2013 OCT SAT1 Discussion (Reading)

<p>For internationals</p>

<p>so what country did u take it in</p>

<p>I did it in Singapore</p>

<p>new zealand</p>

<p>@tbtehfdl, were you in lower hutt?</p>

<p>jesus goodness, never again…</p>

<p>lol yeah its for internationals :)</p>

<p>I took in Japan this morning, thought it was okay. I got an experimental math section. My friend got an experimental super hard critical reading section on Disneyland (?)</p>

<p>How was it?was it dificult</p>

<p>i finished 2 hours ago :smiley:
felt like the exam got over faster this time though,
was weird writing in a library xD</p>

<p>I took in Japan this morning, thought it was okay. I got an experimental math section. My friend got an experimental super hard critical reading section on Disneyland (?)</p>

<p>Did you find the reading of classic music difficult?</p>

<p>@kirstenc Oh the experimental part was the Disneyland one? It’s 6th or 7th part??? Do you remember?</p>

<p>I found that difficult , but the sudanese guy passage was pretty easy</p>

<p>For sc it was a mediocre</p>

<p>done it in thailand. i thought it was okay. :s</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Studies of Insects in Suriname</p></li>
<li><p>Author was everything except -> gullible not 'stymied’</p></li>
<li><p>What did great mean? -> eminent</p></li>
<li><p>studies in Suriname were -> more problematic</p></li>
<li><p>Casual look -> superficial (not spontaneous)</p></li>
<li><p>scale -> dwarfed by her environment</p></li>
<li><p>what was meant by lines 12-14 -> less successful than her customary methods of research</p></li>
<li><p>Why does author use all this descriptive language -> to convey a setting</p></li>
<li><p>Cairo </p></li>
</ul>

<p>Purpose of Passage -> Formative Period of development “A” not “E” “profound regrets”
Salt in Water -> Effortless Activity
Teachers saw him as a prodigy because of -> Extraordinary Intellect (not conduct)
Action of the headmaster -> specific instance of general pattern
He felt -> Sense of Entitlement (not Grandeur )
Mother viewed Son -> Autonomy
Aftereffect -> melancholy (not dread)
Last paragraph describes him as -> Nomadic</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Apollo 8 </p></li>
<li><p>Purpose of passage -> describe experience</p></li>
<li><p>Picture time? -> diligent by inflexible</p></li>
<li><p>The spaceship was a tank -> provide a sense of the challenge</p></li>
<li><p>Anders initially felt - disoriented</p></li>
<li><p>Final Paragraph -> unrealistic expectations</p></li>
</ul>

<h2>- craters and hills -> support a generalization</h2>

<p>Double Long Passage:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Clasical Music Passage</p></li>
<li><p>“Signs” -> indications</p></li>
<li><p>Both passages focus on -> how classical music is regarded</p></li>
<li><p>How do passages differ -> Passage 2 supplies different perspective</p></li>
<li><p>Passage 1 reacts to first line in passage 2 -> non-judgmental way of categorization?</p></li>
<li><p>Passage 2 -> Provides different opinion (nothing explicitly stated in passage 2 bashes passage 1)</p></li>
<li><p>Who is most like the unconverted? -> culturally literate</p></li>
<li><p>What do listings in magazines show? -> unfortunate dichotomy</p></li>
<li><p>Cult -> pretentious</p></li>
<li><p>hold TV Orchestras -> support</p></li>
<li><p>Quote in Passage 2 -> shows a specific opinion about the topic</p></li>
<li><p>songs were example of something that was -> “personally meaningful” </p></li>
<li><p>Both passages talk about -> how people regard a specific type of music</p></li>
<li><p>Question about what would author of passage 2 say about death of classical music ->
ongoing but not ominous </p></li>
<li><p>Question with diner mood or shoppers: No consensus***
(imo it’s the diner’s mood)</p></li>
</ul>

<h2>it talked about the death of true classical music</h2>

<ul>
<li><p>Short Passages:</p></li>
<li><p>Grandma</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Grandma -> eccentric
Chrysanthemums and tea -> more suitable activities</p>

<ul>
<li> Culture</li>
</ul>

<p>primary purpose -> cultural identities not preestablished</p>

<h2>quotation marks -> either “antiquated usage” or “legitimacy of terms”, no consensus**</h2>

<p>Double Short Passages:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Happiness:</p></li>
<li><p>What would author of passage 2 say about people who are happy -> They didn’t seek it.</p></li>
<li><p>What would author of passage 1 say about “condition” -> can only be achieved through increasing stimuluation</p></li>
</ul>

<h2>- Author of passage 2 agrees with 1 because happiness doesn’t last</h2>

<p>Sentence Completions:</p>

<ul>
<li>the person’s _____ style of writing and pompous way of speaking that made him come off as _____
correct answer:- “stilted…affectation”</li>
<li>“sanguine… resilience” correct</li>
<li>about comets and meteors “emanates” correct</li>
<li>“facsimiles…credible” correct </li>
<li>“inane…arduous” correct</li>
<li>“redress…palliative” correct</li>
</ul>

<p>Yay!!! The Disney one is the experimental section rite??? All the questions were so damn hard!!!</p>

<p>@Bounty123 do you remember whether Disneyland section is 6th or 7th section??</p>

<p>Another recycled test: March 2013 US.</p>

<p>CB is so shady. Doing ZERO to prevent cheating. Ugh.</p>

<p>(Disney was dummy, yeah)</p>