This practice SAT test includes questions on paragraphs which are part of the SAT Critical Reading section.
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Read the following paragraph and answer the questions: (1)Many people are concerned about the incredible growth of the fast food industry around the world. (2) New coffee shops and pizza places are opening up on every main street, and you can’t walk anywhere without sighting the famous McDonald’s Arch. (3) But fast food is good and also bad. (4) It’s up to us to decide whether we should eat it or not. (1) Fast food developed as a solution for the working person, who had little time to cook during the day and wanted a cheap meal fast. (2) This is exactly what these franchises offer. (3) Fast food is conveniently low priced and can be prepared in less than 5 minutes. (4) In addition, fast food is tasty! Everybody likes a warm pizza or a juicy burger every once in a while. (1) But at the same time, fast food is bad for you. (2) Fast food is usually high in trans fat, which leads to obesity and heart disease. (3) Some recent studies are also trying to prove that fast food is addictive and cancerous. (4) It is very clear that fast food is unhealthy. (5) Fast food restaurants are sometimes also unclean, and health standards are not always maintained by their average teenage employees. (6) Would you want to eat fries that cause cancer, cooked by an employee who didn’t wash his hands? (7) This is why fast food is bad. (1) Whether you like fast food or not, it is up to you. (2) But you should consider limiting your fast food intake, or eating healthier choices like salads and sandwiches. (3) If everyone takes care of his own eating habits, we will be living is a better-fed world. Question: Which of these sentence would be best inserted between sentences 3 and 4 in paragraph I?
Fast food is cheap and tasty, but is also unhealthy
It is especially bad
Everyone likes fast food because it’s cheap and yummy
Pizza is the best fast food
We have to eat less fast food because it is cancerous
In sentence 2 from paragraph III, what leads to obesity and heart disease?
Eating too much fast food
Employees not washing their hands
Not eating enough trans food
Trans fat in fast food
A warm pizza or a juicy burger
Which is the best version of sentence 4 in paragraph I?
It’s up to us whether we should eat fast food or not
It is up to you to decide whether we want to eat fast food
Leave it as it is
Eat fast food or not; it’s up to you
Eating fast food depends on the eater
Which of these pairs of sentences should be combined into one?
1 and 2 in paragraph I
2 and 3 in pagaraph IV
3 and 4 in paragraph II
2 and 3 in paragraph II
3 and 4 in paragraph III
What would best be done with sentence 7 of paragraph III?
Delete it
Move it before sentence 6
Leave it as is
Move it as the first sentence of paragraph IV
Add “In conclusion” at the beginning of it
Which of these would be a good concluding sentence to insert after sentence 4 in paragraph II?
Everybody likes fast food, so it must be good for you
For these reasons, fast food can kill you
In spite of its disadvatages, fast food is good
Clearly, eating fast food has its advantages
Fast food is both cheap and tasty
Which of the following revisions is necessary in sentence 3 of paragraph I?
Remove “also bad”
Insert “both” before good and remove “also”
Insert “too” at the end
Leave as is
Insert “some” before “good” and “bad”
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