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with this full-length tice PSAT/NMSOT" Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test Timing The PSAT/NMSQT® has five sections You will have 25 minutes each for Scoring For each correct answer, you receive one point For questions you omit, you Sections 1-4 and 30 minutes for Section receive no points For a wrong answer to a multiple-choice question, you lose a quarter (1%) of a point For a wrong answer to a math question that is not multiple choice, you not lose any points Make time to take the Practice Test It is the best way to get chances Guessing If you can eliminate one or more choices as wrong, you increase your of choosing the correct answer and earning one point If you cannot eliminate any choices, move on You can return to the question later if there is time ready for the PSAT/NMSOT You must mark all of your answers on your answer sheet to receive credit Marking Make sure each mark is dark and completely fills the circle If you erase, Answers so completely You may write in the test book, but you will not receive credit for anything you write there ~ Checking Answers You may check your work on a particular section if you finish it before time is called, but you may not turn to any other section , DO NOT OPEN THE TEST BOOK UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO! Ị Unauthorized reproduction or use of any part of this test is prohibited Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test cosponsored by © CollegeBoard / NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP CORPORATION AIPT1 2014 PSAT/NMSOT Student Guide: Practice Test TAKE THE PRACTICE TEST Take the Practice Test on the following pages to become familiar with the kinds of questions (critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills) on the PSAT/NMSQT The test you take in October will be similar, containing sections: critical reading questions in sections, mathematics questions in sections, and writing skills questions in section Set aside time to take the entire test; you'll need about hours and 10 minutes Use the practice answer sheet on pages and Have your calculator available for the math sections After the test, check your answers to see how you scored TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES Try these out when you take the Practice Test: w@ Expect easy questions at the beginning of each set of sentence completion questions (in the critical m Try guessing when you can eliminate at least one answer to a multiple-choice question reading sections) and math questions Within a Mark your answers in the correct row of circles on the answer sheet Be especially careful if you set, questions generally get harder as you go along However, sets of passage-based reading questions skip questions (in the critical reading sections) and writing skills questions are not necessarily arranged by difficulty ® Earn as many points as you can on easy questions For each correct answer you receive one point, no matter how hard or easy the questions are Beware of careless errors on questions you know how to answer @ You don’t have to answer every question You can well even though you omit some questions = Work steadily Don't waste time on a question that is hard for you If you can’t answer it, mark it in your test book and go on Go back to it later if there is time Bring a watch with you to help with pacing Write your answers to math questions 29-38 in the boxes above the circles, Then enter your _ answer accurately and as completely as the grid will accommodate You MUST grid the correct answer in the circles to receive credit If the correct answer is written above the grid, but the incorrect circles are marked, the answer is incorrect A common mistake is marking two circles in the same column, so be sure to double-check your grids You not lose points for a wrong answer to a Student-Produced Response Question we UseaNo pencil VV V PP Follow instructions for grids ®: ì ` Mark only one answer to each question ODOC Erase completely if you change a response wrong column - 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to both labor and management (A) 4, There has been a recent - of interest in the art of painter Yayoi Kusama: once at the - of critical consciousness, her work is now very near the center (A) restoration hub (C) resurgence periphery (B) (D) Hoping to - the dispute, negotiators proposed enforce useful (B) ‘end divisive (E) extend " ‘ cceptable subsidence boundary renewal core deterioration edge When we act unselfishly toward others, our - is rewarded by the release of pleasure-inducing chemicals in the brain (A) duplicity (B) altruism (D) effusiveness (C) overcome unattractive © A)@)@@@ and fill in the corresponding (C) discernment (E) subservience Although scientists occasionally receive reports of snowflakes the size of dinner plates falling from the sky, the accounts are always - because of the - nature of snowflakes Election to Hawaii’s House of Representatives in 1956 was the first milestone in Patsy Takemoto Mink’s career 8§ - ; (A) philosopher (D) legislator (B) commentator (E) negotiator (C) financier The essay was notably - : every paragraph was a mere restatement of a commonplace (A) murky (B) comprehensive (C) unoriginal (D) jumbled (E) groundbreaking When Susan, the manager of the clothing store where Nathan shopped, - his complaints, he became so - that he resolved to take his business to a competing retailer (A) (B) exaggerated exhilarated disregarded gratified (A) circumstantial complicated (B) definitive unreliable (D) substantive intrinsic (C) uncorroborated ephemeral (E) 7, Jules Verne’s 1897 novel An Antarctic Mystery was - : it foresaw the disastrous long-term consequences of the massive hunting of whales (A) spurious (D) prescient (C) reminiscent (E) presumptuous rights to the - of the opposition parties, their rankand-file members still had only minimal - to engage in political activity (A) (B) heeded despondent (C) (E) trivialized exasperated (E) © 2012 The College Board All rights reserved Unauthorized reproduction or use of any part of this test is prohibited (B) vitriolic Although the authoritarian regime accorded significant (C) (D) ridiculed unscrupulous anecdotal precipitous commoners opportunity dissidents cause adversaries inclination (D) elites latitude stalwarts compensation (The passages for