<p>I'm looking over practice test #2 from the official guide, and I do not understnad 2 of the sentnece completion answers. They are both from section 2 pg 454</p>
<p>4) Maggie is a procrastinaotor, naturally inclined to ------ and to------ discussion.</p>
<p>None of these answer choices mkae sense to me. The closest one I could think of is D because Maggie was so lazy she terminated discussions before they require her to think. they say the answer is B. I guess I could understand this if you go with the assumption that she wanted to talk so that she would have to do no work. BUt NO WHERE in the sentnece is that indicated. Maybe she wanted to prolong conversations cuz she lieks to talk or is using a stall tactic. I just don't see how the CB would xpect us to konw that.</p>
<p>also:</p>
<p>7) The actor was noted for his ------ behavior: he quickly became irritated if his every whim was not immediately satisfied.
(A) fastidious
(B) sedulous
(C) vindicative
(D) petulant
(E) mercenary</p>
<p>I thought the answer could be (A) because fastidious means hard to satisfy. They say it is (D) petualant which means "Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish."</p>
<p>Well, about the first one...a procrastinator is someone who likes to sretch things out, so temporizing (stalling) and prolonging discussion goes along with that, but I definitely understand where the confusion comes from.</p>
<p>i just looked over some of the writing questions, and I disagree witha couple there too.</p>
<p>pracitce test #2, section 7, number 25, page 480.</p>
<p>Intence preoccupation on technique appears to be one one trait that great pianists hav ein common.</p>
<p>they say there is sometihng wrong with the preposition "on". I see nothing wrong with that or any other part of this sentnece. can someone help me?</p>
<p>7) The actor was noted for his ------ behavior: he quickly became irritated if his every whim was not immediately satisfied.
(A) fastidious
(B) sedulous
(C) vindicative
(D) petulant
(E) mercenary</p>
<p>The reason it is not A is because it is not stated that he is hard to satisfy, but merely that he grows angry if he is not satisfied. So, if he is easily irritable and peevish, he is petulant.</p>
<p>Number 7 (the fastidious vs. petulant) question seems to be the confusing one. The others are not as difficult. I would have probably gotten confused on that question as well...
fas<em>tid</em>i<em>ous - possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail OR difficult to please
pet</em>u*lant - unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered</p>
<p>It seems that it could logically be either of these...doesn't it? Maybe because fastidious also (and more commonly..at least when i've come across it) means meticulous...? </p>
<p>Vtran31...What was the explanation given in the book?</p>
<p>aignam, I tend not to have a problem with idioms. jus tthat one threw me off. I think I'm good now.</p>
<p>in refernece to #7, I thought he would be hard to please if " hequickly became irritated his every whim was not immediatelysatisfied" (special emphasis on "every whim" and "immediately" ).</p>
<p>the college board book gives no explanations. they aint kewl like the ACT peeps :-P</p>