January 2010 Critical Reading

<p>Thanks silverturtle</p>

<p>what was the rancor question?</p>

<p>ilikecollage,</p>

<p>It was someting like “someone’s behavior was so disgraceful that it proved _____.” Rancor definitely fit best.</p>

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<p>“The delegates’ behavoir was highly disgraceful and fully deserving of the [blank] that it provoked.”</p>

<p>@hihellothere</p>

<p>I remember autocratic and demonstrative as possible answer choices for the unflappable question.</p>

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<p>Now that you say it, I recall those as well.</p>

<p>i remember another question regarding the long double passages (the writer one):
something like, "in the 2nd passage, the “serious writers (line x)” are most concerned with…</p>

<p>ohhh, now i remember that question. thank you! it’s been bugging me for so long!</p>

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<p>@ impetuous: That’s exactly what some other users, such as powerbomb, have argued. Though my memory’s starting to come back somewhat, and I DO remember reading about something having to do with predicting phenomena and movements paths somewhere within the passage, I cannot really take a stand since it’s still very vague in my mind. </p>

<p>However - and this is my advice to you all - do not discount an answer just because it’s not on the consolidated list. In several instances when I was doing practice CR exercises out of the Blue Book, and on the May '09 SAT as well, sometimes there would be something that was explicitly stated in the passage, but it would not be the MAIN POINT of the passage. In other words, you’d sort of have to “zoom out” a little in order to see what the passage was talking about IN GENERAL, and that one sentence placed in the middle may not necessarily count as the main topic of the whole passage. </p>

<p>Just saying… :slight_smile: Remember, I’m not for or against anyone here since I can barely remember the passage myself.</p>

<p>“Pro-Humor guy in Passage 2 argues that humor increases workplace productivity”</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the question or the choices for this questions?</p>

<p>Fledging,</p>

<p>95% of the time, consolidated list is correct. So if you see that you’ve gotten 50% of them wrong, you’re much likely “screwed.”</p>

<p>what were the options for the rancor question? sorry, i hardly even remember this one</p>

<p>"i remember another question regarding the long double passages (the writer one):
something like, “in the 2nd passage, the “serious writers (line x)” are most concerned with…”</p>

<p>I vaguely remember this question. Do you remember any of the answer choices or what you put?</p>

<p>hey silver,</p>

<p>What would
-0 on math
-3/4 on CR
-3/4 on W w/ 10/11 essay be?</p>

<p>Does anyone remember a question that was the last one on one of the reading passage sections and asked the author’s tone? Two possible answers were somber and breezy.</p>

<p>^didactic. 10char</p>

<p>to invisiblemonster:</p>

<p>i remember it was the last question in the first column…if that even helps.
the answer i put was something that had to do with the commercial aspect of the book…
this question was followed by the “she would have cared less negative aspects of commercial” question…</p>

<p>sorry for being very vague, but i don’t remember much either :/</p>

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<p>Ah, but I haven’t gotten anywhere close to 50% wrong ;)</p>

<p>And I’m just trying to tell people that though the list is accurate most of the time, it is not accurate ALL the time. There are around 2 answers there that I’d be able to make a solid argument against because I distinctly remember having support for the passage to prove my own answers, but I can’t locate the original texts in question so I figure I’ll just keep quiet for now. </p>

<p>Hmmm… I talked to several of my friends and family about the “skepticism” vs. “ambivalence” question, and they were pretty split on it. Odd.</p>

<p>@fledgling I really would like to know what the answer to that question was. I was pretty split on it myself haha</p>

<p>sry for the double post but this is something im kinda concerned about…
“Pro-Humor guy in Passage 2 argues that humor increases workplace productivity”</p>

<p>Does anyone remember the question or the choices for this questions? </p>

<p>and was “breezy” or “somber” the answer to the question reginaphalange is bringing up?</p>