<p>i also think there was a question along the lines of “which of these situations best fits …” something like that about practicing a lot to achieve mastery</p>
<p>and just my opinion, i think that this test almost has to have a -2 800 CR curve… the vocab was ridiculously harder than any recent tests and the passage based questions had 3 or 4 toughies</p>
<p>^ YES–there was one of those questions about analagous situations. I forgot what passage it was about though.</p>
<p>I know I got an experimental CR… did anyone get a SC where “intractable” was the answer? </p>
<p>Blablabla was _____, but stopped misbehaving…</p>
<p>Wasn’t there a question about the research by HArvard students and the answer was inconclusive?</p>
<p>@kobudnik</p>
<p>You may be right.</p>
<p>kobudnik - you’re right, and it’s already on the list</p>
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<p>yes, i put that.</p>
<p>I got intractable and I am pretty sure it was experimental.</p>
<p>66/67–at this point, i think we’re done.</p>
<p>Sentence Completion - 19/19
Diverse
Devised
Ignominy
Acolyte
Compassion, Ruthless
Ubiquitous
Apoplectic
Charismatic
Provisional
Matured, Fulfilling
Severe, Upbraid
Underdog
Pioneer, Vanguard
Complicity, Exonerated of
Fight, Rampant
Proscribed
Spare
Dispute, Strenuous
Crucial, Recruiting</p>
<p>– Short Passage –</p>
<p>Rachel Carson/environmentalism
Marking a watershed moment in public
Respectful</p>
<p>Reading Promotes Learning
Make a claim
Debatable</p>
<p>Independent Films (Paired Passage)
familiar and overly alarmed
monetary concerns
passage 2 is more optimistic
Passage 1 describes a problem that Passage 2 sees as of little concern</p>
<p>– Long Passage –</p>
<p>Talent/Practice
to examine a topic in psychology
The dichotomy is hard to resolve with experiments
“account” = explained
muddling of cause and effect
walking, talking, potty training: people develop at different times
basketball players, other professions: broad application of a principle
Harvard researchers chose that specific group because “they had a specific talent”
presents an issue and then references specific studies
The kids did not know how they were categorized
Statement about ppl who practice but fail: “to demonstrate an inccomplete explanation”
10,000 Hours question (second to last): “even if one has a talent, one needs to practice for years to become an expert”
Inconclusive research</p>
<p>Boy and Author from Argentina
Recount unusual experience –> new understanding
happy in his subordinate role
author’s impression with reality
apprehending –> perceiving
author’s lack of control
valuable for readers make connections w/ past readings</p>
<p>Girl in Austria
father wanted her to go on the trip “to learn about her non-English relatives”.
“freedom” means “releasing emotional burdens”
appalled = different viewpoints have equal values
likes her grandfather because “he talked about the present”
felt “disdain” for parent’s nostalgia about tearfully watering plants
“loved father like she loved a horse” = elaborate on previous sentence
painful to stay because of “isolation”
the old ways are “snobbishly excessive”
Inability to empathize with her father
Wanted to increase her affection towards her relatives
The girl disliked those who engaged in “wishful thinking instead of accepting the present”
The passage explains the girl’s views on her family</p>
<p>Zoos (Paired Passage)
products of human culture
condition: state of being
spectatorship: strong disapproval
savvy about nature of zoos
curiosities on display for audience
unconcerned with debates about zoo
fun comes at the expense of real insight of animals
do not offer authentic experience of wild animals
passage 1 makes argument that passage 2 finds unpersuasive</p>
<p>The inconclusive one wasn’t already on the list-- the one you were thinking of talked about a sentence and asked why he said it, it was because the explanation he provided in the previous sentence was incomplete.</p>
<p>Good work guys! :D</p>
<p>Silence, it’s not on the list. At least I don’t see it. The one about inconclusive that you have on the list is when he admitted that not all people who practice have great talent. The one I’m talking about is when it asks how would the author of the passage consider the studies and it was inconclusive because it said, though the study did this, it still could not distinguish between x and y.</p>
<p>Really hoping every one of those answers is correct, because my CR is looking pretty good based on it. Haha</p>
<p>Was the choice with the formidable linguistic in the same question as muddling cause and effect?</p>
<p>I think so ^.</p>
<p>@ KyaSenStar: Same here! From that list I have -3 and either 770 or 780 depending on the curve 
It’s a significant improvement from my previous score of 700 CR :p</p>
<p>I guess I chose that then. Can anyone explain to me how the answer was muddling cause and effect. I was thinking about choosing that but ultimately chose incorrectly.</p>
<p>one more to go</p>
<p>Can someone please elaborate more on the two inconclusive questions?
I still cannot distinguish one from the other.</p>
<p>User, one of the inconclusive was how the author regarded the studies of the Harvard students. </p>
<p>The other inconclusive was when he said that this statement does not account for the fact that some people who practice very often do not become stars.</p>