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  1. Read this sentence. During a nightly news segment about a cooking contest, a reporter talked to some people who did the best in the…2018 Test A English, question 1
  2. Read this paragraph. (1) When coal was used to heat homes, it frequently left soot stains on the walls. (2) Brothers Cleo and Noah…2018 Test A English, question 2
  3. Read this paragraph. (1) Walking dogs, cleaning kennels, hand-feeding newborn kittens, and supporting the pet-adoption process, the animal shelter is looking for volunteers to…2018 Test A English, question 3
  4. Which sentence should be added after sentence 5 to introduce the main topic of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 4
  5. Which sentence should be added to follow and support sentence 7?2018 Test A English, question 5
  6. Where should sentence 11 be moved in order to improve the organization of the second paragraph (sentences 6–11)?2018 Test A English, question 6
  7. Which sentence presents information that shifts away from the main topic of the third paragraph (sentences 12–16) and should be removed?2018 Test A English, question 7
  8. Which transition phrase should be added to the beginning of sentence 18?2018 Test A English, question 8
  9. Which concluding sentence should be added after sentence 18 to support the topic presented in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 9
  10. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 10
  11. Marsh believed that the people of his time caused harm to the environment because2018 Test A English, question 11
  12. What is the most likely reason the author uses the word “surprisingly” in paragraph 1?2018 Test A English, question 12
  13. Which evidence supports the accuracy of Marsh’s theories about nature?2018 Test A English, question 13
  14. Which detail about Marsh provides support for the author’s statement in paragraph 5?2018 Test A English, question 14
  15. Which of Marsh’s ideas most influenced the environmental movement of the 1960s?2018 Test A English, question 15
  16. Read this sentence from paragraph 1. In 1926 an editor at the London Daily News predicted that Gertrude Ederle, an American swimmer with eighteen…2018 Test A English, question 16
  17. Which sentence is the best summary of the steps that Ederle took to prepare for her second attempt to swim across the English Channel?2018 Test A English, question 17
  18. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Ederle knew that if she did not complete the challenge this time, she might never get the opportunity…2018 Test A English, question 18
  19. Which sentence best supports the idea that Ederle succeeded in swimming across the channel because of her innovative approach to the challenge?2018 Test A English, question 19
  20. In paragraph 4, the word “insurmountable” is used to highlight2018 Test A English, question 20
  21. Which statement describes how the author’s use of problem-and-solution in paragraph 5 contributes to the development of ideas in the passage?2018 Test A English, question 21
  22. Paragraph 7 contributes to the development of the central idea of the passage by2018 Test A English, question 22
  23. Ederle’s victorious swim across the English Channel influenced American attitudes mainly by2018 Test A English, question 23
  24. Which sentence from the passage best conveys the author’s perspective regarding the impact of Ederle’s accomplishment?2018 Test A English, question 24
  25. The table contributes to the development of the topic of the passage mainly by2018 Test A English, question 25
  26. The phrase “those wonderful Swiss and African ones which vote, keep drilled armies,… and dispute about religion” in paragraph 1 shows that the author2018 Test A English, question 26
  27. The central idea that “the average ant is a sham” (paragraph 1) is conveyed mainly through the2018 Test A English, question 27
  28. In paragraph 2, how do the words “grabs,” “yanks,” and “tearing away” contribute to the meaning of the excerpt?2018 Test A English, question 28
  29. Read this text from paragraph 2. He… comes to a weed; it never occurs to him to go around it. No; he must climb…2018 Test A English, question 29
