Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practie Test 3: Inferences

1

Students should not study math until high school; and at that point, they should be thrown into rigorous algebra, geometry, and calculus courses and be expected to excel. ___________ That's because it is. Yet, it is precisely what we do for foreign language study in most school systems.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

2

It might be easy to chalk up the younger generation as careless and unconcerned and altogether misdirected, but that's the easy way out, and it is flawed. Students are largely civic-minded; they volunteer, worry about public policies, and even congregate to debate solutions to everything from environmental issues to human rights to health care. Significant events like the war in Iraq in 2003 or Barack Obama's running for president in 2008 or gay marriage rights may generate an influx in youth participation, but overall, young voters are disengaged from American democracy and looking at other ways of tackling society's problems. It is not that they are merely apathetic, but instead that they have lost faith in electoral politics and are highly suspicious of party labels.

The author most strongly suggests that younger Americans are most likely to take what approach to solving societal problems?

3

When General Fulgencio Batista assumed power in Cuba by canceling elections and enacting a disciplined democracy, Castro planned a popular uprising. His assault failed, and after a year-long imprisonment, Castro fled to Mexico to regroup. _________: of the 82 men who sailed back to Cuba on the Granma, Castro was one of the 18 to survive and flee to the Sierra Maestra Mountains.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

4

As a compassionate and passionate educator, I know the competition your child faces. I am interested in breaking down the barriers that intimidate students and providing the path that will get them better college offers, better careers, and most significantly, a better quality of life. To do this, I adopt a perspective of peak preparation at all costs.

The text most strongly implies that the author places a premium on

5

Employees say working from home means fewer dollars spent on gas and daycare. Employers brag that they can reduce real estate, diminish employee turnover, and end the practice of employees' disregarding their attendance obligations. _______________

Which choice most logically completes the text?

6

The following text is from Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

And suiting the action to the word, the door flew open, and the light of the candle which Tom had hastily lighted, fell on the face of Eliza. "I'm running away, Uncle Tom and Aunt Chloe-carrying off my child. Master [Shelby] sold him."

"Sold him?" echoed both, holding up their hands in dismay.

"Yes, sold him!" said Eliza firmly. "I crept into the closet by mistress's door to-night, and I heard master tell missus that he had sold my Harry and you, Uncle Tom, both to a trader, and that the man was to take possession to-day."

Slowly, as the meaning of this speech came over Tom, he collapsed on his old chair, and sunk his head on his knees.

The passage most strongly implies that Tom's reaction to hearing of Mr. Shelby's plans for him is one of