1、 2016 The College Board.College Board,SAT,and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board.Practice Test#6Make time to take the practice test.Its one of the best ways to get ready for the SAT.After youve taken the practice test,score it right away at sat.org/scoring.5MSA05Test begin
2、s on the next page.?Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions.After readingeach passage or pair,choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated orimplied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics(such as a table orgraph).?This passa
3、ge is adapted from Daniyal Mueenuddin,“Nawabdin Electrician.”2009 by Daniyal Mueenuddin.Another man might have thrown up hishandsbut not Nawabdin.His twelve daughtersacted as a spur to his genius,and he looked withsatisfaction in the mirror each morning at the face ofa warrior going out to do battle
4、.Nawab of courseknew that he must proliferate his sources ofrevenuethe salary he received from K.K.Harounifor tending the tube wells would not even begin tosuffice.He set up a little one-room flour mill,run offa condemned electric motorcondemned by him.He tried his hand at fish-farming in a little p
5、ond atthe edge of his masters fields.He bought brokenradios,fixed them,and resold them.He did notdemur even when asked to fix watches,though thatenterprise did spectacularly badly,and in fact earnedhim more kicks than kudos,for no watch he tookapart ever kept time again.K.K.Harouni rarely went to hi
6、s farms,but livedmostly in Lahore.Whenever the old man visited,Nawab would place himself night and day at the doorleading from the servants sitting area into the walledgrove of ancient banyan trees where the oldfarmhouse stood.Grizzled,his peculiar aviatorglasses bent and smudged,Nawab tended thehou
7、sehold machinery,the air conditioners,waterheaters,refrigerators,and water pumps,like anengineer tending the boilers on a foundering steamerin an Atlantic gale.By his superhuman efforts healmost managed to maintain K.K.Harouni in thesame mechanical cocoon,cooled and bathed andlighted and fed,that th
8、e landowner enjoyed inLahore.Harouni of course became familiar with thisubiquitous man,who not only accompanied him onhis tours of inspection,but morning and night couldbe found standing on the master bed rewiring thelight fixture or in the bathroom poking at the waterheater.Finally,one evening at t
9、eatime,gauging thepsychological moment,Nawab asked if he might saya word.The landowner,who was cheerfully filing hisnails in front of a crackling rosewood fire,told himto go ahead.“Sir,as you know,your lands stretch from here tothe Indus,and on these lands are fully seventeen tubewells,and to tend t
10、hese seventeen tube wells there isbut one man,me,your servant.In your service I haveearned these gray hairs”here he bowed his head toshow the gray“and now I cannot fulfill my dutiesas I should.Enough,sir,enough.I beg you,forgiveme my weakness.Better a darkened house and proudhunger within than disgr
11、ace in the light of day.Release me,I ask you,I beg you.”The old man,well accustomed to these sorts ofspeeches,though not usually this florid,filed away athis nails and waited for the breeze to stop.“Whats the matter,Nawabdin?”?.Line510152025303540455055Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of th
12、is page is illegal.?2“Matter,sir?O what could be the matter in yourservice.Ive eaten your salt for all my years.But sir,on the bicycle now,with my old legs,and with themany injuries Ive received when heavy machineryfell on meI cannot any longer bicycle about like abridegroom from farm to farm,as I c
13、ould when Ifirst had the good fortune to enter your employment.I beg you,sir,let me go.”“And whats the solution?”asked Harouni,seeingthat they had come to the crux.He didnt particularlycare one way or the other,except that it touched onhis comforta matter of great interest to him.“Well,sir,if I had
14、a motorcycle,then I couldsomehow limp along,at least until I train up someyounger man.”The crops that year had been good,Harouni feltexpansive in front of the fire,and so,much to thedisgust of the farm managers,Nawab received abrand-new motorcycle,a Honda 70.He evenmanaged to extract an allowance fo
15、r gasoline.The motorcycle increased his status,gave himweight,so that people began calling him“Uncle,”andasking his opinion on world affairs,about which heknew absolutely nothing.He could now rangefurther,doing a much wider business.Best of all,now he could spend every night with his wife,whohad beg
16、ged to live not on the farm but near herfamily in Firoza,where also they could educate atleast the two eldest daughters.A long straight roadran from the canal headworks near Firoza all the wayto the Indus,through the heart of the K.K.Harounilands.Nawab would fly down this road on his newmachine,with
