2016SHSAT_English

Sample Test – VerbalExplanations of Correct AnswersBForm16. (H) This question contains two conditional statements.You can put the two sentences together: WhenTomas is wearing a white shirt, he is also wearing a tieand black shoes. Thus, Option H must be true.The first sentence only tells us what will happen whenTomas wears his white shirt. It says nothing about whatwill happen when Tomas does not wear his white shirt.Therefore, it is incorrect to conclude that when Tomaswears a tie he is also wearing a white shirt. Likewise, thesecond sentence tells us only what will happen when Tomaswears a tie. It doesn’t tell us what will happen whenTomas does not wear a tie. We cannot conclude that wheneverTomas wears his black shoes he is also wearing a tie.17. (B) Draw a diagram like the one below. Eight yearsare shown because eight is the largest option. The questionstates that Jack played only the violin the first year. UnderYear 1, put an X to represent Jack’s instrument during thefirst year. The question does not state the order in whichJack played each instrument. Since he started with theviolin, and played violin for two years, add an X under thesecond year as well.Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Violin X XCelloBassJack played the cello and the bass for three years each, andhe never played more than two instruments during thesame year. One possibility is that he played the cello duringyears, 2, 3, and 4, as marked below. Jack could not havestarted playing the bass until year 3. After “Bass,” place anX under years 3, 4, and 5.Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Violin X XCello X X XBass X X XThis is one possible arrangement, and it requires five years.All other possibilities require at least five years. Option Bis correct.18. (K) This question asks you to match each driver witha car color and put the drivers in order. Because the questionasks for the driver at the far right, start with the informationabout the drivers. According to Statements 2 and3, Marquise stands to the right of both Anya and Jorge.There is no information about Patrick’s position. He couldbe in one of several possible positions. Based only on thisinformation, there are several possible orders (using thefirst initial of each driver).AJMP AJPM PAJMMaybe the colors of the cars will help to solve the problem.Patrick did not drive the white car (Statement 3), thesilver car (Statement 4), or the orange car (Statement 5).Therefore, Patrick must drive the brown car. The browncar was to the right of the orange car (Statement 1), butthat leaves two possible orders of cars, with an initialstanding for each color.OSBWOSWBThus, we cannot determine who stands at the far right,Patrick (the brown car) or Marquise (the white car), so theanswer cannot be determined (Option K).19. and 20. These directions differ from the directions forthe code in Sample Form A. They state that the positionof a letter is never the same as that of the word it represents.For example, in the first sentence, Q cannot represent“Are” because they are both first in their sentences.To answer these questions, you need not find out whatevery letter represents.19. (A) The letter Z appears in the first and second sentences,but not the third, so the word that it representsmust also appear in the first and second sentences, butnot the third. “Late” (Option C) is incorrect because itdoes not appear in the second sentence. “Again” (OptionD) is ruled out because the letter and word are in thesame position in the first sentence. The remainingwords—“are” and “we”—appear in the first and secondsentences, and neither word shares the same positionas the letter Z. Must we then conclude that the correctanswer is “cannot be determined from the informationgiven”? Not necessarily. The letter P is also common toboth sentences, but P cannot represent “are” because Pand "are" share the same position in the second sentence.Thus P must represent “we,” leaving Z to represent “are,”which is Option A.20. (K) The word “again” appears only in the first andthird sentences, as do the letters Q and H. There is noway to determine which letter represents “again,” so theanswer is Option K.98