<p>Please add new answers if you know them. Thanks :) </p>
<p>PS - We would REALLY appreciate it if anyone knows more about the Writing MC's, because we are currently lacking the most in that section :p</p>
<p>Critical Reading:</p>
<p>66/67</p>
<p>Sentence Completion - 19/19
Diverse
Devised
Ignominy
Acolyte
Compassion, Ruthless
Ubiquitous
Apoplectic
Charismatic
Provisional
Matured, Fulfilling
Severe, Upbraid
Underdog
Pioneer, Vanguard
Complicity, Exonerated of
Fight, Rampant
Proscribed
Spare
Dispute, Strenuous
Crucial, Recruiting</p>
<p>-- Short Passage --</p>
<p>Rachel Carson/environmentalism
Marking a watershed moment in public
Respectful</p>
<p>Reading Promotes Learning
Make a claim
Debatable</p>
<p>Independent Films (Paired Passage)
familiar and overly alarmed
monetary concerns
passage 2 is more optimistic
Passage 1 describes a problem that Passage 2 sees as of little concern</p>
<p>-- Long Passage --</p>
<p>Talent/Practice
to examine a topic in psychology
The dichotomy is hard to resolve with experiments
"account" = explained
muddling of cause and effect
walking, talking, potty training: people develop at different times
basketball players, other professions: broad application of a principle
Harvard researchers chose that specific group because "they had a specific talent"
presents an issue and then references specific studies
The kids did not know how they were categorized
Statement about ppl who practice but fail: "to demonstrate an inccomplete explanation"
10,000 Hours question (second to last): "even if one has a talent, one needs to practice for years to become an expert"
Inconclusive research</p>
<p>Boy and Author from Argentina
Recount unusual experience --> new understanding
happy in his subordinate role
author's impression with reality
apprehending --> perceiving
author's lack of control
valuable for readers make connections w/ past readings</p>
<p>Girl in Austria
father wanted her to go on the trip "to learn about her non-English relatives".
"freedom" means "releasing emotional burdens"
appalled = different viewpoints have equal values
likes her grandfather because "he talked about the present"
felt "disdain" for parent's nostalgia about tearfully watering plants
"loved father like she loved a horse" = elaborate on previous sentence
painful to stay because of "isolation"
the old ways are "snobbishly excessive"
Inability to empathize with her father
Wanted to increase her affection towards her relatives
The girl disliked those who engaged in "wishful thinking instead of accepting the present"
The passage explains the girl's views on her family</p>
<p>Zoos (Paired Passage)
products of human culture
condition: state of being
spectatorship: strong disapproval
savvy about nature of zoos
curiosities on display for audience
unconcerned with debates about zoo
fun comes at the expense of real insight of animals
do not offer authentic experience of wild animals
passage 1 makes argument that passage 2 finds unpersuasive</p>
<p>Math:</p>
<p>48/54</p>
<p>Birds were 1/4 of the pets
(n+2)(n+3)/2
minimum of lxl-4 is -4
some divisible by 6
20 students question was I and II
72 degrees
2x+y was 104
6 X 8 X 4 = 192
number line was A
7/9 for pentagon in triangle
triangle in square 1/8
(0,a) 4x+2y=48-> 16
Pictograph of beach->C
c/b: 1/3
Chairs: 22
Triangle/square thing: 3sqrt2
90%/10%: 81
3 circles (AB=): 1
Some circumference thing: 10pi
Another circumference thing: 32pi
Slope of one side is m: -m
Temperature: 4.5
Four digit number: 9970
Phone: 6
g(0): 6
Systems of equations with infinite solutions: k=104
c+xb
x+1/y
Juniors and seniors: 2/3
The rectangle was 4 by 4.
3^n sequence: none
Parabola [a(X-2)^2]: 8
j^4=K^3
4 or 28
AB/NB is 11
5x+3=4x+6 is 3
if x+y= 240, then what is z? 60
9/8 french students
pie graphs for x,y,z is A
perimeter of triangle is 18
36 people on the bus
the meal was 36
cb+cx=c-> 1
27(y-1)->54
4 yards of cloth is 28.80
3 times a number is 4 greater than that number = 2
x+y=sqrt(n); (x+y)^2 = n
Multiply by 2, subtract 1 is 66</p>
<p>Writing:</p>
<p>IMPROVING SENTENCES (0/11)</p>
<p>ERROR IDENTIFICATION (13/18)
compared Jupiter's weather to Earth --- "Earth" should be "that of Earth"
Although ...., but ... --- Although is redundant so answer is A
sister and I put our hand in lake --- should be "hands"
three things were being compared and "more" was used --- should be "most"
Stonehenge question --- "has been" wrong tense
a woman who would have "went" to college --- should be "would have gone"
women became a person in their own right --- plurality mismatch on "a person"
... one ..., you --- pronoun inconsistency, "you" is the error
Number of something, ...., "are growing" --- should be "is growing"
intent about --- should be "intent on"
enjoyed opera more than all types of performance --- should be "all other types"
molars question -- pay attention to</p>
<h1>29 = "That their works were criticized by famous artist who ... no surprise to ..." --- no error</h1>
<p>PARAGRAPH BASED (6/6)
In my case...
insert after the first sentence about scientists, i think #8
delete the sentence
"They also" purr when they are stressed
Cats purr when content; for example, my cat...
"seems to be the one" --> "is certainly plausible"</p>
<p>SECTION 10 (3/14)
Dinosaur question --- term...,was coined in year #, though scientists knew.</p>
<h1>12 D "as a result of either"</h1>
<p>Draconian question(#13) Fine as is. "as is indicated by..." A</p>
Though I really can’t take all the credit; these were compiled answers copied and pasted from the respective threads of each section. I couldn’t possibly have remembered all those answers on my own.</p>