this test have been adapted from published material The ideas contained in them not necessarily represent the opinions of the College Board, National Merit Scholarship Corporation, or Educational Testing Service.) PRACTICE TEST The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions following a pair of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided Questions 9-10 are based on the following passage Questions 11-12 are based on the following passage T came back from Africa with ideas for a new piece of art, more primitive than any I had ever done before Line “Primitive” is a word I use in a positive way to explain the completeness of a concept in art I like to layer and pattern and embellish my art in the manner of tribal art, and then, like a blues singer, I like to repeat and repeat it again Line Fragmented, understated, or minimalist art forms frustrate 10 me I want to finish them In the 1960s there was a minimalist aesthetic advocating “Less is more.” To me, less is even less and more is still not quite enough The primary purpose of the passage is to (A) describe a creative philosophy (B) explain the origins of a concept (C) spark an artistic impulse (D) provide a historical overview (E) offer a technical lesson 10 The mention of the “blues singer” (line 6) serves primarily to (A) (B) suggest a possible audience for a type of artwork indicate the widespread popularity of a certain kind of vocalist 10 Rain had fallen all week, especially at night, and even though the weather forecasters had noted repeatedly that _ these rains were beneficial, Benny Meyuhas was beside himself It seemed to him that the head of the studio’s Production Department himself had ordered this rain, to prevent Benny from night filming Iddo and Eynam, or to force Benny, as the department head put it, “to finish up already with that thing that’s eaten up our entire budget for Israeli drama.” Just when Benny had lost all hope of completing these last scenes, which he had been filming secretly, the rain suddenly let up, and the Moon appeared 11 The passage indicates that Benny “was beside himself” (lines 3-4) because (A) - (B) (C) (D) (E) (C) identify a possible artistic collaboration (D) draw a parallel between a style of art and a style Of music (E) express admiration for a particular musical form his film might be the only Israeli drama produced that year the rain might stop soon, ruining the moody atmosphere of his night scenes the production executive might replace him with another director he was afraid that he would not be able to finish the film in the way he wished he was worried that he might not get paid for his work 12 The passage focuses primarily on (A) examining the complex psychology of an artist (B) (C) depicting a filmmaker who is under pressure to complete a project lampooning a studio executive who is being manipulated (D) condemning the way film studios exert control (E) over directors illustrating how destiny favors creative geniuses chnology ripe en but primitive, a te ov pr is r we po en nk the og hydr ployment For that, tha t of de n the and ion rat ele for acc developmen , which spurred the Apollo program itself early fuel cells g passages: based on the followin are 24 13s on ti es Qu which use s hydrogen fuel cells, These passages discus produce rogen and oxygen to electrodes to unite hyd aré adapted water Both passages electricity, heat, and in 2003 from works published Passage a creeping United States faced the , ago s de ca de Four ion had security The Soviet Un menace to national 1957 Then, on ellite into space in lobbed the first sat Yuri Gagarin blasted Russian cosmonaut Line April 12, 1961, n in orbit became the first huma off in Vostok and ting space na mi t understood tha y ed nn Ke ent sid Pre y able to ence between countr fer dif the an me ld cou als Ina at the mercy of its riv defend itself and one Kennedy Congress, President l subsidies May 1961 address to year program of federa unveiled Apollo—a 10urn ret ing him man on the Moon and aimed at “landing a the funds, Congress appropriated safely to the Earth.” launchpad, put their noses to the ht years scientists and engineers eig on stepped onto the Mo and Neil Armstrong : on later r situation: reliance ila sim a es fac w no y ntr ori superi ty The cou onded to Soviet space sp re we as t Jus oil tes must foreign so now the United Sta , nt me it mm co d bol with a n oil by making energy 10 15 20 foreig sdom respond to the clout of ority Conventional wi pri al ion nat a ce en nd indepe reduce the United States to icates two ways for oduction ind ic pr n oil: increase domest dependence on foreig country the , ugh tho Hither way, or decrease demand ers Consider e to overseas produc tag hos in ma re d ul wo fe Refuge Arctic National Wildli the an ll dri to ns pla that area’s 25 angling and backlash, For all the political wr put from out ely to offset declining the total ' productivity isn’t lik se rea alone inc let , lds fie oil tes Sta larger United cing demand, sources AS for redu supply from domestic ffectual Moreover, ble are small and ine 30 the levers availa tes economy heart of the United Sta the dynamism at the tes from depends on energy insulate the United Sta to y wa one y onl s There’ ative energy l—develop an altern oi of r we po ive ros Of hydrogen, _ the cor ilable domestically ava y dil rea t’s tha ce resour r, hydrogen 35 water, solar, and nuclea d, win , gas l ura nat coal, e a wholesale ource that can provid res rgy ene y onl the is drogen stores oil within a decade Hy substitute for foreign teries do, burns 40 ly than current bat energy more effective ne does in an in a fuel cell as gasoli twice as efficiently king up for ma n engine (more tha internal-combustion ves only water lea and it), to produce the energy required y —capable clean, and-—criticall , ful nti behind It’s ple 1961, manned space flight in of powering cars Like probably the ible, and the car l supply is inexhaust fue e Th ed in ag im ever upon emerging except water, which, s on si is em no es uc prod an enough to principle at least, cle in is, pe, lpi tai the from of electricity even serve as a source can car e Th nk dri use it to light ogen-car owner can dr hy a : ed rk pa en wh Of SO, the 55 ime in the past year his or her home Some ratory and, moved out of the labo hydrogen-fueled car showroom of road, into the bright if not quite onto the them