SAT Writing and Language Practice Tests Questions- Set 10

DIRECTIONS:

Each passage below is accompanied by a number of questions. For some questions, you will consider how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas. For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation. A passage or a question may be accompanied by one or more graphics (such as a table or graph) that you will consider as you make revising and editing decisions. Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage. Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole. After reading each passage, choose the answer to each question that most effectively improves the quality of writing in the passage or that makes the passage conform to the conventions of standard written English. Many questions include a “NO CHANGE” option. Choose that option if you think the best choice is to leave the relevant portion of the passage as it is.

Questions 1–11 are based on the following passage. NEH: A Human-Centered Agency The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency that was created in 1965 to provide grants to humanities projects throughout the United States. Funding for the agency has been the 1 protagonist of debate for many years. Some critics 2 think the money that goes to the NEH would be better spent on infrastructure or job creation, while others object to the nature of some of the projects that receive funding.

1.

1. NO CHANGE
2. significance
3. discipline
4. subject

2.

1. NO CHANGE
2. thought
3. thinking
4. would think

3 Therefore, the agency provides important services in all fifty states and has had a notable impact on American culture over the last fifty years. The NEH was founded as a direct response to an explosion in scientific research in the middle years of the 20th century. There was concern, especially among those in the fields of arts and humanities, that non-scientific pursuits were in danger of getting left behind or 4 overlooked. The NEH addresses this concern by distributing grant money in seven areas, including preservation, research, education, and digital humanities. Among the most notable projects that have been funded by the NEH over the last 50 years are the Ken Burns documentary The Civil War, the blockbuster Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition “Treasures of 5 Tutankhamen”; and sixteen Pulitzer Prize-winning books.

3.

1. NO CHANGE
2. Likewise,
3. However,
4. For instance,

4.

1. NO CHANGE
2. in being overlooked.
3. of oversight.
4. to be overlooked.