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USH SAT Practice Passage 3

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Unlike previous practice SAT passages, the answer choices are randomized on this Formative, so be careful when selecting your answer choices!

Graded Questions: #2, 3, 5, 8,

Extra Credit: #1, 6, 7

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1.

The main purpose of the passage is to

argue for changes in how technology is deployed in the workplace.

assess the impact of advancements in technology on overall job growth.

examine the role of technology in workers’ lives during the last century.

advocate for better technology to enhance workplace conditions.

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2.

According to Brynjolfsson and McAfee, advancements in technology since approximately the year 2000 have resulted in

low job growth in the United States.

more skilled laborers in the United States.

global workplace changes.

no global creation of new jobs.

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3.

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Lines 1-6 (“MIT . . . years”)

Lines 13-15 (“That . . . agent”)

Lines 21-23 (“And . . . countries”)

Lines 35-38 (“as businesses . . . jobs”)

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4.

The primary purpose of lines 26-28 (“the amount . . . labor”) is to

highlight a dilemma.

describe a process.

clarify a claim.

explain a term.

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5.

As used in line 35, “clear” most nearly means

pure.

keen.

unmistakable.

untroubled.

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6.

Which of the following best characterizes Katz’s attitude toward “today’s digital technologies” (lines 81-82)?

He is uncertain how they might affect job growth.

He is alarmed about countries’ increasing reliance on them.

He is unconcerned about their effect on the economy.

He is optimistic that they will spur job creation to a degree not seen since the mid-nineteenth century.

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7.

Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Lines 68-72 (“Katz . . . factories”)

Lines 73-75 (“While . . . jobs”)

Line 79 (“People come . . . do”)

Lines 91-92 (“If . . . happen”)

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8.

As used in line 83, “range” most nearly means

region.

distance.

scope.

position.

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9.

According to figure 1, which of the following years showed the widest gap between percentages of productivity and employment?

1987

1997

2007

2013

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10.

Which statement is supported by figure 2?

The country with the greatest growth in output per manufacturing worker from 1960 to 1990 was Germany.

Japan experienced its smallest increase in output per manufacturing worker from 2000 to 2011.

Of the three countries, the United States had the greatest output per manufacturing worker for each of the years shown.

Each of the three countries experienced an increase in its output per manufacturing worker from 1960 to 2011.

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11.

Which additional information, if presented in figure 2, would be most useful in evaluating the statement in lines 57-60 (“Productivity . . . jobs”)?

The types of organizations at which output of employed persons was measured

The kinds of manufacturing tasks most frequently taken over by machines

The number of people employed in factories from 1960 to 2011

The median income of employees as it compares across all three countries in a single year