public relations ons —primary among For a number of reas gine— en 60 n internal-combustio fuel-cell the inefficiency of the g in t @ particularly promis than automobiles represen her rat ls produce electrical, are similar s application Fuel cel car way, fuel-cell s thi n —i gy er en , me amount mechanical es—and, using the sa cl hi ve d re we po yer as far as an 65 to batt car nearly three times a pel pro can , gy er of en present a gine can Yet cars re en n io st bu om -c al rn inte l of power, y require a great dea the e: ng le al ch ar peculi n refuelings, long distances betwee vel tra to ed ct pe ex are more Among the last for ten years or to on led cal motive are and 70 al production of auto 50 Passage d car is n, the hydrogen-fuele tio fic e nc ie sc of e id Outs ion of the automobile most radical reinvent mmerci many obstacles to co e There are ability, and fuel storag dur t, cos are ls cel l fue advocates , although fuel-cell atly concerns about safety also been gre ers of hydrogen have maintain that the dang Amory Lovins recent paper, physicist a In d te ge ag ex 75 natural gas or is “at least as safe as argues that hydrogen ly is inherently oleum gas) and arguab LPG (liquefied petr safer than gasoline.” in the universe, st plentiful element Although it is the mo in combination — y el st exclusiv mo al sts exi th Ear on hydrogen 80 be extracted, a ; therefore, it must with other substances amount of ab require a consider le process that can itself wable energy ne re ng produced usi be can en og dr Hy fact, energy it can just as easily —in nmentally ro sources, like wind, but vi en s les by e extracted —b ily eas re mo s ap perh 85 ck, since otype for a fuel-cell tru ot pr A s an me gn ni be ne through a hydrogen from gasoli d te ac tr ex d, ne an ab oach obviates the eforming.” This appr process known as “r rastructure, but hydrogen-delivery inf need for a whole new bon dioxide, it ntial amounts of car since it produces substa reason for switching to fuel cells 90 the once all also obviates much of be produced from coal; can en og dr hy , rly ila t, it’s Sim oun acc o int en tak process are nme the emissions of that enviro ntal l-cell cars yield any debatable whether fue 95 benefit at all 13 Which best de scrib es the Telati onship between the two passages? 17 The tone of lines 33-38 (“There’s de cade”) Suggests that the (A) Passage fully endorses the Proposal advanced in Passage 1, (B) Passage Sugges ts a solution to a pr oblem © described in Passage o ) Passage points out 1, potential benefits and ° drawbacks of an idea Taised in Passage 1, ~ (D) Passage 2, lik e Passage 1, challenges ofimplemen indicates the practical ting an idea, (E) Passage 2, lik e Passage 1, discusses the potential Cost savings of a Pro posal (A) (C) noble (D) humorous (E) rebellious 15 Lines 12-15 (“ Congress later” ) indicate that the response to the program introduc ed in President Kenned y’s address was (A) excited but caut ious (B) determined and focused (C) supportive yet fearful (D) doubtful and Co ncerned (E) uncertain but willing 16 Lines 16-32 Sugges t that the author of Pa ssage would ° most likely respond to the assess ment in lines 92-95, Passage (“once - all”), by Pointing out that (A) there is more en vironmental benefit in using hydrogen extracted fr om coal than in using hydrogen from other sources (B) such Teasoning could be used to def end drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, eve n 18 In line 45, “ripe” most nearly means (A) mature (D) ~(E) mellow spoiled (B) ready | (C) fortunate 19, In lines 63-67 (“Fuel Can”), the author of Pass 1S Concerned Primar age ily with (A) explaining how fuel cells generate en ergy (B) comparing batt ery-powered automo bi le s with £asoline-pow „ (D) (E) ered ) describing one Teas automobiles on that the automobi le represents a Promis ing use of fuel cells indicating that fuel-c ell cars can travel faster than £aso line-powered cars mentioning some of the design challenges of manufacturing a fue l-cej] car 20 The sentence in lines 67-70 (“ Yet more”) ser ves to (A) (B) (C) (D) : ‘substantiate an earlier generalization by introducing an exam ple reiterate the author’s previous claim offer several Possib le solutions to a pr oblem Sig nal a transi tion in (E) question Why a par the author’s argument ticular course of action — been undertaken has though doing so will bring little real benefit asa substitute for for eign oil, coal can cur rently be exploited more eas ily than hydrogen can (D) energy independ ence is a critical nee d for the United States, even if the use of coal does not yield environmental benefits (E) attempts to increa se coal Production, lik e attempts to increase oil Produc tion, are likely to result in political wrangling (C) author’s attitude is accusatory (C) impartial (D) defiant (E) nonchalant 14 Lines 1-2 (“Four , security”) depict a Situation best described as (A) chaotic (B) threatening unequivocal (A) relative effici ency of hydrogen co mpensates for the energy €xpended to extract it (B) commercial exp loitation of hydrogen , is unnecessary because it is so readily availa (C) extraction of ble hydrogen often has a significant ‘hegative impact on the environment (D) efficient Produc tion of hydrogen mu st be a top Priority of those advoca ting fuel-cell] cars ) concerns raised about the legitimate and justified safety of hydrogen are : PRACTICE TEST 22 Lines 88-91 (“This cells”) indicate that the author of Passage considers “reforming” (line 88) to be (A) a significant breakthrough (B) promising but untested (A) (C) of doubtful value (B) (E) potentially dangerous (C) 23 In line 94, “yield” most nearly means (D) ®) ng (C) concede (E) less anxious about the urgency of finding an alternative energy source less worried about how to market hydrogen fuel-cell cars to the public more enthusiastic about the prospect of hydrogen serving as an alternative source of energy more concerned about the safety of using hydrogen as a fuel more dubious about the role of Apollo in the development of alternative fuel sources (D) produce (E) withdraw STOP 24 Compared with the author of Passage 2, the author of Passage is - (D) impossible to evaluate TỀu If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only Do not turn to any other section in the test PRAC FTICE TE ae SECTION Time — 25 minutes 20 Questions (1-20) Directions: For this section, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet You may use any available space for scratch work ( 1, The use of a calculator is permitted All numbers used are real numbers, Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not drawn to scale All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which ƒŒ) is a real number, | A Ễ t— ` :B , a S| A=are = C=2zr A= tw ( xa h A= 5bh CD M 30° a s 45° V3 , The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180 A lawn service can cut 45 Jawns in 12 hours At this rate, how many lawns can the lawn service fractions above all be integers? _ (A) (B) (E) 41 (C) (D) (E) PO ˆ>——Aa R In the figure above, point Q lies on PR The length of OR is 6, and the length of PQ is twice the length of OR What is the length of PR? (A) (B) (C) 12 18 (E) 36 For which of the following values of n will the (8) (C) 30 (D) 33 12 non’n cut in hours? (D) 24 -10- ` NP ‘S| The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360 ẽ ø 45° Special Right Triangles c2 = gz + p2 V=zr?h V= ¿wh | 3⁄%0Ìy ` hob Questions 40-48 are based on the following passage This passage is adapted from a 1988 book that examines the influence of Native American cultures on other world cultures Here, the author discusses Machu Picchu, the ruins of an ancient Incan city located on a remote and steeply terraced mountainside in South America 45 50 There is only one Machu Picchu, but it guards many mysteries The ruins of this ancient Peruvian city sit perched 8,000 feet above sea level on a mountain Line overlooking the Urubamba River Even though in size Machu Picchu barely surpasses a village, the ruins show a complexity indicative of a much more important place: in that context, the small terraces took on new meaning precision-crafted buildings with neat regular lines, beveled edges, and mortarless seams that characterize the best of 10 l5 20 25 30 Incan architecture The spectacular setting combined with the exquisitely wrought buildings have evoked much speculation and much romantic rubbish about the purpose of the city The explorer Hiram Bingham who “discovered” Machu Picchu erroneously assumed that he had found the capital of the Incan empire Many other people assumed that its purpose was religious, thus dubbing it the “sacred city of the Incas.” None of this agrees with what we know about the Incas They did not build large pyramids to please their gods They did not build observatories to watch the patterns of the stars Indeed, they displayed an austere practicality in every aspect of their lives and showed little hint of religious fervor and no tendency toward either the sentimental or the superstitious In light of this practicality, the existence of Machu 65 40 40 In context, lines 7-9 (“precision-crafted architecture”) serve primarily to (A) (B) Picchu seems all the more puzzling Why would the Incas build a city and line the mountain with terraces even though there was very little soil there? The builders used the best techniques known to them to make terraces that would last for eternity Then the workers added layers of rock and clay as subsoil, and from the river below hauled up rich dirt over steep embankments half a mile high This task would be the equivalent of hauling dirt from the Colorado River to plant crops on top of the Grand Canyon (C) (D) (E) suggest that Machu Picchu was built to withstand forceful military assaults provide details supporting the claim that Machu Picchu was a significant place show how conflicting architectural styles contribute to the mysteriousness of Machu Picchu present an argument about Incan architecture that challenges established theories compare Incan structures designed for political and for religious purposes 41, The author uses the term “romantic rubbish” (line 11) to imply that many previous theories about the purpose of Machu Picchu were excessively quite small for any kind of extensive agriculture Some of them narrow to as little as six inches in width Such an arrangement makes no more sense than if people today decided to start farming using large flower boxes (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) A hint of the possible function of Machu Picchu came to me while hiking there with a friend who is a botanist We had approached via a trail perched high in the saddle of the mountain dividing the Machu Picchu side of the mountain from a dry inland valley Standing in this gateway one sees two worlds: as experimental patches at a range of altitudes and built at so many different angles, facing the morning sun, the evening sun, constant sun, or no sun In my mind, Machu Picchu suddenly became an agricultural station And in that sense it was indeed a sacred spot, because agriculture was a sacred activity for the Incas They had been among the world’s great experimenters with agriculture, and they built numerous experimental areas where crops could be grown in different ways It would not be surprising if the Incas devoted a place such as Machu Picchu to just such an activity The Incas built hundreds of these terraces, all of them 35 and the lush emerald-green valley watered by the thick fogs of the Urubamba River As we descended toward the city from this high pass, I stared out at the spectacular landscape While I looked up and down the long vistas of the Urubamba, my friend was looking at the vegetation and naming everything growing along the path I found this distracting from the big picture but, as we descended and passed from one terrace to another, the plant names changed We were passing through a series of ecological layers, as one does on many mountains in the Andes The mountainside is laid out in strips of vegetation and microzones The place is.a scientist’s dream—the perfect location for all kinds of controlled experiments Viewed the brown and lifeless valley -18- softhearted ambitious fanciful pessimistic archaic 42 The passage as a whole suggests that the author would most likely give which answer to the question « » in lines 25-27 (“Why would there”) ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 45 In line 45, “watered” most nearly means (A) cleansed (B) diluted To provide a secure and remote location for a capital city (C) (D) To encourage religious reflection in an ascetic setting To study various types of plants in a controlled setting To provide meaningful labor for workers hauling (E) (A) (B) up rocks and soil To inspire