January 2010 Critical Reading

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<p>It was “take for granted.”</p>

<p>It was unaccustomed freedom i thought.</p>

<p>incessant definitely described the thoughtful thoughts (yea im not good with synonyms) the scientists have about phenomena around them.</p>

<p>@InvisibleMonster
For “assume,” I put take for granted, but I’m not sure…what did everyone else get?</p>

<p>I said unaccustomed freedom.</p>

<p>And take for granted.</p>

<p>I think I’m looking at about 4 wrong total.</p>

<p>I thought it was receive, since the author gave knowledge to the reader?</p>

<p>I’m not sure if jersey13’s “answers” are 100% accurate or not.</p>

<p>Assume = Take for granted</p>

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Which one would you like to dispute</p>

<p>bmsa91,</p>

<p>None of the questions are closed to debate until QAS comes out. If you want to bring something up by all means go for it.</p>

<p>I think I put take for granted, but still not sure</p>

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<p>Was it in the text that the miles “crept up on them”? If so, you might be right.</p>

<p>Jersey13, what was the “steadfast” question?</p>

<p>Father’s comparison to cowboy - Wild exuberance
Father refusal to pick up soldier - Disloyal
Example of another reason - Inexpensive motel</p>

<p>It’s ironic how I chose the anwers as indicated in the 1st place, but I changed all of them afterwards.
I changed wild exuberance to the freedom one.
disloyal to confusing.
inexpensive motel to big cities…</p>

<p>OMG. Can some one explain those answers to me plz?</p>

<p>@ silverturtle: Not exactly that phrase, but, just as gadiii did, I DO recall something about “miles and miles” immediately afterwards. My memory’s fading though, so there might have been another stronger hint…</p>

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Because (insert two names) did not let their differences affect them, their relationship remained _____</p>

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I remember it saying something like “With each mile they felt more excited/more confident”. The passage is really vague in my memory now, but I’m almost 100% sure “miles crept up” was not mentioned.</p>

<p>Why is it take for granted? Does anyone remember how “assume” was worded in the passage?</p>

<p>Sentence Completion</p>

<p>1)Debilitate/Disheartening
2) Progenitor/Exploit
3) Penchant/Locution
4) Bolster
5) Rancor
6) Unflappable
7) _______/Mitigate
8) Prodigy/Anonymity
9) Austere/Unadorned
10) Acute
11) Emotional/Literal
12) Cajolery/Undertake
13) Diversity/Unpalatable
14) Integral/Extinction
15) Steadfast
16) Precedent For
17) Impromptu
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<p>Can someone please confirm all of these? Also here are a few others that people have talked about. Can someone confirm if these are correct, wrong, or from the experiemtnal section?</p>

<p>1) altrusitic
2) exhibit/reproduce
3) fraudulent
4) jaded
5) placate
6) diffident/heated
7antagonizing/poise</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>I’m pretty sure it was unaccustomed freedom. The passage talks a lot about how different they feel now that they are on the road and how they feel much closer. Stealthy progress, unless there was a quote about “the miles creeping up on them”, seems to be unsubstantiated.</p>

<p>i’m sorry.
few were that were left were fastgrowing and _____
unpalatable?
can somebody explain this to me?</p>

<p>I agree with all of Jersey13’s answers.</p>

<p>And I disagree with stealthily creeping or whatever. In NO WAY were they being stealthy. They were singing, smacking the wheel, and having a great time. No way were they stealthily going forward. It was “unaccustomed freedom.”</p>