Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practie Test 9: Expression of Ideas

1

Humorism held medical discovery back for centuries at a time when the pure sciences ___________________________ it established a systemic insularity in the field that cut medicine off from discoveries in biology, chemistry, and physics, and generated a remarkably long-lived illusion of comprehensiveness that categorically rejected revision and innovation.

The writer would like to emphasize how humorism prevented medical discovery from advancing. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

2

I recited this ___________________ to my first college roommate.

Which choice completes the text most effectively?

3

Newly licensed occupational therapists have a minimum of a four-year undergraduate degree and a two-year master's degree. Many occupational therapists also have a doctorate. Occupational therapy assistants have a two-year associate degree and work under the supervision of an occupational therapist. Occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants work in a wide variety of settings like hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, home health, outpatient clinics, sports medicine, and private practice alongside all types of health care practitioners.

The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?

4

The findings at Fermi Lab are at once unsettling, in that they will soon necessitate a considerable reform to our understanding of particle physics, __________ titillating in that they may well lead to a more sophisticated and penetrating understanding not only of particle asymmetry but also of the nature and origin of the universe itself.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

5

Though Frick survived the assassination attempt, and ultimately won the conflict when it entered the courts, his relationship with Carnegie was ______________, and his reputation as America's most hated man was solidified for years to come.

Which choice would best complete the text to express that Frick's relationship with Carnegie was beyond repair?

6

______________ One of the most highly regarded surrealist artists, Salvador Dali, often drew on symbols that he saw in his dreams and incorporated them into his paintings. Dali's formal art education began in 1921 at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid, where he studied for several years. However, Dali was expelled shortly before graduating because he claimed that none of the teachers was competent enough to examine him. In this same year he painted Basket of Bread, which features four slices of buttered bread in a basket with one set off from the others and missing a bite. The painting uses a dematerializing lighting technique that shows just how far Dali's skill had already developed when he was only 22.

Given that all are true, which choice completes the text with the best introduction to the paragraph?

7

Their proposal held that objects that were in orbit around the sun (but not around another planet) ____________________ could be considered planets. Unfortunately, Pluto didn't meet these stipulations.

Which of these options best completes the text by elaborating on the topic of the sentence with the most specific detail?