people to move from more crowded parts of the empire (C) (D) conceal unexpected resources include multiple zones of plant life 47 In line 59, “patches” most nearly means (A) ( B) DĐ (D) providing a solution ) overview offeanring 44, In line 39, the focus of the passage shifts from a materials scraps repairs 48 The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to _ t description of an enigma to a hypothesis abou its purpose (A) report known facts é (B) challenge previous data (B) chronicle of an event to a suggestion about its repercussions (C) presenta personal theory (E) describe a mysterious location (D) compare ancient cultures (C) discussion of an argument to an analysis of its weakness suggest an artistic purpose reflect centuries of habitation (E) reveal the order of a formal garden to clarify an idea by (A) citing an authority (B) making a comparison i a term ng (C) defini (A) moistened 46 The author implies that the “layers” (line 54) are noteworthy primarily because they 43 In lines 31-33 (“This Canyon”), the author attempts (E) consumed secreted _ (D) portrayal of a mystery to a criticism of one proposed explanation (E) consideration of an achievement to a speculation about how it was accomplished STOP ‘Ifyou finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only Do not turn to any other section in the test -19- ‘ 4o od nnn4 PRACTICE TEST SECTION Time — 25 minutes 18 Questions (21-38) Directions: This section contains two types of questions You have 25 minutes to complete both types For questions 21-28, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet You may use any available space for scratch work [ The use of a calculator is permitted All numbers used are real numbers 3- Flgures that-accompany problems in this test are intended to provide information useful in solving the problems | They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not A drawn to scale All figures lie in a plane unless otherwise indicated Unless otherwise specified, the domain of any function f is assumed to be the set of all real numbers x for which JQ) is areal number C Z - { a : R Agar C= W I b H “hb Az=lw = đpn h ¿ £ w - V= twh- > h c b “a c2=a2+b? V=zr?h & , 2x % 60° xã 45° “V3 The sum of the measures in degrees of the angles of a triangle is 180 21 If 6xyz = 72 and xy = 3, what is the value of z? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 34 RESULTS OF A 10-QUESTION QUIZ § Š 12 Sa 36 Z1 0 910 Number of Correct Responses 22 The graph above shows the distribution of the number of correct responses on a 10-question quiz for a class of students How many students had more than correct responses on the quiz? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) -20- None Two Three Five Six- Special Right Triangles «=| The number of degrees of arc in a circle is 360 ‘a sv2 4000 PRACTICE TEST 23 N is the set of all positive multiples of 3, and W is the set of all squares of integers Which of the following numbers belongs to both sets? 26 In AABC, (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) fs P W AB = and BC =7 Which of the following CANNOT be the length of side AC ? (A) (B) 16 (C) 25 (D) 36 (E) 72 Q ood4 21 A drawer contains red socks, white socks, blue socks, and no other socks If socks are selected at random from the drawer, what is the least number of socks that must be selected to ensure that two socks of the same color are selected? T (A) (B) (C) (D) V (E) U Note: Figure not drawn to scale 24 In the figure above, POST and VRSU are rectangles with the same dimensions If the length of segment RS is and the area of POST is 14, what is the length of segment OR ? (A) (B) (C) (D) 10 (E) 12 28 In the figure above, AC and BD are diameters of the circle, which has a radius of What is the sum of the lengths of arcs AB and CD? y = 3(x +2) z= 3(x +3) 2z 3z (Œ) (D) 4z 6z (E) 25 If the equations above are true, then z is how much greater than y ? (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (A) (B) -21- 82 ood4 Ure CTICE TESTDirections for Student-Produced Response Questions Each of the remaining 10 questions requires you to solve the problem and enter your answer by marking the circles in the special grid, as shown in the examples below You may use any available space for scratch work Answer: 201 A ren : nswer: 19 Answer: 2.5 Either position is correct Write answer —> in boxes Fraction line s 1â/@|@] @| @ |@ đ@Iộ Decimal point @)|@ |@ Grid in — result S > _ G)|@) |@) | Note: You may start your answers in any column, space permitting Columns not needed should be left |@ ® Mark no more than one circle in any column blank ® Decimal Answers: If you obtain a decimal answer with more digits than the grid can accommodate, it may be either rounded or truncated, but it must fill the entire grid For example, if you obtain an answer such as 0.6666 , you should record @ Because the answer sheet will be machine- scored, you will receive credit only if the circles are filled in correctly ® Although not required, it is suggested that you your result as 666 or 667 A less accurate value write your answer in the boxes at the top of the such as 66 or 67 will be scored as incorrect columns to help you fill in the circles accurately Acceptable ways to grid are: @ Some problems may have more than one correct answer In such cases, grid only one answer -đ No question has a negative answer â Mixed numbers such as 35 must be gridded as 3.5 or 7/2 (If is gridded, it will be interpreted as i , not 3) 29 If x°, 3x°, and 20° are the measures of the three angles of a triangle, what is the value of x ? 30 There are 1200 students at Jones High 32 The cost, in dollars, of a t-year membership package in a professional organization is given by the function C, defined’by C(t) = 100(t + k), where k is a constant If the cost of a 2-year School membership If 10 percent of them did not read any novels last semester, how many read at least one novel last semester? y package is $500, what is the cost, in dollars, of a 3-year membership package? „ Sa (Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.) 