2012-2013年SSAT考试Mini版真题(打印版)

2012-2013年Mini版SSAT官方真题

Part I:Writing the Essay

Questions: 1 (essay response)Time: 25 minutes

Directions: Read the following topic carefully. Take a few minutes to think about the topic and organize your thoughts before you begin writing. Use the scratch paper and pen provided. Be sure that your handwriting is legible and that you stay within the lines and margins.

Essay Topic: It is better to be safe than sorry.

Assignment: Do you agree or disagree with the topic statement?

Support your position with one or two specific examples from personal experience, the experience of others, current events, history, or literature.

Part II: Verbal

Questions: 60 (30 Synonym, 30 Analogy)Time: 30 minutes

Directions: Each of the following questions (1-5) consists of one word followed by five words or phrases. You are to select the one word or phrase whose meaning is closest to the word in capital letters.

1.FLING

A. rotate

B. hurl

C. arouse

D. pound

E. defy

2.ROUNTINE

A. legal

B. directed

C. unnecessary

D. usual

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3.PROLOGUE

A. pretense

B.extension

C. introduction

D. humorous play

E. nonessential part

4.MANIPULATE

A. release

B. handle

C. stretch

D. make worse

E. keep apart

5.ADROIT

A. clever

B. retentive

C. cooperative

D. unhindered

E. arid

Directions: The following questions (6-8) ask you to find relationships between words. For each question, select the answer choice that best completes the meaning of the sentence.

6. Sapling is to tree as cub is to

A. moose

B. pine

C. goat

D. cedar

E. bear

7. Frame is to building as

A. hair is to head

B.skull is to jaw

C. skeleton is to body

D. finger is to hand

E. bone is to marrow

8. Meandering is to river as

A. winding is to road

B.wandering is to wave

C. scudding is to cloud

D. chugging is to train

E. rolling is to ship

Part III:Quantitative (MATH)1

Questions:25(multiple-choice)Time: 30 minutes

Directions: Following each problem in this section, there are five suggested answers. Work each problem in your head or in the space provided (there will be space for scratchwork in your test booklet).Then look at the five suggested answers and decide which is best. 1. According to the graph, who owns the most CD's?

A. Bob

B. Cheryl

C. Linda

D. Marion

E. Mike

2. If 5 + 9 + __ = 6 + 8 + 1, then __ =

A. 1

B. 5

C. 6

D. 8

E. 9

3. If 3/4 of a number is 48, then 1/4 of the same number is

A. 12

B. 16

C. 24

D. 144

E. 192

4. What is the perimeter of an equilateral triangle if one side of the triangle has the same length as the side of a square with an area of 25?

A. 30

B. 20

C. 15

D. 10

E. 5

Part IV:Reading Comprehension

Questions: 40 (multiple-choice), based on 6-7 reading passages

Time: 40 minutes

Directions: Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions (1-3) about it. For each question, decide on the basis of the passage which one of the choices best answers the question.

We had had a consuming desire to see a pony rider, but somehow or other all that passed us streaked by in the night, and so we heard only a whiz and a hail, and the swift phantom was gone.

But now the driver exclaims, "Here he comes!" Every neck is stretched and every eye strained.

Away across the endless dead level of the prairie a black speck appears against the sky. Soon it becomes a horse and rider, rising and falling, sweeping nearer and nearer, and the flutter of hoofs comes faintly to the ear. Another instant a whoop and hurrah from our upper deck, a wave of the rider's hand, but no reply, and man and horse burst past our excited faces and go winging away like a belated fragment of a storm!

1. At the driver's call, the people became more

A. disappointed

B. eager

C.frightened

D. puzzled

E. hysterical

2. The people waiting to see the pony rider were most probably

A. at a hotel

B.on a grandstand

C. on a stagecoach

D. at a farm

E.in a theater

3. The land where the people were watching was

A.flat and treeless

B. hilly and rocky

C. desert-like

D. farmland

E. cut by deep crevasses

Part V:Quantitative (MATH)2

Questions:25(multiple-choice)Time: 30 minutes

Directions: Following each problem in this section, there are five suggested answers. Work each problem in your head or in the space provided (there will be space for scratchwork in your test booklet). Then look at the five suggested answers and decide which is best. 1.Marta eats 2 apples every 20 minutes. How many apples will she eat in one hour?

(A) 2

(B) 3

(D) 5

(E) 6

2.Kajsa had 15 close friends in Sweden. But after she moved to China, only 4 of her friends sent her letters to say “Hello”. How many friends failed to send Kajsa letters?

(A) 4

(B) 9

(D) 19

(E) The answer cannot be determined from the information provided.

3.Jonathan is taller than Silvia. Silvia is shorter than Norma. Norma is taller than Grace but shorter than Jonathan. Grace is the same height as Silvia. Who is the tallest person?

(A) Grace

(B) Jonathan

(D) Silvia

(E) The answer cannot be determined from the information provided.

友情提醒：

2012-2013年Mini版SSAT官方真题结合了两套考试样题：SSAT官方样题和另一套SSAT 考试样题，并参照了SSAT真题的考题模式进行改编而成。

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