PSAT Writing and Language Practice Test 22

Questions 23-32 refer to the following information.

The Himalayan mountain range lies between the border of Nepal and Tibet and is home to the tallest mountain peak in the (23) world Mount Everest. Standing at 29,029 feet, or just short of five and a half miles in the northern direction, the air surrounding the mountain peak is simply too thin to fly in. To reach the globe's most (24) renowned vantage point, one must climb the mountain.

(25) At face value, a five-mile journey doesn't seem all that intimidating. However, the risk factors and critical details of climbing Mount Everest put the reality of accomplishing the task into perspective. There needs to be a sensible amount of physical training, (26) along with permit and equipment investment. Before beginning the journey, climbers must reach Base Camp. This is a (27) jurney requiring a flight to the Lukla airport in the Himalayas, a few days walk to a staging area of Himalayan climbs titled Namche Bazar, and another week long expedition to arrive at Base Camp. Through all of this, the journey will need extra days to allow the human body to acclimate to the change in altitude. (28)

(29) This is all before beginning the climb. During the climb, a Sherpa, or mountain guide hired to lead your expedition will help you navigate the pass. Although climbing Everest does not require climbers to have a Sherpa, any sensible person will understand the risk that exists even with one. (30) Hundreds of climbers, and (31) Sherpa's, have died atop the mountain due to known climbing risks, but also unpredictably fatal weather. Even so, reaching the mountain peak is not impossible. Two men (32) is the first to accomplish the task in 1953. Since then, over three thousand people have completed the journey.

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23.

A. NO CHANGE

B. world: Mount

C. world! Mount

D. world- Mount

24. All of the following words have the same meaning as the identified word except:

A. notorious

B. prominent

C. obscure

D. exalted

25. What is the author implying with this phrase?

A. There is a cost to the journey.

B. The face of the mountain is not scary.

C. There is a specific way to evaluate the journey.

D. Five miles is a very simple perspective of the climb.

26. All of the below may be interchangeable except:

A. as well as

B. in addition to

C. therefore

D. and

27.

A. NO CHANGE

B. journey

C. jurnee

D. journee

28. Why should the author add the following sentence at this point in the passage?

"The difference in pressure and oxygen availability is tough on the body, and medically makes it impossible to complete the trip without doing so."

A. It adds emphasis to the difficulty of the journey by evaluating how it is impossible to complete it certain ways.

B. It creates a circular effect in the passage by bringing it back to the idea that the air is too thin.

C. It properly sums up the section of the passage before beginning a new section.

D. The author should not include the sentence because it is an irrelevant detail.

29. What purpose does this sentence serve?

A. It is adding emphasis that there is a lot to do before even beginning the climb.

B. It is a rhetorical strategy to continue describing what climbers must do before getting to the peak.

C. It is stressing the serious tone of the passage.

D. It does not serve any purpose as it is restating the passage.

30. The author intentionally places commas around "and Sherpas" in the sentence. Why?

A. The sentence requires comma usage because it is listing who has died on Mount Everest.

B. The commas give a further description that the climbers are Sherpas.

C. The author incorrectly placed the commas in the sentence because neither are necessary for the sentence to make sense.

D. The commas add stress to the idea that Sherpas also die on the mountain.

31.

A. NO CHANGE

B. Sherpas

C. Sherpas'

D. Sheras'es

32.

A. NO CHANGE

B. was

C. are

D. were

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