2016SHSAT_English
2016SHSAT_English 2016SHSAT_English
Specific StrategiesVerbalEach passage has six questions that ask you to identify andanalyze key ideas and details, as well as draw conclusions fromthe information presented.In order to ensure a thorough understanding of the text, readthe passage carefully rather than skimming it. This will helpprevent you from making inaccurate assumptions based on onlya few details. After reading the passage, try answering eachquestion before reading the answer choices. Then look at thechoices to see which is closest to your answer. If none seem tobe your answer, read the question again. You may also rereadthe passage before you choose your answer.Be wary of choices that are too broad or too narrow. Ask yourselfwhether the question requires you to draw a conclusion orinference from statements in the passage or simply to identify arestatement of the facts.Base your answers only on the information presented in thepassage. Do not depend solely on your prior knowledge ofthe topic. Enough information will be given for you to arrive atthe correct answer.Example 5 continued...1. Which of the following best tells what thispassage is about?A. the harm that gulls do to peopleB. how gulls have adapted to living nearhuman communitiesC. the characteristics of animal speciesthat benefit from living near humansD. how gulls have become tameE. how gulls’ intelligence helps them tosurvive2. Where are gulls most dangerous to people?F. in big citiesG. at golf coursesH. on seacoastsJ. on farmsK. at airports3. Which of the following statements about theeating habits of gulls is suggested by thepassage?A. Gulls prefer food with strong flavors.B. Gulls have developed a taste for metalobjects.C. Gulls eat only food that people havethrown away.D. Gulls sometimes steal and eat the eggs ofother birds.E. Gulls are fussy eaters compared withother birds.4. What is the most likely reason that the gullsmentioned in the passage dropped nuts andbolts from the sky?A. They were trying to frighten offcompetitors.B. They didn’t like the taste of them.C. They were trying to crack them open.D. They behave that way with all food.E. They were unable to hold them any longer.5. What species of gull would have the least usefor the special glands mentioned in line 21?A. ring-billB. herringC. westernD. CaliforniaE. glaucous-winged6. Which of the following is most likely part of agull control strategy?F. building taller skyscrapersG. building landfills near airportsH. eliminating hawks and other predatorsJ. paving over parks and green spacesK. installing flashing lights on rooftops26
Specific StrategiesVerbalQuestion 1The correct answer for this question must encompass themain points without being overly broad. Option A is a detail,not a main point. Option C describes only the first paragraph.Options D and E are not mentioned. The best answer isOption B. The passage describes how gulls benefit from livingin human-created surroundings.Question 2To answer this question, read every option before choosing thebest one. According to the passage, while gulls may be nuisancesto people and may damage property, they do not posea threat to the lives of human beings in cities, golf courses,seacoasts, or farms. The only reference to gulls’ potentialdanger to people is in lines 47-49: gulls sucked into airplaneengines have resulted in fatal plane crashes. The correctanswer is Option K, “at airports.”Question 3The eating habits of gulls are mentioned in several placesthroughout the passage. You must keep all of these in mindin order to answer correctly. The passage does not mentionstrong flavors, ruling out Option A. Option B is incorrect;although the passage describes how gulls pick up and dropmetal objects, it does not say that they actually eat them.Gulls eat just about everything, including but not limited togarbage, making Options C and E incorrect. Lines 30-33imply that gulls eat the eggs of other bird species, which isOption D.Question 5The special glands mentioned in line 21 allow gulls to drinksalt water as well as fresh water. All of the gull species in thesecond paragraph, except the ring-bills, live near salt wateroceans or the Great Salt Lake. Thus, they need the specialglands in order drink to salt water. Ring-bill gulls live near theGreat Lakes and other inland fresh water. Fresh water is easilyaccessible to them, so they have little use for the specialglands (Option A).Question 6The gull control industry is described in the last paragraph.Its purpose is to discourage sea gulls from congregating nearhuman communities. Options F, G, and H may attract gulls,not discourage them. Option J can be eliminated because thepassage does not say anything about parks and green spaces,or the lack of them. Option K is mentioned in lines 65-66 as away to deter gulls from roosting on buildings and fences.Question 4The statement about gulls dropping nuts and bolts from thesky is in lines 33-35. To find the reason why they do this,read the entire third paragraph. Lines 24-28 say that gullsbreak open shellfish by dropping them onto a hard surface.Apparently they can’t open the shellfish by other means. Alogical inference is that gulls drop metal objects for a similarreason--to try to crack them open--which is the correctanswer (Option H). Frightening off competitors (Option F) ismentioned in the context of driving ducks away from food(lines 38-40), not with regard to dropping objects from the sky.The other options are not supported by the passage.27
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Specific StrategiesVerbalEach passage has six questions that ask you to identify andanalyze key ideas and details, as well as draw conclusions fromthe information presented.In order to ensure a thorough understanding of the text, readthe passage carefully rather than skimming it. This will helpprevent you from making inaccurate assumptions based on onlya few details. After reading the passage, try answering eachquestion before reading the answer choices. Then look at thechoices to see which is closest to your answer. If none seem tobe your answer, read the question again. You may also rereadthe passage before you choose your answer.Be wary of choices that are too broad or too narrow. Ask yourselfwhether the question requires you to draw a conclusion orinference from statements in the passage or simply to identify arestatement of the facts.Base your answers only on the information presented in thepassage. Do not depend solely on your prior knowledge ofthe topic. Enough information will be given for you to arrive atthe correct answer.Example 5 continued...1. Which of the following best tells what thispassage is about?A. the harm that gulls do to peopleB. how gulls have adapted to living nearhuman communitiesC. the characteristics of animal speciesthat benefit from living near humansD. how gulls have become tameE. how gulls’ intelligence helps them tosurvive2. Where are gulls most dangerous to people?F. in big citiesG. at golf coursesH. on seacoastsJ. on farmsK. at airports3. Which of the following statements about theeating habits of gulls is suggested by thepassage?A. Gulls prefer food with strong flavors.B. Gulls have developed a taste for metalobjects.C. Gulls eat only food that people havethrown away.D. Gulls sometimes steal and eat the eggs ofother birds.E. Gulls are fussy eaters compared withother birds.4. What is the most likely reason that the gullsmentioned in the passage dropped nuts andbolts from the sky?A. They were trying to frighten offcompetitors.B. They didn’t like the taste of them.C. They were trying to crack them open.D. They behave that way with all food.E. They were unable to hold them any longer.5. What species of gull would have the least usefor the special glands mentioned in line 21?A. ring-billB. herringC. westernD. CaliforniaE. glaucous-winged6. Which of the following is most likely part of agull control strategy?F. building taller skyscrapersG. building landfills near airportsH. eliminating hawks and other predatorsJ. paving over parks and green spacesK. installing flashing lights on rooftops26
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