Chyten Comparison Test Section 3 SAT Reading

A) Speakers do not allow sufficient time for selecting words appropriately.
B) Speakers do not construct complete sentences in their minds before uttering them.
C) Speaking is similar to mechanical forms of information retrieval.
D) Recording technologies unduly influence speech patterns.

A) By signifying the speaker's conscious focus on specific points, disfluency emphasizes which aspects of an utterance are apt to be significant.
B) By moderating the pace at which the speaker introduces details, disfluency enhances listeners’ recall of a narrative as a whole.
C) By recapturing the listener's attention as it wanes over the course of a narrative, disfluency ensures general comprehension.
D) By conveying the speaker's relatability, disfluency renders an utterance more relevant to the listener than it would otherwise be.

A) Fraundorf and Watson recruited many study subjects for their experiment, whereas Womack involved relatively few participants in her study.
B) Fraundorf and Watson informed study subjects of the intended purpose of the experiment, whereas Womack purposely concealed the study’s aim from participants.
C) Fraundorf and Watson manipulated disfluencies present in recorded speech, whereas Womack observed disfluencies occurring naturally in speech.
D) Fraundorf and Watson used literary subject matter to study disfluency, whereas Womack manipulated disfluencies in scientific discourse to assess their effect on listeners.

A) Sticklebacks have evolved certain physical features to make them more effective predators.
B) Some bodies of water are significantly more dangerous for sticklebacks than other bodies of water.
C) Stickleback evolution in freshwater lakes tends to proceed differently from that in marine areas.
D) Sticklebacks have developed a wide array of defensive mechanisms over the past one hundred thousand years.

A) Since the conditions of freshwater were different from those of salt water, the sticklebacks evolved with more elaborate armor.
B) Though they were plentiful at the beginning of the time period Bell studied, the sticklebacks gradually declined in number.
C) In the absence of predators, the sticklebacks passed on fewer armor traits to their offspring.
D) Since predators preferred to prey on armored sticklebacks, the sticklebacks without armor flourished.

A) allocate scarce resources to basic skeletal formation rather than armor.
B) use armor to prey on other fish rather then defend themselves from predators.
C) grow longer spines than sticklebacks in ocean habitats.
D) begin reproducing later than they would in ocean environments.

A) Fossils from year 200 of the selected fossil sequence were more plentiful than fossils from year 50.
B) Fossils were more likely to have a large number of dorsal spines later in the selected fossil sequence.
C) Most fossils found in the Nevada lake bed during the selected fossil sequence had two dorsal spines.
D) Fossils with no dorsal spines were most common around year 150 of the selected fossil sequence.

Section 3 — SAT Reading