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Today's SAT I: Reasoning Test is a three-hour test of verbal and mathematical
reasoning ability that reflects the latest knowledge of mental measurement and
generates scores related to academic success in college. The test is primarily
multiple-choice, but each question must pass a series of rigorous statistical
and sensitivity reviews before it becomes operational. This year, more than
2.2 million students in the U.S. and 100 foreign countries sent SAT scores to
more than 3,000 colleges and universities. Every fall, the College Board
publishes demographic, socioeconomic and academic data on 1.1 million high
school seniors with SAT scores -- a population about the size of the new
freshman class at all four-year institutions.
The web site http://www.the-big-test.com/ has sample questions from the original
SAT, and from the contemporary SAT, with instant scoring, if you'd like to try
your hand at both.
And here are some more sample questions from the 1999 SAT:
6. The general view of gorillas as menacing, ferocious King Kongs was not
successfully until Diane Fossey's field studies in
the 1960's showed gorillas to be peaceable, rather fainthearted creatures,
unlikely to humans.
(A) counteracted . . please
(B) enhanced . . murder
(C) verified . . attack
(D) dispelled . .captivate
(E) challenged . . threaten
7. The quotation attributing to the mayor the view that funds for police
services should be cut was ; it completely
the mayor's position that more police should be hired.
(A) inflammatory . . justified
(B) abbreviated . . curtailed
(C) meticulous . . misstated
(D) egregious . . underscored
(E) spurious . . misrepresented
8. A is concerned not with whether a political program is
liberal or conservative but with whether it will work.
(A) radical (B) utopian (C) pragmatist D) partisan (E) reactionary
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