SAT Section 1 Critical Reading

SAT Section 1 Critical Reading practice questions, page 9 of 11, with answer review and explanations.

Question 41

Advertising can increase sales of a ________ product, but it cannot create demand for a bad one; consumers may buy a _______ item because of advertising but only once.

  1. good . . new
  2. reliable . . costly
  3. useful . . valuable
  4. needless . . single
  5. well-made . . badly made

Question 42

Like Truman, who was never considered a major national figure until Roosevelts death made him president, Ford attained national prominence only after ________ thrust him into the presidency.

  1. personal ambition
  2. outside circumstances
  3. popular acclaim
  4. political intrigue
  5. public demand

Question 43

Thus far, predictions that global ________ would lead to mass starvation have proven false; however, in the years to come, population - _________ may yet prove to be one of the worlds greatest problems.

  1. pollution . . expansion
  2. overcrowding . . growth
  3. poverty . . density
  4. deforestation . . control
  5. warfare . . stabilization

Question 44

Amelia Earhart’s hope of being the first woman to fly around the globe was _________ when she disappeared in the middle of her _________ journey.

  1. thwarted . . ill-fated
  2. realized . . triumphant
  3. fulfilled . . historic
  4. controversial . . hazardous
  5. postponed . . famous

Question 45

The idea of "children’s literature" _______ in the late eighteenth century, when educators first decided that children needed special ________ of their own.

  1. emerged . . books
  2. changed . . reading
  3. grew . . treatment
  4. developed . . training
  5. receded . . teaching