(Question Type: Implicit Meaning)8 The data from Lisa Furrycorpse’s study suggests that
A) preserving a pet’s body after death is appealing to most pet
owners.
B) freeze-drying would be a profitable business venture.
C) the majority of Americans approve of freeze-drying a pet.
D) the majority of people approve of freeze-drying a pet.(Question Type: Explicit Meaning)Answers: 1 . C; 2 . B; 3 . B; 4 . C; 5 . D; 6 . C; 7 . A; 8 . A.*
*Note: The SAT will not provide a handy line of answers after each set of questions. Sorry.
—SamanthaA TRULY SERIOUS READING PASSAGE—WE
MEAN IT THIS TIME
The following is an excerpt of the late Nelson Mandela’s opening address at his
1964 trial in South Africa. It is often called “An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared
to Die.” Like your typical SAT passage, the speech makes use of evidence. Also,
like an SAT global conversation passage, it is considered an important part of
history. Sure, it is more serious than freeze-drying your pets, but most SAT
passages won’t be a barrel of laughs. And take a deep breath, because this one is
a full 680 words long.
Quick refresher: Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary who fought against racism and segregation (apartheid) in hiscountry. After being imprisoned for 27 years, he became the first black president of South Africa in 1994. He also was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize. (Thanks, Wikipedia!)
—Samantha
“An Ideal for Which I Am Prepared to Die” by Nelson
Mandela, his address from the dock as accused number 1
at the Rivonia Trial, April 20, 1964Line Our fight is against real, and not imaginary, hardships or, to use
the