January 2010 Critical Reading

<p>I don’t know if I’m losing my mind or something, but I think we’re totally forgetting the questions about television vs. reading or something like that. Maybe that was an experimental section, but I remember some of the answer choices being private imagery, studying for a college exam that you’ve never taken vs reading a book and wondering afterwards. It talked about slowing down T.V. programs and Mr. Roger’s neighborhood and the lexical part of the brain.</p>

<p>^ OK… that was definitely experimental.</p>

<p>is it possible to have differente experimentals?</p>

<p>i had neither those that makelove just stated nor the newtonian ones…</p>

<p>thank you SO much for the completed list wow this helps so much
but i have a question about the tunisian tourist passage</p>

<p>what was the appearance question? i dont remember the answer choices… :frowning:
thank you!</p>

<p>The appearance question was the one that referred to the line that he was saying “I was more than a stranger; I was strange”</p>

<p>WAIT WHAT! For the astronomers one, I put it was because they couldn’t accurately predict the movement of the celestial bodies or something…!!!</p>

<p>Jersey- quick change to that (plain–> white): “Many people find the white, <em>(other adjective here)</em> Greek statues widely found in museums to be _<strong><em>, yet newly discovered statues containing traces of bright pigments do not seem quite so _</em></strong>.”</p>

<p>because of the word “yet”; the white statues are considered plain, yet the new ones, even though they have color, do not seem as ornate (as the old ones).</p>

<p>or the equivalent; the white statues are considered austere, yet the new ones, even though they have color, do not seem as unadorned (as the old ones).
^it simply doesnt make sense. You would not use “yet”</p>

<p>@kimaarons: I remember there was a question about what the line “I was not only a stranger, but strange” and there was an answer choice about him not looking like an African…? Maybe that’s not what you’re talking about XD</p>

<p>cjester–Even though it doesn’t sound as good, ornate simply would not fit in the blank.
If you’re saying that the old statues are plain, you can’t say that the new ones aren’t as ornate because they aren’t ornate in the first place.</p>

<p>@charizarrd- Yes, you put the correct answer. =)
Hahaha. I like your username, BTW. xD</p>

<p>^ That’s what most people are saying is the correct answer.</p>

<p>Astronomers baffled b/c “they couldn’t accurately predict ________”</p>

<p>People’s memory of the answer deviates here, some people think it was unable to predict movement and others think it was unable to predict observed phenomena. However, it’s all the same choice.</p>

<p>v No experimental section answers included v
Sentence Completion - COMPLETE</p>

<p>Debilitate/Disheartening
Progenitor/Exploit
Penchant/Locution
Bolster
Rancor
Unflappable
Established/Mitigate
Prodigy/Anonymity
Austere/Unadorned
Acute
Emotional/Literal
Cajolery/Undertake
Diversity/Unpalatable
Integral/Extinction
Steadfast
Fraudulent
Altruistic
Impromptu
Precedent For</p>

<p>Reading Questions</p>

<p>Father and Virgil passage:
Father’s face was tender
Wistfulness
Father’s reasons are incomplete
Growing Companionship
Cards to cards - Continuous Sequence
Father’s comparison to cowboy - Wild exuberance
Father refusal to pick up soldier - Disloyal
Example of another reason - Inexpensive motel
Father isn’t fair - Right
Thieves analogy - Unaccustomed freedom
Brand new shoe evokes sensory image
Most surprised about his father’s affection</p>

<p>Humor in Workplace Double Passage:
Businesses use novelty
Two authors agree that humor is not acceptable in all situations
Passage 1 delineates the consequences
Passage 2 views humor in workplace w/ skepticism</p>

<p>Writing fiction double passage:
Writer’s motto comes off as arrogant
Writing a novel Passage 1 was didactic
Assume means take for granted
Must anticipate a reader’s response
Passage 1 is like 19th century writers
“Bench” is unnecessary concession for the readers
Negative effects of commercial consideration
True writers = genuine writers</p>

<p>Tunisian Tourist Passage:
Traveling by river vs land is different because river is unambiguous
The question from the old man was to emphasize one of the author’s points
Tunisian passage details author’s feelings of being a foreigner
Tunisians walk more modestly
Strange was about appearances
Repetition emphasized the uncertainty of the outcome</p>

<p>Scientist Passage:
Author says how scientists choose to specialize in a field of study is “no matter”
Trick means feat
Thought process distinctive to researchers
To expand on preceding generalizations
The discovery was a solution to the puzzle
Incessant</p>

<p>Cosmology Passage:
Astronomers baffled b/c they are unable to predict observed celestial phenomena</p>

<p>What was the question to the astronomy one?</p>

<p>I can’t remember either the question or the answer choices for the astronomy one, so I’m practically clueless here… someone please help jog my memory a bit?</p>

<p>Hmm so far I have two wrong. this surprises me, since I usually suck at CR…</p>

<p>Aw, thanks! ^^</p>

<p>Holy crap, silverturtle = BEAST…</p>

<p>The point of the astronomy passage was NOT that the astronomers were having trouble predicting motions or whatever - it was that they were having troubles adjusting to the new technology and all the new findings that they could not explain</p>

<p>DAMN, I was stuck between locustions and epistles… chose the wrong one T_____T</p>

<p>Man I need to get off CC before my brain implodes and my self-esteem dies completely.</p>

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<p>Textual support?</p>

<p>whoa, the answer to one of the SC was steadfast?!?</p>

<p>nooo, that could be -1…</p>

<p>ur friendship cant really remain steadfast; you remain steadfast to your friend</p>

<p>assuming that CR question makers also have a fair grasp of grammar, i would’ve said that the friendship remamined exciting becuse they were allowed to have differing opinions</p>

<p>could be the first one i’ve gotten wrong tho, because the jury is still out on the astronomy tales/prediction case :(</p>