Test Code: CB16

SAT I – Practice Test

Date: ____________________
Name: ____________________
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Questions 12-22 are based on the following passage
and supplementary material.
Ill
A) NOCHANGE
The King of Daredevil Comedy
B) had watched
In 1922, silent-film actor and director Harold Lloyd was C) watches
walking in downtown Los Angeles when he saw an D) has watched
unusual sight: a man climbing up the outside of a tall
office building. A crowd was gathered, mesmerized by the
At this point, the writer �s considering adding the
spectacle. Lloydm watched nervously until the climber,
following sentence.
a daredevil named Bill Strother, made it to safety.ID
Lloyd was impressed by Stother's
m
Having already made a few films in the vein of "thrill
comedy," the event inspired Lloyd to create his most Boldness

daring film yet, and he invited Strother to be involved. The

Should the writer make this addition here?
result was Safety Last!, the most famous movie of Lloyd's
A) Yes, because it explains why Lloyd was nervous
career and a marvel of creative filming.
while watching Strother.
B) Yes, because it makes a point that is elaborated
on in the next sentence.
C) No, because it contradicts a point made in the

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previous sentence.
D) No, because it diverts the focus of the paragraph
from Strother to the audience.

A) NOCHANGE
B) Lloyd was inspired
C) it was Lloyd's inspiration
D) its inspiration led Lloyd

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