New York City SHSAT 2017

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Information on Scoring Your Practice Tests ...

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SHSAT SCORING IS DETAILED IN SECTION 1: THE BASICS. HOWEVER, HERE’S A QUICK RECAP. There are 50 questions in the Math Section an ...

A FEW POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND As more people take the test, it becomes more competitive, and the scores needed for admission go u ...

HOW TO GET THE MOST FROM SHSAT PRACTICE TESTS Make sure that you check your answers and read through the explanations! Do not si ...

PRACTICE TEST 2 ...

Practice Test 2—Part 1 Directions Part 1 Questions 1–50 75 minutes Part 2 Questions 51–100 75 minutes If you finish part 2 early ...

PART 1—VERBAL Recommended Time—75 Minutes Paragraphs 1–5: Scrambled Paragraphs Directions Below are six sentences that form a pa ...

S. According to Scandinavian historians, Leif Eriksson landed in a wooded part of North America in the year 1000 CE. T. This was ...

QUESTIONS 11–20: Logical Reasoning Directions Read the information given for each question and choose the best answer. Base your ...

11. Which letter represents “guitar”? (A) X (B) B (C) Z (D) Y (E) Cannot be determined from the information given. 12. Which wor ...

(F) Car C was the slowest car. (G) Car A was the most expensive car. (H) Car B was more expensive than Car C. (J) Car C was the ...

Questions 19 and 20 refer to the following information. Six card players are sitting in a circle around a table. Each sits acros ...

QUESTIONS 21–50: Reading Passages Directions Read each passage and answer the questions that follow it. Choose the best answer f ...

keep the stomates closed during hot, dry daylight hours and allow the stomates to open and function at night. Certain other plan ...

(F) to allow carbon dioxide to enter and water to leave the plants (G) to allow water to enter and carbon dioxide to leave the p ...

( 15 )The philosophy underlying the practice of alchemy emerged in similar forms in ancient China, India, and Greece. The alchem ...

Why are the alchemists not favorably regarded today? (F) Their secret techniques have mostly been forgotten. (G) The results o ...

(F) Belief in alchemy delayed scientific progress for centuries. (G) Some of the principles of alchemy are still valid today. (H ...