  30. Which of the following best explains the author’s fascination with the ants?2018 Test A English, question 30
  31. Read this sentence from paragraph 2. At the end of half an hour he fetches up within six inches of the place he started…2018 Test A English, question 31
  32. Which sentence from paragraph 2 best supports the idea that sheer “leather-headedness” (paragraph 2) amounts to “ignorance” and “idiocy” (paragraph 4)?2018 Test A English, question 32
  33. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. Evidently the friend remarks that a last year’s grasshopper leg is a very noble acquisition, and inquires where…2018 Test A English, question 33
  34. Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The two perspiring ants inspect it thoughtfully and decide that dried grasshopper legs are a poor sort of…2018 Test A English, question 34
  35. How does the presence of the friend in paragraph 3 influence the first ant’s behavior?2018 Test A English, question 35
  36. Which statement best describes the central idea of the passage?2018 Test A English, question 36
  37. What was the main way that Karl Mauch’s conclusions about Great Zimbabwe in paragraph 4 affected later archaeological investigations?2018 Test A English, question 37
  38. Which statement best describes Portuguese explorers’ experience searching for Great Zimbabwe?2018 Test A English, question 38
  39. What was “one mystery of Great Zimbabwe” (paragraph 6) that had been solved?2018 Test A English, question 39
  40. Which statement about the Shona people is best supported by the passage?2018 Test A English, question 40
  41. The conclusions of David Randall-MacIver and Gertrude Caton-Thompson were significant because they2018 Test A English, question 41
  42. How does the similar construction of the sentence in line 1 and the sentence in line 8 contribute to the meaning of the poem?2018 Test A English, question 42
  43. Read lines 2–4 and lines 12–14 from the poem. I am what every athlete wants: to remain at the apex of the leap, up…2018 Test A English, question 43
  44. Read line 7 from the first stanza. Swallows and ospreys nest in my trusses. How does the line contribute to the development of ideas…2018 Test A English, question 44
  45. Read lines 18–20 from the poem. You are some tears dribbling from a mountain’s eye, running down the pavements of small towns, into the…2018 Test A English, question 45
  46. The comparison to sewing in lines 33–35 helps show that the structure2018 Test A English, question 46
  47. The last stanza (lines 36–42) conveys a central idea of the poem by2018 Test A English, question 47
  48. Read lines 41–42 from the poem. Because I am, above all else, patient. I will wait for you. Which of the following supports what…2018 Test A English, question 48
  49. How does the poet develop the points of view of the structure and the water?2018 Test A English, question 49
  50. How does the form of the poem contribute to its meaning?2018 Test A English, question 50
  51. Which of the following best tells what this passage is about?2018 Test A English, question 51
  52. What is the most likely reason farmers persisted in replanting their crops?2018 Test A English, question 52
  53. In the winter that followed the summer of 1816, New Englanders most likely experienced2018 Test A English, question 53
  54. How does paragraph 3 contribute to the passage?2018 Test A English, question 54
  55. The author includes the details in paragraph 4 about the eruption of Mount Tambora in order to2018 Test A English, question 55
  56. Which of the following is implied by the phrase “the global nature of weather” (paragraph 5)?2018 Test A English, question 56
  57. The cold summer of 1816 was most likely caused by2018 Test A English, question 57
  58. In the figure above, PQRS is a parallelogram. What is the value of x?2018 Test A Math, question 1
  59. The owner of a tree farm plants pine trees and oak trees in a ratio of 8:3. How many oak trees are planted if…2018 Test A Math, question 2
  60. For what value of w is 4w=2w-8?2018 Test A Math, question 3
  61. A survey asked students what pets they have. Based on the results, the following statements are all true. 20 students have cats. 23 students…2018 Test A Math, question 4
