SSAT(Upper-Level)8年级及8年级以上

SMARTWININTERNATIONALENGLISHSSATPlacementTestYourName(PRINT)________________________________________FIRSTNAMEMIDDLENAMEFAMILYNAMEUpperLevelTestTimingYouwillhave1hourtoworkonthistest.Therearefiveseparatelytimedsections.One15-minuteessaywritingThree10-minutesectionsOne15-minutesectionYoumayworkonlyononesectionduringthetimeallotted.Testsupervisorswilltellyouwhentobeginandendeachsection.Ifyoufinishasectionbeforetimeiscalled,checkyourworkonthatsection.YoumayNOTturntoanyothersection.Workasrapidlyasyoucanwithoutlosingaccuracy.Don’twastetimeonquestionsthatseemtoodifficultforyou.MarkingAnswersBesuretomarkyouranswersheetproperly.YoumustuseasharpenedNo.2pencil.Makesureyoufilltheentirecircledarklyandcompletely.Donotmakeanystraymarksonyouranswersheet.Ifyouerase,dosocompletely.Incompleteerasuresmaybescoredasintendedanswers.Useonlytheanswerspacesthatcorrespondtothequestionnumbers.UsingYourTestBookYoumayusethetestbookforfiguring,butyouwillnotreceivecreditforanythingwrittenthere.Aftertimehasbeencalled,youmaynottransferanswerstoyouranswersheetorfillincircles.Youmaynotfoldorremovepagesorportionsofapagefromthisbook,ortakethebookoranswersheetfromthetestingroom.ScoringForeachcorrectanswer,youreceiveonepoint.Forquestionsyouomit,youreceivenopoints.Forawronganswertoamultiple-choicequestion,youloseone-fourthofapoint.Ifyoucaneliminateoneormoreoftheanswerchoicesaswrong,youincreaseyourchancesofchoosingthecorrectanswerandearningonepoint.Ifyoucan’teliminateanychoice,moveon.Youcanreturntothequestionlaterifthereistime.Thewritingsamplewillnotbescoredbutisusedbyadmissionofficerstoassessyourwritingskills.Thepassagesforthistesthavebeenadaptedfrompublishedmaterial.TheideascontainedinthemdonotnecessarilyrepresenttheopinionoftheSecondarySchoolAdmissionTestBoard.DONOTOPENTHISBOOKUNTILTHESUPERVISORTELLSYOUTODOSO.WritingSampleYouhave15minutestocompleteabriefwritingsample.Thiswritingexercisewillnotbescoredbutisusedbyadmissionofficerstoassessyourwritingskills.Directions:Readthefollowingtopiccarefully.Takeafewminutestothinkaboutthetopicandorganizeyourthoughtsbeforeyoubeginwriting.Besurethatyourhandwritingislegibleandthatyoustaywithinthelinesandmargins.Topic:Allthatglittersisnotgold.Assignment:Doyouagreeordisagreewiththetopicstatement?Supportyourpositionwithoneortwospecificexamplesfromyourlife,currentevents,history,orliterature.UpperLevelTestBesureeachmarkcompletelyfillstheanswerspace.Startwithnumber1foreachnewsectionofthetest.Youmayfindmoreanswerspacesthanyouneed.Ifso,pleaseleavethemblank.SECTION11○A○B○C○D○E2○A○B○C○D○E3○A○B○C○D○E4○A○B○C○D○E5○A○B○C○D○E6○A○B○C○D○E7○A○B○C○D○E8○A○B○C○D○E9○A○B○C○D○E10○A○B○C○D○E11○A○B○C○D○E12○A○B○C○D○E13○A○B○C○D○E14○A○B○C○D○E15○A○B○C○D○E16○A○B○C○D○E17○A○B○C○D○E18○A○B○C○D○E19○A○B○C○D○E20○A○B○C○D○E21○A○B○C○D○E22○A○B○C○D○E23○A○B○C○D○E24○A○B○C○D○E25○A○B○C○D○E26○A○B○C○D○E27○A○B○C○D○E28○A○B○C○D○E29○A○B○C○D○E30○A○B○C○D○E31○A○B○C○D○E32○A○B○C○D○E33○A○B○C○D○E34○A○B○C○D○E35○A○B○C○D○E36○A○B○C○D○E37○A○B○C○D○E38○A○B○C○D○E39○A○B○C○D○E40○A○B○C○D○E41○A○B○C○D○E42○A○B○C○D○E43○A○B○C○D○E44○A○B○C○D○E45○A○B○C○D○E46○A○B○C○D○E47○A○B○C○D○E48○A○B○C○D○E49○A○B○C○D○E50○A○B○C○D○E51○A○B○C○D○E52○A○B○C○D○E53○A○B○C○D○E54○A○B○C○D○E55○A○B○C○D○E56○A○B○C○D○E57○A○B○C○D○E58○A○B○C○D○E59○A○B○C○D○E60○A○B○C○D○ESECTION21○A○B○C○D○E2○A○B○C○D○E3○A○B○C○D○E4○A○B○C○D○E5○A○B○C○D○E6○A○B○C○D○E7○A○B○C○D○E8○A○B○C○D○E9○A○B○C○D○E10○A○B○C○D○E11○A○B○C○D○E12○A○B○C○D○E13○A○B○C○D○E14○A○B○C○D○E15○A○B○C○D○E16○A○B○C○D○E17○A○B○C○D○E18○A○B○C○D○E19○A○B○C○D○E20○A○B○C○D○E21○A○B○C○D○E22○A○B○C○D○E23○A○B○C○D○E24○A○B○C○D○E25○A○B○C○D○ESECTION31○A○B○C○D○E2○A○B○C○D○E3○A○B○C○D○E4○A○B○C○D○E5○A○B○C○D○E6○A○B○C○D○E7○A○B○C○D○E8○A○B○C○D○E9○A○B○C○D○E10○A○B○C○D○E11○A○B○C○D○E12○A○B○C○D○E13○A○B○C○D○E14○A○B○C○D○E15○A○B○C○D○E16○A○B○C○D○E17○A○B○C○D○E18○A○B○C○D○E19○A○B○C○D○E20○A○B○C○D○E21○A○B○C○D○E22○A○B○C○D○E23○A○B○C○D○E24○A○B○C○D○E25○A○B○C○D○E26○A○B○C○D○E27○A○B○C○D○E28○A○B○C○D○E29○A○B○C○D○E30○A○B○C○D○E31○A○B○C○D○E32○A○B○C○D○E33○A○B○C○D○E34○A○B○C○D○E35○A○B○C○D○E36○A○B○C○D○E37○A○B○C○D○E38○A○B○C○D○E39○A○B○C○D○E40○A○B○C○D○ESECTION41○A○B○C○D○E2○A○B○C○D○E3○A○B○C○D○E4○A○B○C○D○E5○A○B○C○D○E6○A○B○C○D○E7○A○B○C○D○E8○A○B○C○D○E9○A○B○C○D○E10○A○B○C○D○E11○A○B○C○D○E12○A○B○C○D○E13○A○B○C○D○E14○A○B○C○D○E15○A○B○C○D○E16○A○B○C○D○E17○A○B○C○D○E18○A○B○C○D○E19○A○B○C○D○E20○A○B○C○D○E21○A○B○C○D○E22○A○B○C○D○E23○A○B○C○D○E24○A○B○C○D○E25○A○B○C○D○ESSATUpperLevelPlacementTestSECTION120Questions10MinutesThissectionconsistsoftwodifferenttypesofquestions.Therearedirectionsandasamplequestionforeachtype.Eachofthefollowingquestionsconsistsofonecapitalizedwordfollowedbyfivechoices.Selectthechoicethatisclosestinmeaningtothewordincapitalletters.SampleQuestion:1.DECEIVE:(A)alter(B)examine(C)astonish(D)mislead(E)pretend2.AIMLESS:(A)withoutpurpose(B)withouthumor(C)reluctant(D)exclusive(E)incompetent3.COMPASSION:(A)sympathy(B)honor(C)shyness(D)amazement(E)courage4.EVACUATE:(A)throwabout(B)emptyout(C)gropefor(D)smoothover(E)crossoff5.CONFIDENTIAL:(A)serious(B)routine(C)secret(D)formal(E)brief6.DEFICIENT:(A)painful(B)contrary(C)alarming(D)il