17、 bags and cloths hanging from everyknob and brace,so that the bike,when he hit a bump,seemed to be flapping numerous small vestigialwings;and with his grinning face,as he rolled up towhichever tube well needed servicing,with his earsalmost blown off,he shone with the speed of hisarrival.1The main pu
18、rpose of the first paragraph is toA)characterize Nawab as a loving father.B)outline the schedule of a typical day inNawabs life.C)describe Nawabs various moneymakingventures.D)contrast Nawabs and Harounis lifestyles.2As used in line 16,“kicks”most nearly meansA)thrills.B)complaints.C)jolts.D)interes
19、ts.3The author uses the image of an engineer at sea(lines 23-28)most likely toA)suggest that Nawab often dreams of having amore exciting profession.B)highlight the fact that Nawabs primary job is totend to Harounis tube wells.C)reinforce the idea that Nawab has had manydifferent occupations in his l
20、ife.D)emphasize how demanding Nawabs work forHarouni is.?.6065707580859095Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?4Which choice best supports the claim that Nawabperforms his duties for Harouni well?A)Lines 28-32(“By his.Lahore”)B)Lines 40-42(“The landowner.ahead”)C)Lines
21、46-49(“In your.should”)D)Line 58(“Ive.years”)5In the context of the conversation between Nawaband Harouni,Nawabs comments in lines 43-52(“Sir.beg you”)mainly serve toA)flatter Harouni by mentioning how vast hislands are.B)boast to Harouni about how competent andreliable Nawab is.C)emphasize Nawabs d
22、iligence and loyalty toHarouni.D)notify Harouni that Nawab intends to quit hisjob tending the tube wells.6Nawab uses the word“bridegroom”(line 62)mainlyto emphasize that hes no longerA)in love.B)naive.C)busy.D)young.7It can reasonably be inferred from the passage thatHarouni provides Nawab with a mo
23、torcycle mainlybecauseA)Harouni appreciates that Nawab has to workhard to support his family.B)Harouni sees benefit to himself from givingNawab a motorcycle.C)Nawabs speech is the most eloquent thatHarouni has ever heard.D)Nawab threatens to quit if Harouni doesnt agreeto give him a motorcycle.?.Una
24、uthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?48Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?A)Lines 65-66(“And.crux”)B)Lines 66-68(“He didnt.him”)C)Lines 75-76(“He even.gasoline”)D)Lines 80-81(“He could.business”)9The passage states that the farm
25、managers react toNawab receiving a motorcycle withA)disgust.B)happiness.C)envy.D)indifference.10According to the passage,what does Nawab considerto be the best result of getting the motorcycle?A)People start calling him“Uncle.”B)Hes able to expand his business.C)Hes able to educate his daughters.D)H
26、e can spend more time with his wife.?.Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?This passage is adapted from Stephen Coleman,ScottAnthony,and David E.Morrison,“Public Trust in the News.”2009 by Stephen Coleman.The news is a form of public knowledge.Unlike personal or private
27、 knowledge(such as thehealth of ones friends and family;the conduct of aprivate hobby;a secret liaison),public knowledgeincreases in value as it is shared by more people.Thedate of an election and the claims of rival candidates;the causes and consequences of an environmentaldisaster;a debate about h
28、ow to frame a particularlaw;the latest reports from a war zonethese are allexamples of public knowledge that people aregenerally expected to know in order to be consideredinformed citizens.Thus,in contrast to personal orprivate knowledge,which is generally left toindividuals to pursue or ignore,publ
29、ic knowledge ispromoted even to those who might not think itmatters to them.In short,the circulation of publicknowledge,including the news,is generally regardedas a public good which cannot be solelydemand-driven.The production,circulation,and receptionof public knowledge is a complex process.It isg
30、enerally accepted that public knowledge shouldbe authoritative,but there is not alwayscommon agreement about what the public needs toknow,who is best placed to relate and explain it,andhow authoritative reputations should be determinedand evaluated.Historically,newspapers such as TheTimes and broadc
31、asters such as the BBC were widelyregarded as the trusted shapers of authoritativeagendas and conventional wisdom.They embodiedthe Oxford English Dictionarys definition ofauthority as the“power over,or title to influence,theopinions of others.”As part of the general process ofthe transformation of a
32、uthority whereby there hasbeen a reluctance to uncritically accept traditionalsources of public knowledge,the demand has beenfor all authority to make explicit the frames of valuewhich determine their decisions.Centres of newsproduction,as our focus groups show,have not beenexempt from this process.
