June 2009 SAT Critical Reading

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<p>alstair interconnected genes
dramatic then anticlimax
enigmatic
biased
distressed/opposed
expectation and reality
direct quotes
more historical
expression/intensity of need
perturbed
attitude toward students
impassioned
eating nutrients
dailiness everyday life
solid “state” = form
edison practical intelligence
prestigious endorsement
whale astonishingly friendly and fluid
democratic
poke fun
protean (not virulent)
empathy
negligent, essential
engagement = involvement
naivete
destroying/instill
conviviality
infinitesimal
stagnant = unchanging</p>

<p>Still in debate:

  1. scientifically inclined or philosophical
  2. _, equanimity (first blank anyone?) or vehemence/ire
  3. mechanical = physical or unintentional
  4. tropical ocean or volcano
  5. Dino question: obsolescence or attracting visitors choice or domineering</p>
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<p>^I put obsolete for the dino one.</p>

<p>For the Agatha Christine-</p>

<p>was it to point out a unique character?</p>

<p>or to substinate a point about a genre (i went with the one—not sure)</p>

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<p>cricket, make a point about a genre. </p>

<p>In the preceding sentence the narrator mentions mystery novels typically have female leads.</p>

<p>Agatha Christie’s character supports this</p>

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<p>^ It wasn’t a dino, it was a mythical dragon.</p>

<p>For agatha christine, I said it was to substantiate his point about the genre.</p>

<p>UNINTENTIONAL – because the line after that said storms and stuff hitting the rocks and stuff were ACCIDENTS. I can see physical working but it seemed too obvious for me.</p>

<p>PHILOSOPHICAL – science seemed too straightforward, and the argument about “fate isn’t philsophy” is kinda irrelevant. If they believe in fate with a certain philosophy, then he has a philosophical orientation. bleh.</p>

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<p>I really think the dragon one was about its dominant nature.</p>

<p>I mean, i think the passage talked about the imposing size of the rocket. And dragons are large and imposing to.</p>

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<p>well i still put obsolete nevertheless hope thats right.</p>

<p>the volcano vs. tropical…i put volcano but it seems like im wrong.</p>

<p>same with philosophical…i put that but now im not so sure…if i could change i would.</p>

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<p>Yes it was to substantiate a point about a genre. That answer choice says to point out a “UNIQUE” character, however she wasn’t unique at all, she had the same characteristics as all the other women in mystery novels, she was just a more recognized one.</p>

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<p>its not volcano. No way a volcano has water in it. A cliff by the ocean though does have water next to it. (at least the bottom of the cliff) </p>

<p>And it was a TROPICAL beach
Tropical==a lot of heat</p>

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<p>Still in debate:

  1. scientifically inclined or philosophical
  2. _, equanimity (first blank anyone?) or vehemence/ire
  3. mechanical = physical or unintentional
  4. tropical ocean or volcano
  5. Dragon question: obsolescence or attracting visitors choice or domineering </p>

<p>Also up for debate:</p>

<p>personal v. impersonal, or individual v. communal</p>

<p>Holy crap I just realized that for these 6 questions my answer was one of the choices still indebate…so i could have gotten 6 wrong!!</p>

450

<p>It was definitely Physical and Volcano.</p>

<p>… Is it sad that we are applying scientific knowledge to a CR question? I mean, hello!</p>

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<p>Damn, CB better give us one heck of a curve.</p>

<p>mr California, it’s DEFINITELY equanimity. The first word was distress. Ire/Vehemence makes no sense.</p>

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<p>Yea the volcano question (i put that but i dont know if thats right anymore) is totally subjective…(it depnends on how you interpret what they want)</p>

<p>and maybe from the descriptions its tropical…but in real life it may be volcano? I dont see any hard rocks near volcanoes…</p>

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<p>but i guess since it said extinct…i am probalby wrong since theres no lava near extinct vocanoles (hey what if i dindt know science and didnt know that lava flowed through volcanoes—this requires us to know some basic science which is not fair)</p>

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<p>hey on the black reader passage…what did you guys put for what “string” means…I think I said something about connection through imagination</p>

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<p>It can’t be volcano…it was an extinct/inactive volcano.</p>

<p>PLUS the passage was about water. IF SO, then guess what’s more relevant? A cliff that is being struck by salty, warm waves (which includes what, all 3 of the factors mentioned in the passages?) or something that is almost NOT related to the concept…at all?</p>

<p>Edit: The environment near Mt. St. Helen clearly doesn’t contribute to the decomposition of rocks…</p>

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<p>The volcano / beach question wasn’t asking which area would be most likely destroyed (or whatever word they used) by water, it just asked which area would most likely crumble, or something like that.</p>

<p>The first sentence of the paragraph talked about old soil/rocks breaking easily. Then, the salt discussion. That’s why I think it’s volcano.</p>

<p>With the vehemence/ire one, it comes down to whether they asked “preserve” our or “control” our ----. My recollection is that it was “control.” </p>

<p>Once the score reports come in, is there a way to tell which answers were right? Since we don’t get the original test and all, does we all ever get any freakin’ closure on this stuff?</p>

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<p>Does anyone remember the string question?!?</p>

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<p>If you remember the question number and order the report. Then, yes, you will be able to know. Well, no. Not completely know. It’ll just tell you if you got it right or wrong.</p>

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<p>did anyone else put curiosity/indifference instead of vehement/ire and the other equanimity option xD</p>

<p>aroused ‘curiosity’ but we remained ‘indifferent’</p>

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<p>I believe it somehow related to imagination. Or something alone the lines (pun pun) of that.</p>