Official 2020 October International SAT Test | SAT QAS in PDF with Answers

The SAT 03 October International Test used the repeat paper from one of the less known Aug 2020 US tests. 

Curve analysis for SAT October 2020 International exam:

• Reading - The overall difficulty is easy for reading section. Expect to deduct 20 points for the first 2 mistakes. 
• Reading/Grammar - The reading and grammar section is relatively hard this time. Questions such as "introduce the paragraph" and "summarize the paragraph" frequently appeared. The curve isn't any more forgiving. 
•  Math - Math is relatively easy. There are linear equation sets and basic questions about slope and y-intercept. Expect a normal curve. 

Reading

Passage 1: Questions 1-10 - Literature - October 2020 International SAT Test QAS Paper

This passage is adapted from Haruki Murakami,1Q84.©2009by Haruki Murakami.Translation by Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.©2011 by Haruki Murakami.Tengo,a writer,has just completed a project of editing another author's book,Air Chrysalis, for his publisher Komatsu.

Passage 2: Questions 11-20 - Social Science - October 2020 International SAT Test QAS Paper

This passage is adapted from Michael Rosenwald, "Print Is Dead. Long Live Print." 2016 by Columbia Journalism Review. 

Passage 3: Questions 21-31 - Natural Science - October 2020 International SAT Test QAS Paper

This passage is adapted from Erika Ebsworth-Goold,"A Simple Sniff:Nanoparticle Research Tested in Locusts Focuses on New Drug-Delivery Method."©2017 by Washington University in St.Louis.

Passage 4: Questions 32-42 - History - October 2020 International SAT Test QAS Paper

Passage 1 is adapted from Henry Knox,"A Plan for the General Arrangement of the Militia of the United States,"presented to Congress in 1790.Passage 2 is adapted from Wilson Nicholas's comments in a 1788 session of the Virginia state convention on the adoption of the US Constitution.Both passages discuss volunteer militias and standing armies,or permanent forces of professional soldiers.

Passage 5: Questions 43-52 - Natural Science - October 2020 International SAT Test QAS Paper

This passage is adapted from Lee Billings,"Astronomers Spy Shadowy Plumes around Europa."©2016 by Scientific American,a division of Nature America,Inc.

Writing and Language

Questions 1-11 from 《Restoration,Down to a Fine Art》

Questions 12-22 from 《Everything Old Is New Again》

Questions 23-33 from 《A Modern View of Ancient Seeds》

Questions 34-44 from 《Reading Distantly》

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