SAT Mc Graw Hill 2011

54 McGRAW-HILL’S SAT

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1. To Clara’s relief, the biopsy revealed that the
   tumor on her skin was -------.
   (A) malignant
   (B) irreverent
   (C) serene
   (D) benign
   (E) mortal
   2. The speaker’s message was ------- by jargon that
   rendered it decipherable only to those few au-
   dience members familiar with her particular
   area of expertise.
   (A) elated
   (B) revealed
   (C) obscured
   (D) enlightened
   (E) consoled
   3. To those consumers who are more influenced by
   style than by performance, the ------- value of the
   sports car outweighs its functional flaws.
   (A) utilitarian
   (B) pragmatic
   (C) approximate
   (D) aesthetic
   (E) inexplicable
   4. A student becomes a thinker only when he or
   she realizes that most so-called facts are merely
   ------- claims, each serving its purpose only
   temporarily.
   (A) provisional
   (B) polemical
   (C) authoritative
   (D) dramatic
   (E) pedantic

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SECTION 8

Time—20 minutes

19 questions

Turn to Section 8 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.

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.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks,

each blank indicating that something has been

omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words

or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose

the word or set of words that, when inserted

in the sentence, bestfits the meaning of the

sentence as a whole.

EXAMPLE:

Rather than accepting the theory unquestion-

ingly, Deborah regarded it with-----.

(A) mirth

(B) sadness

(C) responsibility

(D) ignorance

(E) skepticism

A B C DE