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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 Section Practice Test Passage Title: A Wave of Molasses
On January 15, 1919, a 50-foot-tall holding tank in Boston’s North End burst. 1 2.3 million gallons of molasses that weighed 26 million pounds came out. The molasses engulfed the streets. More than $100 million of property damage in today’s dollars resulted, and it took over 87,000 hours to clean the streets.
[1] The following year, a large and expensive class action lawsuit was filed in order to hold accountable the party responsible for the disaster. [2] The Superior Court condensed 119 separate claims against United States Industrial Alcohol (USIA) into one proceeding. [3]USIA, however, claimed that anarchists blew up its tank. [4] It appointed an “auditor” to hear the evidence and make recommendations about liability and damages. [5] The victims claimed USIA committed corporate negligence. [6] It took 920 testimonies, 1,584 exhibits, and 25,000 pages of transcript to assign responsibility 2
The defense maintained that, because molasses made the industrial alcohol used to produce munitions for 3 World War I USIA had a plausible claim of sabotage. Rampant anarchist activity had plagued the nation, and anti-war posters covered the area surrounding the tank. USIA had even received a threatening phone call before the accident.
Expert metallurgists constructed a replica to “prove” the 4 tank’s soundness, and records of repairs illustrated safety efforts.
The plaintiffs divulged that, rather than appointing a qualified engineer or architect to oversee the tank’s 4 construction, but USIA had appointed an accountant to do the job. The accountant admitted that he could not read blueprints, never consulted an expert, used cheap materials, and never tested the tank’s soundness. Molasses had “wept” from the tank’s seams from the beginning, and USIA had ignored repeated warnings about structural insufficiencies. Instead, it painted the tank brown in an effort to hide the leaking syrup. In January of 1919, the addition of warm molasses to existing cold molasses 5 embarked on a fermentation process. The resulting carbon dioxide created pressure that the weak steel could not withstand. The decrepit tank burst.
After three years of proceedings, the auditor found USIA liable and suggested it should pay damages of $300,000—the equivalent of more than $30 million today. 6 Instead of rejecting the findings and going to trial before a jury, USIA chose to settle the case. Ultimately, 7 we ended up paying more than double what the auditor recommended to resolve all 119 cases.
Most people at that time viewed regulations as a hindrance to economic 8 progress, however, the molasses lawsuit ended the era of unrestricted Big Business with the implementation of industrial safety standards. After the judgment, inspections, regulations, and corporate restrictions became commonplace. 9 Furthermore, the trial illustrated the power of citizen action and encouraged people to protect 10 they’re interests. The destruction of Boston’s North End by a wave of molasses set in motion events that, in turn, increased political participation and ensured the safety of millions of industrial workers in the years to come. 11
SAT Writing Section Practice Test Questions
Question No 1
Which choice most effectively combines the underlined sentences?
Option A : 2.3 million gallons of molasses came out, and that molasses, which weighed 26 million pounds, engulfed the streets.
Option B : The streets were engulfed by molasses, which weighed 26 million pounds, and there were 2.3 million gallons of it.
Option C : 2.3 million gallons of molasses, weighing 26 million pounds, engulfed the streets.
Option D : Engulfing the streets, molasses—2.3 million gallons of it, weighing 26 million pounds—came out.
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Option C : 2.3 million gallons of molasses, weighing 26 million pounds, engulfed the streets.
Question No 2
To make the paragraph most logical, sentence 3 should be placed
Option A : where it is now.
Option B : after sentence 1.
Option C : after sentence 4.
Option D : after sentence 5.
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Option D : after sentence 5.
Question No 3
Which choice provides the most effectively transition to the information that follows?
Option A : No Change
Option B : World War I;
Option C : World War I
Option D : World War I,
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Option D : World War I,
Question No 4
Which choice results in the most effective transition to the information that follows in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : construction,
Option C : construction yet
Option D : construction, and
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Option B : construction,
Question No 5
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : initiated
Option C : inaugurated
Option D : instituted
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Option B : Initiated
Question No 6
At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. Also, the absence of damage to the concrete foundation and lack of evidence of explosives on site made anarchist activity a more improbable cause of the explosion. Should the writer make this addition here?
Option A : Yes, because it refutes USIA’s sole line of defense that anarchists sabotaged the tank.
Option B : Yes, because it provides another example of the evidence used to support the plaintiffs’ claims against USIA.
Option C : No, because it introduces information that interrupts the paragraph’s discussion of the lawsuit’s resolution.
Option D : No, because it does not prove USIA’s accountant ignored structural insufficiencies.
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Option C : No, because it introduces information that interrupts the paragraph’s discussion of the lawsuit’s resolution.
Question No 7
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : one
Option C : it
Option D : he
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Option C : it
Question No 8
The writer is considering deleting the underlined sentence. Should the sentence be kept or deleted?
Option A : NO CHANGE
Option B : progress, but
Option C : progress,
Option D : progress
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Option B : progress, but
Question No 9
At this point, the writer wants to provide an additional example of an outcome of the molasses lawsuit. Which choice most effectively accomplishes this goal?
Option A : The economic prosperity of the Roaring 20s continued despite the new industrial regulations.
Option B : After World War I ended, granulated sugar became more plentiful and often replaced molasses as a sweetener in food production.
Option C : More industrial oversight was in opposition to President Harding’s pro-business stance.
Option D : All states enacted engineering certification and safety specification requirements.
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Option D : All states enacted engineering certification and safety specification requirements.
Question No 10
Which choice best maintains the sentence pattern already established in the paragraph?
Option A : No Change
Option B : there
Option C : their
Option D : it’s
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Option C : their
Question No 11
The writer wants a forceful conclusion that reinforces the wider significance of the molasses flood. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?
Option A : These changes are the molasses disaster’s real legacy
Option B : Rumor has it that the aroma of molasses still lingers on a hot summer day.
Option C : The $30 million molasses payout seems small compared to the huge class-action lawsuit settlements of today.
Option D : Nevertheless, engineers are now required to sign off on their blueprints.
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Option A : These changes are the molasses disaster’s real legacy
