TEST for COLLEGE ADMISSION
Students work on a sample SAT at a test-prep school in Massachusetts, USA.
Read the following conversation between a teenager and his younger brother. Pay special attention to the words 1.4 in bold. A: What’s this? Is it an application for college?
B: They’re multiple-choice questions. And these
B: No, it isn’t. It’s an application for the SAT.
are essay questions.
A: The SAT? What’s that?
A: Is this a test for all subjects?
B: It’s a test for college admission1.
B: The main test is for reading, math, and
A: What are those dates? B: They’re the dates of the test. The test is only a
writing. A: What about other subjects, like history and
few times a year.
science?
A: What’s that?
B: Tests for those subjects are separate.
B: It’s a test preparation book. The questions are
A: What are all these prices?
similar to the questions on the SAT.
B: This price is for the main test. These prices
A: What kind of questions are those?
are for the subject tests. 1
admission: permission to enter college
COMPREHENSION Based on the reading, write T for true or F for false.
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1.
The SAT is a college admissions test.
2.
The SAT has only multiple-choice questions.
3.
The main SAT has questions about science and history.
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