air acrobat) Dolly Jacobs to celebrate her lifetime contributions to the arts.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
startle
recognize
familiarize
convey
recognize
Since the nineteenth century, Egyptologists have commonly divided ancient Egyptian history into three primary ______blank Old Kingdom (2700–2200 BCE), the Middle Kingdom (2050–1800 BCE), and the New Kingdom (1550–1100 BCE). Some historians, however, criticize the names of these periods for revealing more about the culture of the mainly European Egyptologists than that of ancient Egypt itself.
periods. The
periods: the
periods; the
periods, the
periods: the
What should be the way we approach the Reading Module?
First 5 vocab questions, skip to grammar, and then do the main idea questions. (Jeremy Method)
First 5 vocab questions, skip to the end and work backwards (Shruti Method)
On March 3, 1991, Switzerland’s government lowered the minimum voting age for its citizens from 20 to 18 years old. ______blank many people in Switzerland gained a new opportunity to participate in their country’s political process.
nevertheless, as a result, by contrast, similarly
As a result
As an undergraduate researcher in anthropology, Jennifer C. Chen contributed to a groundbreaking study challenging the accepted view that among prehistoric peoples, female participation in hunting was ______blank. The research team’s review of data from late Pleistocene and early Holocene burials in the Americas revealed that, in fact, as many as half of the hunters in those populations were female.
inevitable, satisfactory, commonplace, negligible
negligible
His methods were, first, the modest declaration of his own ignorance-which imperceptibly flattered the other man and made him eager to explain to such an intelligent but naive inquirer; second, his adaptability-which showed him the side on which each man could be best approached; and, third, his unfailing good humor-which allowed him always to keep the conversation going and at crises, when the other lost his temper, to dominate it.
As used in the text, what does the word "naive" most nearly mean?
A. Innocent
B. Guileless
C. Uninformed
D. Credulous
C. Uninformed
Mia Heavener’s 2019 novel Under Nushagak Bluff, which takes place in a mid-twentieth-century rural Alaskan fishing ______blank the story of three Yup’ik women who grapple with the rise of commercial fisheries and other changes affecting their community.
village. Tells
village tells
village: tells
village, tells
village, tells
Hint: they separate independent clauses.
Semicolon and Period
Researchers believe that pieces of hull found off Oregon’s coast are from a Spanish cargo ship that was lost in 1697. Stories passed down among the area’s Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians support this belief. ______ Siletz stories describe how blocks of beeswax, an item the ship had been carrying, began washing ashore after the ship was lost.
for this reason, however, likewise, for example
for example
Rejecting the premise that the literary magazine Ebony and Topaz (1927) should present a unified vision of Black American identity, editor Charles S. Johnson fostered his contributors’ diverse perspectives by promoting their authorial autonomy. Johnson’s self-effacement diverged from the editorial stances of W.E.B. Du Bois and Alain Locke, whose decisions for their publications were more ______blank.
dogmatic, proficient, ambiguous, unpretentious
dogmatic
"Valia” is a 1907 short story by Leonid Andreyev. In the story, the author emphasizes that the setting where the character Valia is reading is nearly silent: ______blank
Which quotation from “Valia” most effectively illustrates the claim?
“The hand in which he carried his book was getting stiff with cold, but he would not ask his mother to take the book from him.”
“Valia was reading a huge, very huge book, almost half as large as himself.”
“Valia approached the window and examined the toys.”
“Everything in the room was quiet, so quiet that the only thing to be heard was the rustling of the pages he turned.”
“Everything in the room was quiet, so quiet that the only thing to be heard was the rustling of the pages he turned.”
Every last second of space shuttle mission STS-79, which lasted ten days and three hours, ______blank carefully monitored by a team of experts.
have been
are
was
were
was
How do we navigate hard words in context questions?
Read, Generate Comparison Word, Eliminate
(EBK: wake up early and check out official Reddit SAT thread for the words found on the test)