33、Not surprisingly perhapssome news journalists feel uneasy about thisrenegotiation of their authority:Editors are increasingly casting a glance at the“most read”lists on their own and other websitesto work out which stories matter to readers andviewers.And now the audiencewhich used toknow its placei
34、s being asked to act as a kind ofjournalistic ombudsman,ruling on ourcredibility(broadcast journalist,2008).The result of democratising access to TV newscould be political disengagement by the majorityand a dumbing down through a popularitycontest of stories(online news editor,2007).Despite the rhet
35、orical bluster of these statements,they amount to more than straightforwardprofessional defensiveness.In their reference to anaudience“which used to know its place”andconflation between democratisation and“dumbingdown,”they are seeking to argue for a particularmode of public knowledge:one which is s
36、haped byexperts,immune from populist pressures;anddisseminated to attentive,but mainly passiverecipients.It is a view of citizenship that closes downopportunities for popular involvement in the makingof public knowledge by reinforcing the professionalclaims of experts.The journalists quoted above ar
37、eright to feel uneasy,for there is,at almost everyinstitutional level in contemporary society,scepticism towards the epistemological authority ofexpert elites.There is a growing feeling,as expressedby several of our focus group participants,that thenews media should be“informative rather thanauthori
38、tative”;the job of journalists should be to“give the news as raw as it is,without putting theirslant on it”;and people should be given“sufficientinformation”from which“we would be able to formopinions of our own.”At stake here are two distinct conceptions ofauthority.The journalists we have quoted a
39、reresistant to the democratisation of news:the supremacy of the clickstream(according towhich editors raise or lower the profile of storiesaccording to the number of readers clicking on themonline);the parity of popular culture with“serious”news;the demands of some audience members forraw news rathe
40、r than constructed narratives.?.Line510152025303540455055606570758085Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?61985News organizations.Get the factsstraightOften haveinaccuratestoriesDont knowOn political and social issues,news organizations.Deal fairlywith all sidesTend to
41、favorone sideDont knowAre prettyindependentAre ofteninfluencedby powerfulpeople andorganizationsDont know5534113453133753101992494473163635587200336568266682370720073953826668236982011256691677715805Percentage of Respondents Seeing News Storiesas Inaccurate or Favoring One SideAdapted from“Pew Resea
42、rch Center for the People&the Press Report onViews of the News Media,19852011.”2011 by Pew Research Center.?Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?11The main purpose of the passage is toA)analyze the technological developments thathave affected the production,circulation,
43、andreception of news stories.B)discuss changes in the perception of the newsmedia as a source of public knowledge.C)show how journalists frames of value influencethe production of news stories.D)challenge the conventional view that news is aform of public knowledge.12According to the passage,which e
44、xpectation dotraditional authorities now face?A)They should be uninfluenced by commercialconsiderations.B)They should be committed to bringing aboutpositive social change.C)They should be respectful of the differencebetween public and private knowledge.D)They should be transparent about their belief
45、sand assumptions.13Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?A)Lines 2-5(“Unlike.people”)B)Lines 20-21(“The production.process”)C)Lines 33-38(“As part.decisions”)D)Lines 43-46(“Editors.viewers”)14As used in line 24,“common”most nearly meansA)numerous.B)familiar.C
46、)widespread.D)ordinary.15The authors most likely include the extendedquotations in lines 43-53 toA)present contradictory examples.B)cite representative opinions.C)criticize typical viewpoints.D)suggest viable alternatives.16The authors indicate that the public is coming tobelieve that journalists re
47、ports should avoidA)personal judgments about the events reported.B)more information than is absolutely necessary.C)quotations from authorities on the subjectmatter.D)details that the subjects of news reports wish tokeep private.?.Unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal.?817
48、Which choice provides the best evidence for theanswer to the previous question?A)Lines 12-16(“Thus.them”)B)Lines 30-33(“They.others”)C)Lines 40-42(“Not surprisingly.authority”)D)Lines 70-77(“There.own”)18As used in line 74,“raw”most nearly meansA)unfiltered.B)exposed.C)harsh.D)inexperienced.19Based
49、on the table,in which year were people themost trusting of the news media?A)1985B)1992C)2003D)201120Which statement is best supported by informationpresented in the table?A)Between 1985 and 2011,the proportion ofinaccurate news stories rose dramatically.B)Between 1992 and 2003,the proportion ofpeopl
50、e who believed that news organizationswere biased almost doubled.C)Between 2003 and 2007,peoples views of theaccuracy,independence,and fairness of newsorganizations changed very little.D)Between 2007 and 2011,peoples perception thatnews organizations are accurate increased,butpeoples perception that