  62. The sum of two consecutive integers is −15. If 1 is added to the smaller integer and 2 is subtracted from the larger integer,…2018 Test A Math, question 5
  63. The set of possible values of m is { 5,7,9 }. What is the set of possible values of k if 2k=m+3?2018 Test A Math, question 6
  64. 7+(3n+6)-(4n+8)=2018 Test A Math, question 7
  65. In a certain school, course grades range from 0 to 100. Adrianna took 4 courses and her mean course grade was 90. Roberto took…2018 Test A Math, question 8
  66. Jenny starts a game with twice as many marbles as Keiko. Jenny gives Keiko 5 marbles, but she still has 10 more than Keiko.…2018 Test A Math, question 9
  67. In a scale diagram, 0.125 inch represents 125 feet. How many inches represent 1 foot?2018 Test A Math, question 10
  68. PEOPLE PER VEHICLE AT CHECKPOINT Number of People in Vehicle Percent of Vehicles 1 40% 2 35% 3 15% 4 7% 5 or more…2018 Test A Math, question 11
  69. In the pyramid above, each triangular face has the same area, and the base MNPQ is a square that measures 8 centimeters on each…2018 Test A Math, question 12
  70. The perimeter of a rectangle is 510 centimeters. The ratio of the length to the width is 3:2. What are the dimensions of this…2018 Test A Math, question 13
  71. Which number line below shows the solution to the inequality -4< x/2< 2?2018 Test A Math, question 14
  72. 1 dollar = 7 lorgs 1 dollar = 0.5 dalt Kevin has 140 lorgs and 16 dalts. If he exchanges the lorgs and dalts…2018 Test A Math, question 15
  73. A box of colored pencils contains exactly 6 red pencils. The probability of choosing a red pencil from the box is 2/7. How many…2018 Test A Math, question 16
  74. The sum of the numbers x, y, and z is 50. The ratio of x to y is 1:4, and the ratio of y…2018 Test A Math, question 17
  75. What is the area of the shaded region in the graph above?2018 Test A Math, question 18
  76. In Centerville, 45% of the population is female, and 60% of the population commutes to work daily. Of the total Centerville population, 21% are…2018 Test A Math, question 19
  77. Mrs. Cranston bought five bottles of water for $0.90 each and 8 pounds of meat. She paid a total of $26.90 for these items,…2018 Test A Math, question 20
  78. In a sample of 10 cards, 4 are red and 6 are blue. If 2 cards are selected at random from the sample, one…2018 Test A Math, question 21
  79. 1 sind = 4 lorgs 2 plunks = 5 dalts 5 sinds = 2 harps 1 plunk = 3 harps A nation has five…2018 Test A Math, question 22
  80. SCORES ON MATH QUIZ Score Number of Students 85 4 75 4 65 2 What is the mean score of the 10 students in…2018 Test A Math, question 23
  81. How many more people in Center City walk to work than ride their bicycle to work?2018 Test A Math, question 24
  82. Which of the following numbers has factors that include the smallest factor (other than 1) of 91?2018 Test A Math, question 25
  83. In a scale drawing of a triangular banner, one side measures 16 centimeters and the other two sides each measure 12 centimeters. On the…2018 Test A Math, question 26
  84. The faculty of a certain four-year college consists of 179 teachers. There are 663 first-year students. The student-to-faculty ratio for the entire college is…2018 Test A Math, question 27
  85. 2 1/5+3 3/10+4 2/5+5 1/2 What is the value of the expression shown above?2018 Test A Math, question 28
  86. A car is traveling 55 miles per hour, and 1 mile = 5,280 feet. Which of the following calculations would give the car’s speed…2018 Test A Math, question 29
  87. Today, Tien’s age is 1/4 of Jordan’s age. In 2 years, Tien’s age will be 1/3 of Jordan’s age. How old is Jordan today?2018 Test A Math, question 30
  88. How many positive even factors of 48 are greater than 24 and less than 48?2018 Test A Math, question 31
  89. The least of 5 consecutive integers is l, and the greatest is g. What is the value of l+g/2 in terms of l?2018 Test A Math, question 32
  90. Johan leased a car for three years. He paid a one-time fee of $1,000, and an additional $300 per month for the full three…2018 Test A Math, question 33
  91. There are 6 different cookies on a plate. Aiden will choose 2 of these cookies to pack in his lunch. How many different pairs…2018 Test A Math, question 34
