Explanation for Question 33 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 33 says in passage, one beverage asserts that the resources and immensity 2 of the United States constitute what? 3 So, because it says in passage one, and it's talking about an assertion. 4 We know that this answer is going to come directly from text evidence. 5 So let's go find that in the passage, 6 it comes to us in the first paragraph where it says it is a 7 noble land that God has given us a land that can feed and clothe 8 the world a land whose coastlines would enclose half the countries of Europe. 9 So basically what this is saying is that God has given them a gift, 10 a country that has so many resources and is ginormous. 11 So let's look at the answer choices and see which one matches the best. 12 So answer choice a says, 13 it constitutes a safeguard against foreign invasion. 14 So answer choice a is going to be incorrect because those vines that we 15 read don't say anything about the United States being invaded 16 or attacked or anything like that. 17 We might be able to infer that because it's big or meant that 18 that might be a protection against foreign invasion, 19 but that would be too much of a stretch to be able to say 20 that this answer is correct. Answer choice B says would constitute a replicant, 21 a replication of conditions in Europe. 22 So this one's going to be incorrect because again, 23 it's not talking about the conditions of Europe. 24 It does say that its coastlines would enclose half the countries of Europe. 25 So there is a refere...