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45CHAPTER 14 / PRACTICE PSAT 4
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honesty; satire ¼ a literary work of irony or humor; a
cause would make Thomas Paine a catalyst for the
parody
American Revolution because he helped push it
along by inspiring the colonists. impetus ¼ an impel-
ling force, something that incites; disparage ¼
27. A
The National Guard was probably called in to
belittle, put down; nihilist ¼ one who rejects moral
stop or prevent the antiwar protests that took place at
distinctions and “knowable” truths; vindicate ¼ clear
Kent State University. suppress ¼ prohibit, put an end
of wrong doing or blame; abomination ¼ disgust;
to; revere ¼ worship; mortify ¼ embarrass; berate ¼
debunk ¼ to expose as false; harbinger ¼ a sign of
criticize harshly; cultivate ¼ grow
things to come; denigrate ¼ belittle or put down;
catalyst ¼ a substance or person that causes an
event to occur; champion ¼ support or fight for
28. D
Normally, children will begin to develop
usable speech between the ages of 1 and 3. The sen-
tence tells us that children with autism develop
33. B
Lines 1 –2 state that a physical law is a state-
usable speech at the age of 5, which is much later
ment of the way in which matter behaves. The passage
than normal. Their language development is
states that we have no control over physical
delayed. prudent ¼ using good judgment; ruthless ¼
laws. Answer choice (B), does not make a claim
lacking compassion; arrested ¼ held back; expedite ¼
about the behavior of physical quantities and thus
speed up the progress of
does not fit the given definition of a physical law.
29. A
Those who are blind rely on their sense of
34. A
Lines 13 –17 state that Aristotle believed that
smell [to provide] them with . . . impressions of their
he had discovered a law of nature . . . In fact, he had
surrounding environment. The word should be one
not discovered a law of physics. This is an example
that describes the sense of smell. olfaction ¼ sense
of flawed thinking
of smell; abstinence ¼ the act of refraining from
activity; pungent ¼ sharp taste or odor; gustation ¼
sense of taste; mastication ¼ chewing
35. A
The
passage
begins
by
identifying
a
problem: it is difficult to define the term language,
and this makes it hard to understand the role of
30. B
The hospital’s chief of staff . . . invented and
language in constructing gender divisions.
perfected a surgical procedure used nationwide,
which indicates he must be quite skilled. He acci-
dently left a clamp in one of his patients, which is a
36. E
The passage states that people have less privi-
pretty large mistake to make. This shows that even
leged access to many of their own mental processes,
the most skilled surgeon is able to make mistakes.
which is perhaps . . . one reason why there are many
inept ¼ lacking
skill;
preeminent ¼ outstanding;
popular misconceptions (lines 17 –21). Therefore
adept ¼ highly skilled; fallible ¼ capable of making
statement II is correct because this suggests an
mistakes; recalcitrant ¼ hesitant to obey; malleable ¼
inability to examine one’s own thought. The
able to be bent; deft ¼ skilled; unerring ¼ committing
passage also mentions that it is all too easy to talk
no mistakes; tactile ¼ relating to the sense of touch;
about language in ways which make it appear a
apprehensive ¼ hesitant
complex, mysterious and paradoxical thing which is
beyond the understanding of non-specialists (lines
25 –29) Statement III is correct because this suggests
31. C
Manolis always has an umbrella with him
a tendency to mystify language. Statement I is not
when it rains, even when there is no sign of rain.
directly mentioned. Both statements II and III are
The sentence suggests that if it is not luck, then he
correct.
must know the rain is coming. So he either is lucky
or knows the future. pugnacious ¼ belligerent, ready
to fight; humility ¼ the condition of being humble;
37. D
The passage states that Neanderthal Man,
prescience ¼ foresight;
magnanimity ¼ generosity;
for all that we know, [is] not older than homo
avarice ¼ greed
sapiens (lines 8 –9). In other words, we are uncertain
of the relative age of Neanderthal Man and homo
sapiens.
32. E
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet served as an inspi-
ration for the colonists. It can be inferred that his
pamphlet Common Sense supported the freedom
from the British. This support for the colonist’s
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