SAT Mock Test 4

Complete both sections to finish the test.

Reading & Writing

This section tests your reading comprehension and writing skills.

Reading Passage:

This passage is adapted from Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.

Question 1: The first sentence serves primarily to:

state a factual observation about marriage.

introduce a widely held social assumption.

express the narrator's personal desires.

criticize the institution of marriage.

Question 2: Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase? The documentary was praised for its ______ account of the historical event, presenting the facts without bias or embellishment.

objective

dramatic

partisan

fictional