SAT Practice 4: Simplifying the Sentence
224 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
- In genetic research, ------ mice are often essential
because their ------ allows scientists to pose ques-
tions answerable only if all the mice in a group
have similar hereditary traits.
(A) sedated.. temperament
(B) cloned.. unpredictability
(C) adaptable.. vigor
(D) inbred.. uniformity
(E) adult.. familiarity - Historians generally ------ the film, not only for its
excessive sentimentality and unrealistic dia-
logue, but because it did not ------ a true under-
standing of the problems of the era.
(A) advocated.. exhibit
(B) challenged.. hinder
(C) panned.. demonstrate
(D) exalted.. ascertain
(E) censured.. eliminate - The fact that even the most traditional European
languages have ------ such words as “e-mail”
seems to indicate that no language is impervious
to foreign influences.
(A) originated
(B) prohibited
(C) invalidated
(D) recounted
(E) incorporated - Although many have ------ the theoretical under-
girdings of her research, her experimental proto-
cols have always been beyond reproach.
(A) lingered over
(B) disputed
(C) presumed
(D) interpreted
(E) publicized - Director T. C. Kehrwuld, whose mastery of stark
objectivity in film has long been recognized by
critics, has released another cinematic master-
piece which, while bound to satisfy those same
critics, may be too ------ for public acceptance.
(A) flamboyant
(B) maudlin
(C) ecstatic
(D) austere
(E) humane
6. The humanists in the class emphasized the ------
of scientific discovery, asserting that although the
world could have formulated calculus without
Newton, it would never have produced the Ham-
merklavier Sonata without Beethoven.
(A) monotony
(B) triviality
(C) symmetry
(D) impersonality
(E) intricacy
7. Even Emily, who had to be ------ to participate at
first, eventually confessed that she ------ a great
deal from the workshop.
(A) cajoled.. benefitted
(B) inclined.. intuited
(C) restrained.. resented
(D) persuaded.. obscured
(E) discouraged.. recalled
8. Although his manner was didactic and imperi-
ous, this fact was generally ------ and occasionally
even ------ as qualities befitting a man of his
stature.
(A) encouraged.. dismissed
(B) overlooked.. ignored
(C) discussed.. denounced
(D) criticized.. glorified
(E) tolerated.. applauded
9. The novel’s realistic depiction of social injustice
in early-nineteenth-century America was an un-
mistakable ------ of the new republic’s ------ to its
democratic ideals.
(A) denunciation.. infidelity
(B) disavowal.. reversion
(C) trivialization.. devotion
(D) revelation.. gratitude
(E) commendation.. allegiance