31 If y = 27.2" and a+b =4, what is the value of y? -22- 2, 12, 12, 432 o nine of length is divided int ter es sid h wit are squ A ime 33 al size What is the per smaller squares of equ s? are squ r of one of the smalle each term ve, the first term is and re k is — abo ce uen seq the In 36 ceding term, whe first is k times the pre after the divided value of the 52nd term -a constant What is the by the 50th term? less than greatest prime number 34, If a represents the greater er mb nu me least pri the 100 and b represents of + b? than 10, what is the value ithmetic mbers whose average (ar the 37 If x and y are nuos difference is 1, what is mean) is and wh e product of x and y ? OF CHANGE IN DEPTH R DE AN EX LAKE AL Change in meters +150 nge in the depth ws mthethecha vedershofro aboxan beginning to the end tabele Ale 35 The Lak of depth are the ve, points O, A, and B 38 In the xy-plane abo A and le The coordinates of three vertices of a triang isa re p —p), respectively, whe B are (6, p) and (6 than gre area of AOAB is ater inning of 1996, the of each year At the beg depth of xander was 400 meters The positive number If the possible value of p ? but less than 10, what is one of Lake Ale was what inning of 200 Lake Aleofxanitsderdepatth theat beg of 2000 ? end the fraction STOP s section only eck your work on thi ch y ma you , ied cal time is if you finish before er section in the test - Đo not turn to any oth -23- PRACTICE TEST SECTION Time — 30 minutes 39 Questions (1-39) 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 effect iveness of expression Part of each sentence or the entire sente nce is underlined; beneath each sentence are five ways of phrasing the underlined material Choice A repeat s the original phrasing; the other four choices are differ ent If you think the original phrasing produces a better sente nce 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 gramm ar, choice of words, sentence construction, and punctu ation Your selection should result in the most effective sentence—clear and precise, without awkwardness or ambiguity EXAMPLE: and she was sixty-five years old then when she was sixty-five at age sixty-five years old upon the reaching of sixty-five years at the time when she was sixty-five (C) (D) (E) (D) (E) when he speaks about the nation’s oblig ation when he spoke about the nation’s obligation where speaking about the nation’s obligation where he speaks about the nation is obligated where he has spoken about the obligation by the nation Although cats have nocturnal vision that is far superi or to that of humans, objects in total darkness cannot be seen by them (E) be done cats’ seeing objects in total darkness cannot be done they cannot see objects in total darkness 4, George started saving money when he was six years đđâ@@ old, so by the time of his becoming a teenager he had enough to pay fora trip to Japan to visit his grandparents (A) (B) yourself to a few passions and to seek excellence in those specific areas (B) (A) (B) (C) (D) The graduation speaker advised the students to devote (A) In 1865, abolitionist minister Henry Highland Garnet became the first African American to address the House of Representatives when he speaks about the nation’s obligation to protect the rights of the newly emancipated (A) objects in total darkness cannot be seen by them (B) objects cannot be seen in total darkness by cats (C) their seeing of objects in total darkness cannot Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book and she was sixty-five years old then (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) (C) (D) to devote yourself (E) to devote themselves toall devote oneself that each devote yourself for them to devote themselves -24- so by the time of his becoming so that by the time when he became so by the time he became and by the time he would become and by the time when he had become PRACTICE TEST The great sixteenth-century Mughal ruler Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar tuming his city into a center of (B) (C) (A) turning his city if to a center of learning and inviting | turning his city ipto a center of learning, and he invited j turning his city into a center of learning by inviting (B) ì (D) | (E) » Inher autobiography, Edith Wharton, who was a close there she is remaining introduced are more common causes | } (D) hunting waslexoessive habitats were destroyed, (E) the fact thatithey hunted excessively, destroyed they elected Golda Meir prime minister of Israel Israel elected Golda Meir their prime minister Israel elected Golda Meir prime minister Golda Meir was elected prime minister of Israel Golda Meir’s election as Israel’s prime minister was (A) of a work whose author has died (B) of a work with the author having died (C) of a work where the author’s death (D) when a work’s author had died (E) when the author of a work was dead introducing predators and predators introduced habitats, had went 12, Because of the murkiness of copyright law and the extension of copyright protections in 1998, the status of a work whose author has died is often difficult to determine hunting, habitats being destroyed, and predators being (C) are going (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) Although natural changes account for the extinction of some bird species, human actions such as excessive (B) (D) 11 After serving ten years as foreign minister, they elected Golda Meir prime minister of Israel in 1969 where she had remained but she has remained there excessive hunting, habitats being destroyed, and predators being introduced excessive huhting, the destruction of habitats, and the introduction of predators , excesses in hunting, in destroying habitats, and have been going who have been going (E) go (B) there she was to remain (A) up in the fall and the spring, are caused Flaring up in the fall and the spring, many students have allergies that cause them Allergies that flare up in the fall and the spring cause many students (A) (B) (C) Primatologist Janis Carter arrived in West Africa in 1977 for what she expected to be a stay of only three weeks, so she remained there to this day (D) (E) By having allergies that flare up in the fall and the spring causes many students By allergies flaring up in the fall and the spring causes many students to the same place for their summer vacation every year for the past fifteen years (A) included observations about he (B) included observations about him (C) including observations about him (D) she included observations about he (E) she had included observations about him (C) in the fall and the 10 Our parents’ friends have been going friend of fellow novelist Henry James, included observations about he