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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
SAT Writing Practice Test Passage Title: The Battle Against White-Nose Syndrome.
Bats play a vital role in ecosystems, providing billions of dollars worth of insect-suppression and pollination services to farmers around the United States. But now, bats face a serious threat: white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that causes a loss of body fat, unusual winter behavior, and even death. Since the first documentation of the disease in 2006, between 5.7 and 6.7 million North American bats have perished 1 from a disease referred to as WNS, with some bat habitats experiencing population declines of more than 90 percent. As of 2014, twenty-five states and five Canadian provinces have confirmed cases of 2 WNS; the affected region now reaches as far west as the Missouri-Kansas border.
Scientists have determined that the cause of white-nose syndrome is a fungus— Pseudogymnoascus destructants—that flourishes in cold, wet environments and reproduces by generating spores that can lodge in the floors and walls of caves as well as on 3 their muzzles, ears, wing membranes, and hairless body parts. 4 For reasons currently unknown, infected bats also demonstrate atypical behavior at hibernation sites: they awaken, fly outside during the day, and hover around cave mouths. This excessive activity results in the depletion of vital fat 5 stories leading to life-threatening emaciation.
6 There is federal funding available to support research on WNS. With grants already in excess of $17.4 million, scientists are conducting epidemiological research in order to determine the most effective agents to combat the disease. Interestingly, the research is beginning to suggest that humans may play a prominent role in the spread of the fungus, as the distance between infected caves often 7 exceed he typical migratory patterns of bat populations. 8 In contrast, the USDA Forest Service has mandated a five-year closure of caves and mines in thirteen states and has ceased all spelunking activity. Through these measures, possible only through collaboration with various organizations and help from the public, scientists hope to avoid a further decline of the bat population in the United States.
While it is unlikely that affected species will recover quickly (due to their slow reproductive rates bats have one offspring, or pup, 9 annually). Several species of bats have exhibited resistance to the destructive powers of WNS. The Virginia big-eared bat population, for example, has not been significantly affected, which led scientists to an exciting discovery: a naturally occurring yeast on the bats’ fur inhibits the growth of the fungus.
This 10 disclosure offers a glimmer of hope in the battle against WNS. 11
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 : due to WNS,
Option C : as a result of a fungal disease, known as WNS,
Option D : because of WNS, or white-nose syndrome,
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Option B : due to WNS,
Question No 2
Which of the following options is the most effective?
Option A : No Change
Option B : WNS, the affected region now reaches,
Option C : WNS: the affected region now reaches,
Option D : WNS, the affected region, now reaches
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Option A : No Change
Question No 3
Which choice provides the most effectively transition to the information that follows?
Option A : No Change
Option B : its
Option C : bats’
Option D : scientists’
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Option C : bats’
Question No 4
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence.
The annual temperature ranges of affected hibernacula fall between 35°F and 57°C. Should the writer make this addition here?
Option A : Yes, because it provides another example of how the WNS fungus affects the hibernation sites of bats.
Option B : Yes, because it introduces information to support the paragraph’s claim that the fungus flourishes in cold, wet environments.
Option C : No, because it does not explain why bats demonstrate atypical behavior at affected hibernacula.
Option D : No, because it introduces information outside the paragraph’s focus on how the fungus affects bat populations.
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Option D : No, because it introduces information outside the paragraph’s focus on how the fungus affects bat populations.
Question No 5
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : stores;
Option C : stores–
Option D : stores,
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Option D : stores,
Question No 6
Which choice most effectively establishes the main topic of the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : In order to prevent the further spread of WNS, bat hibernation sites have been closed off to human activity other than scientific research.
Option C : Work by numerous government and nonprofit agencies and the cooperation of ordinary citizens have been critical in efforts to prevent further decimation of bat populations by WNS.
Option D : Scientists are searching for genetic commonalities between various bat species to determine what causes WNS susceptibility or resistance.
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Option C : Work by numerous government and nonprofit agencies and the cooperation of ordinary citizens have been critical in efforts to prevent further decimation of bat populations by WNS.
Question No 7
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : exceeds
Option C : have exceeded
Option D : are exceeding
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Option B : exceeds
Question No 8
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Option A : NO CHANGE
Option B : As a result
Option C : Moreover
Option D : For instance,
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Option B : As a result
Question No 9
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : annually); and several
Option C : annually), several
Option D : annually) several
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Option C : annually), several
Question No 10
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : development
Option C : ramification
Option D : repercussion
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Option B : development
Question No 11
The writer wants an optimistic conclusion that emphasizes the importance of bats’ recovery by referencing an idea included in the passage’s opening paragraph. Which best accomplishes this goal?
Option A : This devastating fungal disease could continue to spread, sickening bat populations in states west of Missouri.
Option B : North American bat populations will continue to exhibit unusual winter behavior and perish due to WNS if scientists cannot find a way to curb its spread
Option C : With some bat populations already experiencing 90 percent declines, recovery from this disease will prevent them from extinction.
Option D : The sooner the bat population can recover from this disease, the greater the ecological and agricultural benefit to all
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Option D : The sooner the bat population can recover from this disease, the greater the ecological and agricultural benefit to all
