Tham khảo tài liệu 'the sat in exam 9', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION 18. Lincoln s tone in the last paragraph of Passage 1 lines 19-34 is a. conciliatory b. hostile c. grandiose d. humble e. firm 19. In Passage 2 lines 35-36 why does Lincoln say there is less occasion for an extended address a. The war is going well. b. There is no time to speak at length. c. There is little interest in his speech. d. He doesn t know what else to say. e. Everyone already knows his position. 20. In line 44 in referring to insurgent agents Lincoln means a. foreign soldiers b. foreign spies c. secessionists d. southern spies e. slave traders 21. In Passage 2 whom does Lincoln blame for the war a. the North b. the South c. both sides d. neither side e. himself 22. In line 52 the word it in the phrase the territorial enlargement of it refers to a. territory b. slavery c. interest d. government e. the Union 32 ----------------------- THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION ----------------------------- Paragraph-Length Critical Reading The passages below are followed by several questions about their content. Read each passage carefully and answer the questions based on what is stated or implied in the text. Questions 23-25 are based on the following passage about the Great Depression. The worst and longest economic crisis in the modern industrial world the Great Depression in the United States had devastating consequences for American society. At its worst 1932-1933 more than 16 million people were unemployed more than 5 000 banks had closed and over 85 000 businesses had failed. Line Millions of Americans lost their jobs their savings and even their homes. The homeless built shacks for 5 temporary shelter these emerging shantytowns were nicknamed Hoovervilles a bitter homage to President Herbert Hoover who refused to give government assistance to the jobless. Farmers were hit especially hard. A severe drought coupled with the economic crisis ruined small farms throughout the Great Plains as productive farmland turned to dust and