and other writers so she remained there allergies that flare up (C) Many students, having allergies that flare (D) turned his city into a center of learning, he invited (E) tured his city ito a center of learning by inviting (A) having spring causes many students to miss classes at critical periods of the semester learning and inviting holy men from all of India’s different religions to dome to discuss metaphysics (A) By 13 Senator Garcia has four children, two of whom have decided to follow their father into public service and introduced predators (A) children, two of whom have (B) children, and two of whom have (C) children, whereas two of them have (D) children; of them, two having (BE) children; however, two having -25- PRACTICE TEST 14, Long thought to be a fruit unfit for eating, they did not 18 The success of Dracula, Bram Stoker’s novel about cultivate the tomato widely in North America until the early twentieth century a Transylvanian vampire, far surpassing any of his other novels dealing with supernatural themes (A) they did not cultivate the tomato widely in (A) far surpassing any of his other novels dealing with (C) far surpassed that of any of his other novels (B) North America (B) North Americans did not cultivate tomatoes widely (C) North America did not see widespread cultivation of the tomato (D) the tomato was not widely cultivated in North America (D) (E) (E)’ tomatoes have not been widely cultivated in 15 The changes in the city council’s r cycling poli has' frustrated city residents, who feel that curbside pickup of recyclables should occur weekly, not biweekly _ (A) (B) (C) (D) (A) The changes in the city council’s recycling policy has frustrated city residents, The changes in the city council’s recycling policy, (C) recycling policy Œ) they have frustrated city residents, The changes in the city council’s have frustrated city residents, (D) Frustrated by changes in the city recycling policy, city residents (E) City residents were frustrated by city council’s recycling policy to where they deluged the author with letters pleading that he have her marry her admirer, Johnny Eames the change in the and (A) (B) (C) (D) () firm sold more electronic books in the first four months of 2008 as they sold in all of 2007 as they sold as it did (C) than was sold (D) than they have (E) than it did 17 In addition to racing rocket-powered vehicles, Kitty O’Neil worked as a stuntwoman, she performed physical feats called for in shows” such as The Bionic Woman (A) stuntwoman, she performed physical (B) stuntwoman, performing physical (C) (D) (E) should they continue federal support of art should federal support of art continue continued federal support of art whether art should be continued to be supported federally federal support of art and continuing it 20 Lily Dale, the heroine of Anthony Trollope’s serialized novel The Small House at Allington, captivated readers council’s 16 The president of the publishing company said that her (A) (B) dealing with far surpassed any of his other novels dealing with surpassing by far those other novels of his that dealt with 19 Exhibitions of some works by modern artists have spurred political controversy over should they continue federal support of art North America (B) far surpassing those of any of his other novels that dealt with feats called for feats that is being called for stuntwoman, who performed physical feats they called for stuntwoman, performing the physical feats called for stuntwoman, and she was performing called-for physical feats -26- captivated readers to where so captivated readers that because she captivated readers, who captivated readers so that she was so captivating to readers that PRACTICE The following vat non test your ability to recognize 24, Leaving his beloved science fiction books at home A grammar and usage errors Each sentence contains either a single error or noferror at all No sentence contains more than one error Theierror, if there is one, is underlined and lettered If the one underlined part when he went to camp last summer were among the B C sentence contains an error, select the most difficult things that Marek had ever done D that must be changed to make the sentence correct Ifithe sentence is correct, select choice E In choosing answels, follow the requirements of standard written English : No error E EXAMPLE: 25 Both of the candidates running for governor had A The other delegates and him immediately A B C accepted the resolution drafted by the D neutral states No error E been a teacher before going into politics, yet B C they disagreed about many issues related to D đđOâOOđ public education No error E 21, All along the highway was vacant new office ‘A 26 Her latest novel, depicting a young girl’s coming A buildings, evidence that the economic boom the area B of age in Harlem during the 1940s, is even B C had experienced was proving to be short-lived C D more livelier than her earlier books No error D E No error E 27 The history of science has more than their 22 Many of the novels and short stories written by A A B share of underdog stories, but few of them are C { Sarah Orne Jewett were inspired by everyday life B as remarkable as the story of Shuji Nakamura, in the seaport town in Maine where she had grew up C D _~ D inventor of the blue laser diode No error E No error E 23 Farmers who face droughts, tornadoes, and have falling ptices for theircrops B C TEST must often work D long hours seven days a week No error E -27- aw CTICE TEST 28 Dr Sandford said that astronomers will 32 A casual observer might mistake a viola for a violin, soon_be able to measure distances betw —— een the — ween A Stars with an accuracy that ten years ago would seem impossible No error E tone of a viola is deeper than aviolin C D the word seems sinister when one learn s thatitis archaeologists have unearthed thousand s of life-size A - C an Old French word for “noose.” No error | D E regarded by historians today No error ; to be rushing eastward through the constellatio ns, asif ina futile effort to escape from the Sun DD A Cc Viewing it from Earth, the planet Mars seems A : Cc” 34, Though The Second World War, a book by when it was first published, it is not highly C tools — have been developed through the ages No ——error — 31 terra-cotta statues of soldiers, notwo of which are B C exactly alike No error E Sir Winston Churchill, was