A Writing Quesiton and CR sentence completion question

<p>This is from the old CB PSAT test.: </p>

<p>Critics complained that the committee charged with the design of the new museum _<strong><em>high-profile architects to the exclusion of lesser-known, though often more _</em></strong>, practictioners.
A) displaced...innovative
B) courted...accomplished
C) extolled...celebrated
D) pursured...reserved
E) rebuffed...inexperienced</p>

<p>The answer is B but i put C...Why B?</p>

<ol>
<li>The skills required for clothing design are much more complex that (those involved in making) custom alterations.
A) those involved in making
B) those involved to make
C) to make
D) making
E) for making</li>
</ol>

<p>This answer is A but i put B...wHy A?</p>

<ol>
<li>The economy (suffered through) a recession that (was equal), if not worse than, (the recession that had) developed (a decade before) </li>
</ol>

<p>Why is the answer B (was equal)? I thought it would be C .
Is it because B is an unidiomatic expression and that "was equal" should be "was equal to"?</p>

<p>I was a little confused by the vocabulary question, but looking at it, I see why B is the correct answer.</p>

<p>To “court” means to attempt to gain whereas to “extol” means to praise someone. If you insert the word praise for the first word, it hardly makes sense.</p>

<p>For 11, the idiom is “involved in,” not “involved to.”</p>

<p>For 33, I’m a little unsure, but I think your explanation may be correct.</p>

<p>Question one:</p>

<p>Misterkevinsun’s explanation was focusing on the wrong word. Both first words would be acceptable. However, if the unselected architects are truly celebrated, then it defies the point of the question.</p>

<p>Question 33:</p>

<p>“recession that was equal the” is unidiomatic.</p>

<p>Silverturtle–So what you’re saying is that the lesser-known architects celebrated would not make any sense because if they were, then they would be the ones that the committed would want to seek the approval of, not the high-profile architects. Therefroe, that logic doens’t make any sense. Is that what you;re saying?</p>

<p>Yes, it is.</p>

<p>I didnt understand what fresh101 and silverturtle said</p>

<p>I think it is easier just to look at it this way:
lesser known, though offer more “celebrated”</p>

<p>It is very illogical to be : “lesser known” and more “celebrated” at the same time</p>

<p>That’s what I was trying to communicate.</p>