2011年1月北美SAT真题（无水印）

Form Codes AEHA, BWHA The ·SAT· SAT· 11 ESSAY ESSAY ESSAY Time - 25 minutes The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, presentyour ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you.write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers. Important Reminders: • A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet • An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. • If your essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be canceled. You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Idealistic people, people who pursue great ideas in hopes of changing the world, often have ambitious plans that are difficult or even impossible to carry 'out. These people can claim few solid accomplishments. In contrast, practical people concentrate on workable ideas and goals. even though these may not meet an idealist's high standards. Their approach is likely to be more valuable than the approach of idealistic people. Assignment: Is an idealistic approach less valuable than a practical approach? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET. If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section In the test. ·3· 1 1ESSAY ESSAY ESSAY Time - 25 minutes The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should. therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers. Important Reminders: • A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet. • An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. • Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be C'aIICeIcd. You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below, People generally put more trust in what they have learned for themselves than in whatthey learn from others. Few people, however,are really motivated to learn anything on their own. 1bey are much more apt to learn when others are willing to teach them. Even though learning from others means occasionally learning things that are not useful or important, peopleare still better off . when they learn from others. Assignment: Is it better for people to learn from others than to learn on their own? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET. If you finish before time is called, you m·ay check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section In the test. -4­ 11 ESSAY ESSAY ESSAY Time --- 2S minutes' The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet"':":"" you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers. Important Reminders: • A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink wi1l receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet. • A~ off-topic essay will receive a score of zero. • Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be-canceled. You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. Too many people do not consider their task or project complete or acceptable until every detail has been done right. Fortunately,' such people havenot always had their way, since nothing would ever be completed if we had to check every detail before we could consider our work done. In fact, none of the world's greatest accomplishments would have been made, because none of them is perfect in every detail. Assignment: .00 people put too much importance on getting every detail right on a project or task? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET. If you finish before time is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not turn to any other section In the test. -5­ 1 .., 1(I)ESSAY ESSAY I!J;' Q ESSAY Time - 25 minutes The essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should. therefore. take care to develop your point of view. present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely. Your essay must be written on thelines provided on your answer sheet-you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space if you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what you write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers. Important Reminders: • A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero. • Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet. • An off·topic essay will receive a score of zero. • Ifyour essay does not reflect your original and individual work, your test scores may be canceled. You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below. Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below. People in our goal-oriented society place far too much emphasis on the outcomes of \\"bal they do. As a result, they miss out on the most important part of attempting anything: theprocess itself. The process of trying to achieve something is always more meaningful and enjoyable than reaching the final goal. Whether we succeed or fail, it is the process-s-bow \\'e go about achieving the goal- that matters most. Assignment: Does the process of doing something matter more than the outcome? Plan andwrite an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with R'aSOOing andexamples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations. BEGIN WRITING YOUR ESSAY ON PAGE 2 OF THE ANSWER SHEET. If you finish before time is called, you may check your work·on this section only. Do not turn to any other section In the test. ·6· o 00 o D o 2 SECTION 2 Time - 25 minutes. 