respectively ‘rece ived —R `” film documents the amazing creativity with which ' OS 30 Humans have long been inventing tools, and this es Deen B No error E 33 At the site of a royal tomb in Shaa nxi Province, China, ¬ 29 The word “lanyard” describes a cord to which an A employee might attach an identification card, but B derived by + since they are very similar in appearance, Eee ance but the ~— Noerror E -28- 35 Where in the passage would the following sentence Directions: The fpllowing passage is an early draft of an essay Some parts of the passage need to be rewritten Read the passage and select the best answers for the most appropriately be inserted? Accordingly, afurrowed brow is identified as Action Unit 4, a dropped jaw as Action Unit 26, and so forth questions that follpw Some questions are about particular (A) Immediately after sentence sentences or partsjof sentences and ask you to improve sentence structure or word choice Other questions ask you to consider organization and development In choosing answers, follow the requirements of standard written English (B) Immediately after sentence (C) Immediately after sentence ‘(D) Immediately after sentence 12 (E) 36 Which of the following phrases, if inserted at the beginning of sentence (reproduced below), would best link the first and second paragraphs? Questions 35-39|refer to the following passage (1) We usually think of facial expressions as outward signs of feelings |people are experiencing (2) A feeling, we assume, causes corresponding expression (3) However, groundbreaking research by psychologist Paul Ekman has opposite is sometimes true (4) Making shown that the a particular kind of face, it turns out, can actually cause someone to expérience the emotion associated with that expression Ekman needed a precise way of identifying common facial expressions (A) It was now obvious that (D) (E) In order to conduct his research, Based on those results, (B) (C) (5) Ekman needed a precise way of identifying common Because of these limitations, For similar reasons, 37 In context, which of the following revisions to facial expressions (6) He painstakingly catalogued the muscle mover Immediately after sentence 14 that pull our facial features into various sentence (reproduced below) is most needed? configurations, giving each of these “Action Units” a A smile, therefore, is quite complex distinct numerieal designation (7) Ekman’s Action Units vary in complexity (8) A wink, for example, involves the twitch of a ingle muscle that wraps around the eye (9) A smile, therefore, is quite complex (10) Ekman identified 19 kinds of smiles, each engaging a slightly different combination of many muscles (11) Ekman catalogued the various facial expressions study their physical and emotional effects (12) He bean (13) Participants in the study were asked not to express specific emotipns but rather to produce particular Action Units (14) Ekman found that when subjects produced an Action Unit associated with anger, their heart rates increased and|their fingers became warmer (15) When they produced an Action Unit associated with fear, their fingers (A) (B) Changing “A” to “This kind of” Changing “therefore” to “by comparison” (D) Deleting “quite” (C) (E) became colder (16) For that reason, Ekman concluded that a facial expression can be the cause, as well as the effect, of an emotion and its associated physical state _-29- Changing “is” to “can be” Changing “complex” to “complicated” 38 In context, which is the most effective revision 39 In context, which of the following phrases would of the underlined portion of sentences 11 and 12 (reproduced below) ? most appropriately be inserted at the beginning of sentence 15 (reproduced below) ? Ekman catalogued the various facial expressions He began to study their physical and emotional effects (A) (B) (C) When they produced an Action Unit associated with fear, their fingers became colder Ekman catalogued the various facial expressions, (A) and he began Ekman instead catalogued the various facial expressions before beginning (B) (C) (D) Because he catalogued the various facial (E) expressions, Ekman began In contrast, — In other words, Meanwhile, Unfortunately, Above all, (D) Although he had already catalogued the various (E) facial expressions, Ekman began Once he had catalogued the various facial expressions, Ekman began if you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only Do not turn to any other section in the test -30- These Conversion Tables are for use only with the 22014 Practice Test in this Student Guide Get your Critical Reading Score Check your responses with THfons READINGi correct answers at the bottom of this page ho How many critical reading questions (1-48) did you get wrong?* Multiply by 25.— How many critical reading questions did you get right? Subtract A from B (B) = Critical Reading Points Round up if or more; DU: Points down, if less than 5 Use the table to find your Critical Reading Score _ Get your Mathematics Score Check your responses with correct answers at the bottom of this page How many math questions between and 28 did you get wrong?* Multiply py 25, (C) (D) How many math questions (1-38) did you get right? a Subtract C from D = Mathematics Points Round up if or moré; down, if less than tt Use the table to find your Mathematics Score oe Get your Writing Skills Score Check your response$ with correct answers at the bottom of this page NO How many writing skills questions (1-39) did you get wrong?* Multiply by 25 E (F) wo How many writing skills questions did you get right? 4, Subtract E from F = Writing Skills Points Round up if or more; down, if less than 5 Use the table to find your Writing Skills Score, * Don't count questions you omitted For multiple-choice questions, you lose 25 (1/4) point for an ingorrect response When you take the PSAT/NMSOQT, you will receive critical reading, mathematics, and writing skills scores; you will also receive a Selection Index, which National Merit Scholarship Corporation uses in its National Merit* Scholarship Program The formula for computing the Selection Index is CR+M+W For example, assuming that your critical reading score is 51, your mathematics score is 55, and your writing skills scorp is 50, your Selection Index would be 156 a Check your Answers to the: Practice Practice makes difference! 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