New York City SHSAT 2017

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1
(A) Tom expected the plane’s departure to be delayed.
(B) The airline prides itself on sticking to the schedule.
(C) Tom missed his flight by five minutes.
(D) If Tom had driven faster, he wouldn’t have missed his flight.
(E) If Tom did not miss his plane, he was not supposed to be on the 6 PM flight.

The youngest employee of the financial consulting firm makes twenty-five thousand dollars per year. Matthew only makes
nineteen thousand dollars per year.

Based only on the information above, which of the following must be true?

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(F) Matthew does not work for the financial consulting firm.
(G) Matthew is not the youngest employee of the financial consulting firm.
(H) The size of an employee’s income is related to the employee’s age.
(J) Other employees in the financial consulting firm make more than twenty-five thousand dollars per year.
(K) The youngest employee of the financial consulting firm makes less money per year than any other employee.

In the code below, each letter represents one syllable. The letters are not necessarily listed in the correct order.

What letters are needed to write the code for the word “misfit”?

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CD = “befit”
FD = “fitful”
FH = “vengeful”
JH = “revenge”
MP = “misuse”
FP = “useful”

(A) CF


(B) CD


(C) DP


(D) MD


(E) CM


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