<p>Section 4 # 22</p>
<p>The line is "Those who do are the most energetic, vital, exciting, and excited of scientists." </p>
<p>The author's feeling toward certain scientists is best described as one of</p>
<p>a) astonishment
b) appreciation</p>
<p>The context doesn't show any appreciation or gratitude towards these scientists. </p>
<p>However, in the previous sentence, it writes "even to remember the original impetus for the work is a psychological [feat] of the highest order"</p>
<p>So the scientists that do "remember" are astonishing because it is such a great feat.</p>
<p>Can anyone clarify for me why the answer is B? </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The words used to describe the scientists (energetic, vital, exciting, and excited) imply no surpirse or astonishement. In other words the author isn’t surprised that **they <a href=“the%20scientsits”>/B</a> are energetic, vital, exciting, and excited. </p>
<p>Instead, these words are laudatory. They’re all complimentary words.</p>
<p>You get me? Its kind of hard to explain…</p>
<p>Can’t wait for SATs… gonna nail it!!</p>
<p>Well if “laudatory” was an answer choice, I would surely have picked it. However, doesn’t appreciate mean “to be grateful or thankful for” usually for a kind act or something done to the appreciator? Those certain scientists haven’t done anything to the author for the author to appreciate them. But the author might be surprised that these scientists can make such psychological feat.</p>
<p>I’m sorry I’m being persistent, and I do know that appreciate is the correct answer, but I must know the reasoning behind this question. </p>
<p>And good luck on your test.</p>
<p>I think “appreciation” means “recognizing the full worth of” rather than “gratitiude” in this case. Does that help?</p>
<p>“Appreciation” can mean to feel gratitude, but in this context, I think it means to admire. For example, a common phrase in English is the “appreciation of the arts.” This phrase isn’t implying that one feels gratitude that the arts exist, but, rather, just means “admiration of the arts.”</p>
<p>If “appreciation” does mean “to value or regard highly; place a high estimate on; recognize the worth of” in this case, then it is clearly the answer.</p>
<p>wow what a coincidence. i just took the entire jan 2010 test for practice a few hours ago and i distinctly remember this question</p>
<p>i was picking between astonishment and appreciation</p>
<p>astonishment is too strong and seems too much of a “WOW!!” to be right
appreciation is in the right tone, it’s not too strong and it shows that the reader “recognizes the value” of the scientists</p>
<p>happymunkee what do you think about Section 2 # 18. Why do you think “grim pursuit” is wrong? What does grim mean in this case.</p>