SAT August 23rd 2025 INT - Reading and Science Practice Questions (Version 1)

Aug 25, 2026

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Practice material for SAT-style comprehension and evidence-based multiple-choice questions. Includes logic-completion prompts focused on scientific statements about dating constraints, fossil records, and evolutionary explanations, as well as a data-driven task using a fish-count table from three Taiwanese tide pools (1999-2018). The activities require selecting the most precise word or phrase and interpreting how specific sentences function within a passage overall.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages98

Reading Time4 h 7 min

AccessFree to download

Question Types

Text Completion

Sentence Function

Table-Based Evidence

The dates that archaeologists assign to most of the colossal sculptures of human headsproduced by the Olmec civilization of Mesoamerica are necessarily .The majority ofthe sculptures have been moved from their original context,making precise datingimpossible. 贝Mark for Review Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A uncontroversial ⑧irrelevant applicable ①approximate traditional descriptions of pollination syndromes (suites of floral traits,such asnectar composition and symmetry,hypothesized to have independently evolved as a resultof selection pressure exerted by pollinators)and recent empirical observations of floral-trait combinations have led some ecologists to express reservations about the utility ofthose descriptions. 3 贝Mark for Review Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? A Discrepancies between ⑧Proclamations of C Recurrences of ①Affinities between Scientists discovered a 390-million-year-old fossilized forest of Calamophyton trees inmodern-day England.The scientists believe the emergence of these Calamophyton forestschanged the land significantly.For example,the tree roots would have greatly reduced soilerosion,and the accumulated twigs the trees shed likely created new habitats for animallife. 贝Mark for Review Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? A It suggests that there are likely fossilized Calamophyton forests frombefore 390 million years ago. ⑧It provides two competing views of when the Calamophyton forest likelymerged. C It illustrates how Calamophyton forests likely changed conditions on theland. ①It indicates how fast the Calamophyton forest spread. Cumulative Counts of Fish in Three Taiwanese Tide Pools,1999-2018 | Species | Station 1 | Station 2 | Station 3 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | barred flagtail | 249 | 64 | 16 | | streaky rockskipper | 125 | 139 | 610 | | blackspotted rockskipper | 83 | 74 | 31 | | Cocos frillgoby | 50 | 64 | 90 | Lin-Tai Ho and colleagues tracked fish populations in three tide pool-monitoring stationsin Taiwan from 1999 to 2018.Although a total of only 31 blackspotted rockskippers wereobserved at station 3,that was not the lowest count at any station: □Mark for Review Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the assertion? A there were 16 streaky rockskippers observed at station 1. ⑧ there were 610 streaky rockskippers observed at station 3. there were 16 barred flagtails observed at station 3. ①there were 50 Cocos frillgobies observed at station 1.

FAQs

What skills do the text-completion questions test?

They test selecting the most logical and precise word or phrase to complete scientific or analytical statements.

How does the fossil-forest question use context?

It asks readers to determine the function of an underlined sentence within the overall passage, based on what that sentence contributes to the argument.

How should the fish-table assertion question be solved?

Use the table values to identify which option best completes the claim, comparing counts across the specified stations.

Aug 25, 2026

Uploaded by Theodore