18 Questions Turn to Section 2 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. Directions: This section contains two types of questions. You have 25 minutes to complete both types. For questions 1-8, solve each problem and decide which is the best of the choices given. Fill in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. You may use any available space for scratch work; . :r. (\) c z I. The use of a calculator is permitted. 2. All numbers used are real numbers. 3. Figures that accompany problems in this test are intended to.provide information useful in solving the problems. They are drawn as accurately as possible EXCEPT when it is stated in a specific problem that the figure is not . drawn to scale. All figures He in a plane unless otherwise indicated. 4. Unless otherwise specified, thedomain of any function f is assumed to be the set, of all real numbers x for which .f{x) is a real number. c: ( .S ~ xE s~ ... G Ow ~ EUh C} b~ r3()O r h 45°t8 b f - t:: A = xr?(\) A:= C,,\-' V= twhu A= !bh V =lCr'!.hC= 21Crc ~ ~ The number of degrees of arc in H circle is 360. (\) ex The slim of the measures in degrees of the angles of 4\ triangle is 180. a x{3 s l:2=a 2+b2 Special Right Triangles AB CD E It •• -, •• I I .. -2 -1.5 -1 . -0.5 o 0.5 1 1. Of the lettered points on the number line above, which is closest to -1.579 rounded to the nearest tenth? (A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E, 2. Auto Motor Sales leases a new delivery truck for a one-time payment of $2,800 plus $420 per month for 48 months. Which of the following functions f models the total amount, in dollars, that would have been paid at the end of m months of the lease, where m is a positive integer less than or equal to 48 ? (A) f(m) = 2,800 + m (B) f(m) = 2,800 + 48m (C) f(m) =2,800 + 420m (D) f(m) = 3,220 + m (E) f(m) = 3,220m . IGO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE> -7­ 2 o D D D o o 2 3. If the average (arithmetic mean) of 3, 4, and m is 8, what is the average of 3, 7, and m ? (A) 5 . (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 8 (E) 9 B D E Note: Figure not drawn to scale. 4. In the figure above, point C lies on BE. If AB =8, AC = 6, CD = 13, and DE = 12, what is the length of BE? (A) 11 (B) 12 (C) 13 (D) 14 (E) 15 5. A perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer. The integers h. k, and mare 4, 6, and 9, not necessarily in that order. • k is a perfect square. • m is an even integer. • h > k Which ofthe following statements is FALSE? (A) h > m (8) m > k (C) m is a p~rfect square. (D) m is a multiple of 3. (E) h is a multiple of 3. 6. If k is 3morc than half of m. what is m in tenus of. k? (A) 6k (B) 2(k - 3) (C) 2(3 - k) k-3(D) 2 k+3(E) 2 GO ONTOTHE NEXT PAGE -8­ D D D D D D 2 7. In thexy-plane, the points (1, -3), (2,2), and (3, p) are collinear. What is the value of p ? (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 7 (E) 8 , 8. If y == x2 -) and x is a real number, which of the following CANNOT be the value of y ? (A) -2 (B) -1 (C) 0 (D) (E) 2 IGO ONTO THE NEXT PAGV ·9· D D D D Directions: For Student-Produced Response questions 9·18, use the grids at the bottom or the answer. sheet page on which you have answered questions 1-8. . . . 2 0 2 0 Note: You may start your answers in any column. space permitting. Columns not needed should be left blank . Grid in --+ result. Write lInswer ---. in boxes. Each of the remaining 10questions requires you to solve the problem and enter your answer by marking the circles in the special grid. as shown in the examples below. You may usc any available space for scratch work . 7 Answer: 201 Answer: 12 Answer: 2.5 ·E' · h . . .It er positIOn IS correct. • Mark no more than one circle in any column. • Because the answer sheet will be machine­ scored, you will receive credit only if the circles are filled in correctly. • Although not required, it is suggested that you write your answer in the boxes ill thc top of the columns to help you till in the circles accurately . • Some problems may have more than one correct answer. In such cases, grid only one answer. • No question has a negative answer. • Mixed numbers such as 31 must be gridded as 3.5 or 7/2. (If W~ is gridded, it will be . d 31 3 1 )mterprete as 2' not 2"' • Decimal Answers: If you obtain 11 decimal answer with more digits than the grid can accommodate. it may be either rounded or truncated. but it must fill .the entire grid. For example. if you obtain an answer such as 0.6666 .... you should record your result as .666 or .667. A 1l'SS accurate value such as .66 or .67 will be scored as incorrect. , Acceptable ways to grid 1are: 10. If cd =64, where c and cf arc positive integers. what is one possible value of dl'? 9. The circle above has center O. and LAOB measures 45°. The area of the shaded region is what fraction of the area of the circle? