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Instruction:
- In the passage below is accompanied by a number of questions.
- For some questions, you need to think how the passage might be revised to improve the expression of ideas.
- For other questions, you will consider how the passage might be edited to correct errors in sentence structure, usage, or punctuation.
- Some questions will direct you to an underlined portion of a passage.
- Other questions will direct you to a location in a passage or ask you to think about the passage as a whole.
SAT Writing & Language Section Passage
FREE SAT Writing Practice Test Passage Title: John Snow and the Story of the Broad Street Pump
From discovering the causes of polio and smallpox to controlling epidemics all around the world, epidemiologists have been behind many of our current advancements in public health. While the field of epidemiology now encompasses a wide range of skills and methods, its origin is commonly traced back 1 to a single story; the tale of John Snow and the Broad Street pump.
Snow was born in England in 1813—a time when the prevailing notion behind disease transmission was the “miasma theory.” 2 According to this theory, diseases were spread through particles from decomposed matter that would then become part of the air Snow, who had survived a number of cholera epidemics in his childhood before pursuing a career in medicine, was 3 cynical about this elegant but incorrect theory. However, it was not until the cholera epidemic of 1854 that he was able to acquire insurmountable evidence showing that cholera was caused by something other than “bad air.” Within the first two weeks of September, 1854, over 500 people had mysteriously died 4 of cholera. Those who had died were all within 250 yards of the Cambridge Street and Broad Street intersection in the Soho district of London. Snow began analyzing the addresses of those who had contracted the disease.
He found that, of the hundreds of cases of cholera near Soho, 5 and all but ten involving people who lived near the contaminated pump on Broad Street. Of the remaining ten cases, five involved people who preferred the water from the Broad Street pump and three involved children who went to school near the Broad Street pump. Snow’s research was too compelling for the local council to ignore: they eventually removed the Broad Street pump from service, 6 affectively ending the cholera outbreak in Soho. 7 Today, epidemiology is considered a basic science of public health.
It is a quantitative discipline built on probability, statistics, and research 8 methods, a method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses, and a tool to promote and protect the health of the public. Examples of applied epidemiology include monitoring reports of communicable diseases in the 9 community and tracking down the cause of a food-borne outbreak. While many epidemiologists work for health departments at the local and state levels, a number are also employed by colleges and universities 10 In 2012, the median wage for epidemiologists in the United States was around $60,000, though this number was substantially larger for those working in the state government. For those interested in pursuing a career in this field, the prospects also look bright, 11 but employment is projected to grow 10 percent between 2012 and 2022.
FREE SAT Writing Practice Test Questions
Question No 1
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : to: a single story,
Option C : to a single story:
Option D : to: a single story
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Option C : to a single story:
Question No 2
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the writer make this deletion?
Option A : Yes, because the sentence contains unnecessary information about the miasma theory that is irrelevant to the main topic of the paragraph.
Option B : Yes, because the sentence introduces a new idea that shifts the focus away from the main topic of the paragraph.
Option C : No, because the sentence provides information essential to understanding the “bad air” reference made later in the paragraph.
Option D : No, because the sentence introduces a method of reasoning that is central to the field of epidemiology
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Option C : No, because the sentence provides information essential to understanding the “bad air” reference made later in the paragraph.
Question No 3
Which choice provides the most effectively transition to the information that follows?
Option A : No Change
Option B : suspected of
Option C : questionable about
Option D : suspicious of
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Option D : suspicious of
Question No 4
Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?
Option A : of cholera, and those who had died from it were all
Option B : —all from cholera and all dying
Option C : of cholera, all of whom were
Option D : of cholera—all
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Option D : suspicious of
Question No 5
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : all but ten involved
Option C : all but ten involving
Option D : and all but ten involved
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Option B : all but ten involved
Question No 6
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : in affect
Option C : effectively
Option D : in efficacy
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Option C : effectively
Question No 7
At this point, the writer wants to include an effective transition from the subject of the previous paragraph to the subject of the new paragraph. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Option A : Though Snow did not know it at the time, his investigative approach to the cholera epidemic would become the foundation of the field of epidemiology.
Option B : Snow’s approach to the cholera epidemic was the first time such a novel approach was used in a scientific investigation
Option C : The Broad Street pump story is often one of the first things taught in college-level epidemiology courses.
Option D : Following the removal of the Broad Street pump, it was only a matter of time before scientists began to recognize that cholera was a water-borne disease.
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Option A : Though Snow did not know it at the time, his investigative approach to the cholera epidemic would become the foundation of the field of epidemiology.
Question No 8
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Option A : NO CHANGE
Option B : methods; a method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses; and
Option C : methods, a method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses; and
Option D : methods; a method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses, and
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Option B : methods; a method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses; and
Question No 9
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : community—and
Option C : community: and
Option D : community and
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Option D : Community and
Question No 10
After reviewing the passage and the graph, the writer determines that the statement made in the underlined sentence is not accurate. Which of the following revisions should the writer make to correct the inaccuracy?
Option A : Replace “$60,000” with “$50,000.”
Option B : Replace “$60,000” with “$100,000
Option C : Replace “state government” with “local government.
Option D : Replace “state government” with “private sector.”
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Option D : Replace “state government” with “private sector.”
Question No 11
Which choice completes the sentence with accurate data based on the graph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : with employment
Option C : in which employment is
Option D : notwithstanding that employment is
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Option B : with employment
