SAT Exam Nov 2025 practice questions

Question 1

The National Heritage Fellowship honors exceptional folk and traditional artists. In 1990, the fellowship was given to mariachi musician Nati Cano to ____ his lifetime contributions to the arts. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

celebrate

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investigate

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discover

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choose

Question 2

The inventories of consonant sounds among Polynesian languages tend toward the ____. Penrhyn in the South Pacific has eleven consonants, and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi has three fewer, while the global median is over twenty-two. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

minimal

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static

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replicable

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melodic

Question 3

Biologist Rebecca Cliffe and colleagues have employed backpack monitors to ____ long-standing misconceptions about sloths' activity patterns. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

dispel

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codify

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analyze

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perpetuate

Question 4

A river's hyporheic zone can extend hundreds of meters from its channel. Because the zone is inaccessible, scientists use ____ to measure it—for example, by mapping aquatic organisms beyond a waterway's banks. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

Accepted Answer

proxies

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parameters

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auxiliaries

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simulations

Question 5

Moose have distinct fecal-steroidal profiles. Bison and elk dung share similar levels of cholestanone and beta-sitosterol, but other digestive by-products such as deoxycholic acid can distinguish them. Which statement about bison and elk dung samples is best supported by the text?

Accepted Answer

They are less distinct in their steroidal profiles than in at least some other digestive by-products.

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They differ in deoxycholic acid content but cannot otherwise be distinguished from moose based on digestive by-products.

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They are more distinct in cholestanone content than in deoxycholic acid content.

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They differ in both beta-sitosterol and deoxycholic acid content, but bison and moose samples cannot be distinguished based on digestive by-products.

Question 6

Students concluded that differences in mice freezing behavior are solely due to variation in expression of gene 1500009I16Rik because knockout mice froze less often than wild-type mice. Which finding would most directly weaken their conclusion?

Accepted Answer

Some wild-type mice froze as infrequently as the knockout mice despite diverse expression levels of 1500009I16Rik.

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The knockout mice were identical to wild-type mice except for freezing behavior.

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Expression levels of 1500009I16Rik do not affect other genes in house mice.

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Wild house mice differ in their expression levels of 1500009I16Rik.

Question 7

Both glossy ibises and little blue herons prefer wetlands with standing water for more than 60 days per year, but only glossy ibises prefer deep water during breeding season. Which choice most logically completes the text?

Accepted Answer

Merely having standing water for a certain number of days will not make an area equally attractive to both species.

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Having features highly attractive to one species will cause an area to be avoided by the other.

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Outside breeding season, both species show stronger preferences for shallow water.

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Water depth affects both species more strongly as standing water persists, but especially for glossy ibises.

Question 8

Economist Jacob Lundberg noted that Japan's 60% top tax rate was below the Laffer curve peak of 68%. To some economists, whether a tax cut ____ Japan's tax revenue depends on Japan's position on the Laffer curve. Which choice completes the text?

Accepted Answer

will ultimately raise or lower

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to ultimately raise or lower

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having ultimately raised or lowered

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ultimately raising or lowering

Question 9

Under the Electoral College, all 11 of Tennessee's electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the state's popular ____, inscribed in the US Constitution as a permanent feature of US politics. Which choice completes the text?

Accepted Answer

vote, inscribed

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vote inscribed

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vote inscribed.

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vote. Inscribed

Question 10

As an archaeologist, Dr. Rubén G. ____ studies historical locations across the US Southwest and Mesoamerica. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to Standard English?

Accepted Answer

Mendoza

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Mendoza,

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Mendoza;

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Mendoza:

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