  92. For a presentation, Deion can create 5 slides in 20 minutes, working at a constant rate. Kyra can create 3 slides in 10 minutes,…2018 Test A Math, question 35
  93. On the number line above, LN = 1/8. Point M (not shown) is located between point L and point N. Which value below is…2018 Test A Math, question 36
  94. An unmarked straight stick will be laid end over end to measure a distance of exactly 72 feet. The same stick will be used…2018 Test A Math, question 37
  95. Ryan must read 150 pages for school this weekend. It took him 30 minutes to read the first 20 pages. At this rate, how…2018 Test A Math, question 38
  96. Suppose M=w/x, N=y/z, and w,x,y, and z do not equal 0. What is M/N in terms of w,x,y, and z?2018 Test A Math, question 39
  97. In the set of consecutive integers from 12 to 30, inclusive, there are four integers that are multiples of both 2 and 3. How…2018 Test A Math, question 40
  98. The graph above shows the number of schools per city for five small cities. Cities M and N each have 500 students per school.…2018 Test A Math, question 41
  99. A box contains 5 strawberry candies, 3 banana candies, and 2 orange candies. If Braden selects 2 candies at random from this box, without…2018 Test A Math, question 42
  100. w/x=y/z In the equation above, w,x,y, and z are positive numbers. Which of these is equal to z?2018 Test A Math, question 43
  101. On the number line above, points W, X, Y, and Z are integers, and WX:XY:YZ = 4:2:3. What is the value of WY?2018 Test A Math, question 44
  102. A metal square used in an electronic device must have a thickness of 0.02 inch, with an allowable error of 1 percent. What is…2018 Test A Math, question 45
  103. SCORES ON BIOLOGY TEST Section Lowest Score Range I 65 28 II 62 25 III 67 22 Mr. Blake’s biology class is divided into…2018 Test A Math, question 46
  104. If 3n is a positive even number, how many odd numbers are in the range from 3n up to and including 3n+5?2018 Test A Math, question 47
  105. 10/13=0.769230 In the infinitely repeating decimal above, 7 is the first digit in the repeating pattern. What is the 391st digit?2018 Test A Math, question 48
  106. A car travels at 4,400 feet per minute. The radius of each tire on the car is 1 foot. How many revolutions does one…2018 Test A Math, question 49
  107. 100(2+0.1)^2-100=2018 Test A Math, question 50
  108. A sports store has a container of handballs: 4 blue, 5 red, 8 yellow, 9 white, and 11 green. If one ball is picked…2018 Test A Math, question 51
  109. Each week, Leon has fixed expenses of $1,250 at his furniture shop. It costs him $150 to make a chair in his shop, and…2018 Test A Math, question 52
  110. Using the approximation 2.54 centimeters = 1 inch, how many centimeters are in 4 feet 7 inches?2018 Test A Math, question 53
  111. On the number line above, JK=3 1/2, JM=9 3/4, and LM=1 1/8. What is the position of point L?2018 Test A Math, question 54
  112. If 4x-3y=12, what is x in terms of y?2018 Test A Math, question 55
  113. SERVINGS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Number of Servings of Fruits and Vegetables Number of Students 0 5 1 7 2 3 3 4 4…2018 Test A Math, question 56
  114. A paste used to cover a billboard is made by mixing the following ingredients by weight: 4 parts powder, 3 parts water, 2 parts…2018 Test A Math, question 57
  115. Read this sentence. The Colosseum in Rome, Italy which is considered one of the “new” Seven Wonders of the World, is the largest amphitheater…2018 Test B English, question 1
  116. Read this paragraph. In September 2016 the National Museum of African American History and Culture opened as part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum…2018 Test B English, question 2
  117. Read this sentence. To promote their club, a bake sale will be sponsored by members of the debate team on Wednesday. How should the…2018 Test B English, question 3
  118. Read this paragraph. (1) Devon spent several hours preparing for an upcoming audition for a play at the community theater. (2) First he did…2018 Test B English, question 4
  119. Which sentence should replace sentence 4 to best introduce the main claim of the passage?2018 Test B English, question 5
  120. Which sentence would best follow and support sentence 8?2018 Test B English, question 6