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE -10­ o D o D D D 2 11. The ages, in years, of the 7 members of a committee are 32, 37, 24, 22, 28, 31, and x. If the median age is 28 and the oldest member is 17 years older than the youngest member. what is the value of x? N ~----~--R MI--------.j! 12. In the figure above, MNP is an equilateral triangle with perimeter) 8, MQRP is a parallelogram, and MN =3MQ. What is the perimeter of MQRP? 13. When the positive integer h is divided by 10, the remainder is 6. When the positive integer k is divided by 10, the remainder is 8. What is the remainder when h +k is divided by 10 ? COUPONS COLLECTED 14. Four students each collected coupons to buy computer equipment for their school. The circle graph above shows the distribution, by percent, of all the coupons collected by the students. If each coupon had a value of $2.50 and Joe's coupons had a total value of $315.00, what was the total number of coupons collected by the four students? -\ GO ONTOTHE NEXT PAGE> -11­ 2 D D D D D D 2 x =y2 x =JZ z =8y 15. In the system of equations above , if x > 1, whatis the value of x? 16. Last week the Star Bakery made 3 kinds of cakes. One half of the cakes were made with 4 eggs each, two thirds of the rest of the cakes were made with 3 eggs each, and the remaining 54 cakes were made with 2 eggs each. What was the total number of eggs used to make all of these cakes? 17. In the xy-plane , line f. passes through the point (0, 1) ~ and is parallel to the line with equation 2x +3y = 6. If the equation of line f. is y =ax + b, what is the value of a + b 'l o 3 18. The sequence of figures above starts with one hexagon. Each successive figure is formed by adding a ring of identical hexagons around the preceding figure. What is the total number of bexagons in the fifth tigure of the sequence? STOP If you finish before time Is called, you may check your work on this section only. Do not tum to any other section in the test. -12­ 33 3 3 3­3 SECTION 3 Time - 25 minutes 23 Questions Turn to Section 3 (page 4) of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section. Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and till in the corresponding circle on the answer sheet. Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, bestfits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. Example: , Hoping to ------- the dispute, negotiators proposed a compromise that they felt would be ------- to both labor and management. (A) enforce .. useful (B) end .. divisive (C) overcome .. unattractive (D) extend .. satisfactory (E) resolve .. acceptable 0 ® @ @. 1. Abida quickly realized that the director was extremely -------: she and the other cast members could never anticipate how he would respond. (A) negative (B) boring (C) unpredictable (D) humorous (E) courageous 2. Flannery O'Connor was ------- as a writer of ------­ talent early in her career, receiving high praise for her short stories while she was still a student. (A) criticized., little (B) challenged . . famous (C) celebrated., shallow (0) condemned . . amazing (E) recognized .. considerable 3. The bee hummingbird has an average length of only two inches, making it the most ------- of all hummingbird species. (A) voracious (B) diminutive (C) capricious (D) superfluous (E) prodigal 4. Naturally, ------- facilitates friendships: the people we live near or interact with frequently are more likely to become our friends. (A) enmity (B) proximity (C) beneficence (D) partisanship (E) magnanimity 5. Able to survive subzero temperatures, long periods of darkness, and days-without food, the Arctic wolf is clearly a very i- animal. (A) 'greedy (B) social (C) cunning (D) hardy (E) aggressive 6. Ellen respects Gary's qualities of broad-mindedness and humanism; she cannot, however, ------- them with his ------- support of a political creed that seems to oppose precisely those qualities. (A) repudiate .. jingoistic (B) undermine .. wavering (C) -assuage .. logical (D) reconcile .. dogmatic . (E) acknowledge .. polemical 7. The paucity of autobiographical documents left by the royal attendants has compelled historian Raul Salazar to ------- the motives of these courtiers from their ------­ rather than from any diaries or correspondence. (A) stipulate., accomplishments (B) contemplate . . journals -(C) surmise .. deeds (D) allege" assertions (E) elicit., missives 8. The painter lamented the evanescence of beauty, even though she seemed in several of her works to have ------- it as it passed and so ------- it for posterity, (A) seized .. absolved (B) vanquished .. perpetuated (C) arrested .. preserved (D) neglected., established .(E) dispelled . . enshrined IGO ON TO THE NEXT PAG~') -13.. v 3 3 3 3 3 3 The passages below are followed by questions based on their content; questions followi_ng a pair of related passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided. Questions 9-13 are based on the following passages. Passage 1 Line 5 /0 J5 Ecotourism has been broadly defined as recreational travel that is focused on the natural environment and that seeks to minimize.its impact on that environment. However. there is little doubt that increasing numbers of ecotourists also pose a threat to the quality and sustainability of natural ecosystems. Numerous accounts of tourists' "loving nature to death" have been reported. and concern is growing that ecotourism is becoming nothing more than a "green" label that dresses up exploitative and destructive human behavior. Despite widespread advocacy for education as a solution to minimizing ecotourists' impacts on the nat