Ниже 20 заданий SAT Reading and Writing в формате Digital SAT. Ответ и короткий разбор каждого спрятаны под кнопкой - сначала решите сами.
Обновлено: 29 октября 2026
The botanist's findings were initially ______ by her colleagues, who doubted that any flowering plant could survive such cold. Only after two other laboratories replicated her results did the field accept them.
Правильный ответ: B
Colleagues “doubted” the findings, and acceptance came only later — so they were at first questioned.
Though the novelist is known for sprawling, detail-heavy narratives, her latest book is strikingly ______: it runs to just 120 pages and contains almost no description of setting.
Правильный ответ: B
A short book with almost no description contrasts with “detail-heavy” — it is spare.
Engineers designing the coastal bridge had to ______ the effects of strong winds, adding flexible joints that allow the structure to sway slightly without being damaged.
Правильный ответ: C
Adding joints so the bridge can sway safely means the design accommodates the wind.
Historian Ana Ruiz argues that the merchants' ledgers, long dismissed as dull lists of goods, are in fact ______ sources: they reveal which communities were in contact and how often.
Правильный ответ: B
Sources that “reveal” connections are illuminating — the opposite of “dull”.
The physicist's explanation of quantum tunneling was so ______ that even students with no background in the subject could follow every step.
Правильный ответ: A
If beginners could follow every step, the explanation was lucid (clear).
Rather than ______ the abandoned textile mill, the town council converted it into a library and arts center, preserving its original brick facade.
Правильный ответ: A
“Rather than” sets up a contrast with preserving the building — demolishing.
Many people assume that octopuses, being largely solitary, have little need for complex communication. Yet researchers filming octopuses off the coast of Australia observed individuals changing color rapidly when approached by others — darkening before an aggressive encounter and turning pale when retreating. These observations suggest that octopuses may signal their intentions to one another far more than was previously believed.
Правильный ответ: A
The text opens with an assumption and then uses “Yet” to introduce evidence against it.
Composer Florence Price (1887–1953) became the first Black woman to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra when the Chicago Symphony played her Symphony in E Minor in 1933. Despite this achievement, much of her music went unpublished, and in 2009 a large collection of her manuscripts was discovered in an abandoned house in Illinois. Since then, orchestras have increasingly performed and recorded her works.
Правильный ответ: A
The text moves from her early success, to neglect, to rediscovery and renewed performance.
In a study of urban birds, researchers found that great tits living near busy roads sang at a higher pitch than great tits living in quiet forests. Traffic noise is concentrated at low frequencies. The researchers therefore concluded that ______
Правильный ответ: B
Low-frequency noise would mask low songs; higher songs avoid that range, so they are easier to hear.
Average daily recreational screen time by age group (hours): • Ages 8–10: 4.1 • Ages 11–14: 6.3 • Ages 15–18: 7.4
Правильный ответ: A
Only choice A compares a younger and an older group, showing the increase.
In the novel The Lantern Keeper, the narrator spends a summer with her grandfather on a remote island. A student claims that over the course of the novel, the narrator's attitude toward her grandfather changes from discomfort to admiration.
Правильный ответ: B
B shows a shift from finding him “cold” to hoping to learn his patience — discomfort to admiration.
Text 1: Some economists argue that raising the minimum wage inevitably leads employers to hire fewer workers, since labor becomes more expensive. Text 2: A study comparing restaurants in two neighboring regions found that employment did not fall in the region that raised its minimum wage; if anything, it rose slightly relative to the other region.
Правильный ответ: A
Text 2 offers evidence that contradicts the “inevitably” in Text 1 — without claiming wages never matter.
Most plants open the tiny pores on their leaves, called stomata, during the day to take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. Opening them, however, also lets water escape. Cacti and certain other desert plants follow a different pattern: they open their stomata at night, when the air is cooler and more humid, store the carbon dioxide, and use it for photosynthesis the following day.
Правильный ответ: A
The text describes the night-time strategy as a way to limit water loss in deserts.
Archaeologists excavating a site in Central Asia found wheat and barley seeds alongside stone tools for grinding grain, but no remains of permanent houses. Some researchers have proposed that the site's inhabitants were seasonal farmers who moved between locations during the year. If this proposal is correct, researchers would most likely expect to find ______
Правильный ответ: A
Seasonal movement implies several temporary sites with the same farming evidence.
A researcher hypothesizes that students who practice by taking short tests remember course material longer than students who spend the same time rereading it.
Правильный ответ: A
Only A measures long-term memory and compares the two groups.
Tashkent's first metro line opened in 1977. ______ the network has expanded several times and now includes more than forty stations.
Правильный ответ: B
The second sentence describes what happened after 1977 — “Since then”.
Some species of bamboo can grow almost a meter in a single day and can be harvested again within a few years. ______ bamboo is increasingly promoted as a renewable building material.
Правильный ответ: B
Fast regrowth is the cause; promotion as renewable is the effect.
Early telescopes produced blurry, colored images because different colors of light bend by different amounts as they pass through a glass lens. Isaac Newton's reflecting telescope, ______ used a curved mirror instead of a lens and avoided the problem.
Правильный ответ: A
A mirror instead of a lens is a contrast with the earlier telescopes.
The Aral Sea was once the fourth-largest lake in the ______ by the early 2000s, it had shrunk to a fraction of its former size.
Правильный ответ: B
Two independent clauses: a semicolon joins them correctly; a comma alone would create a comma splice.
Marine biologist Sylvia ______ who has led more than 100 expeditions, has spent thousands of hours underwater.
Правильный ответ: A
The nonessential clause “who has led…” must be set off by a pair of commas.
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