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SAT Inferences practice questions

Finish a short passage with the conclusion that follows most logically from what it says.

Practice Inferences 166 questions, no account needed.

The usual trap

The answer has to follow from the passage alone. Choices that lean on outside knowledge, or go further than the evidence, are the traps.

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Pick an answer to check it and see why.

  1. 01Question 1

    Easy

    When a coyote or fox threatens it, the horned lizard can rupture tiny vessels near its eyes and shoot a stream of foul-tasting blood at the attacker. Producing and squirting this blood is physically costly, and it risks the lizard's own eyes. The lizard therefore tends to rely on this defense only ________

    Which choice most logically completes the text?

  2. 02Question 2

    Medium

    The Joshua tree depends almost entirely on a single kind of insect, the yucca moth, to carry pollen from flower to flower; few other animals do the job. The moth, in turn, lays its eggs inside the tree's flowers, and its larvae feed on some of the developing seeds. Researchers studying the plant's future therefore pay close attention to the moth, reasoning that the fate of the tree is bound up with conditions that affect ________

    Which choice most logically completes the text?

  3. 03Question 3

    Hard

    The pronghorn of the North American plains can run at high speed not just in short bursts but over long distances, far outlasting any predator alive on the continent today. Scientists note that no living American predator can keep pace with it. This puzzle has led many researchers to conclude that the pronghorn's remarkable speed evolved in response to ________

    Which choice most logically completes the text?

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