<p>What’s interesting is that I’m actually doing very well on QAS with the following strategy:
I read through the entire test in my head and decide on all the answers, not making any notes. Then, I go through the test and write down my answers on a word document without referencing the passages again. I tend to get ~-3 passages per test in this way.</p>
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I think the problem is with your printer. My tests print just fine.</p>
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Can you elaborate on the process?</p>
<p>Oh, I see.
It was just the PSAT-01, other tests looks fine.</p>
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29. [Concerned that] the government was collecting [more than] [it was] spending, the Jackson administration sponsored a bill authorizing [loans of] the surplus to the states [No error]</p>
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<li><p>In 1972, [while] [serving as] a congressional representative [from New York], Shirley Chisholm became the first African American women [to endeavor] the presidential nomination. [No error]</p></li>
<li><p>Its strategic location and [its importance to] [so many] religions are two of the [reasons that] the Middle East [has and will] continue to be a volatile part of the world. [No error]</p></li>
<li><p>[To a degree], the past is what people have interpreted it to be; nevertheless, it is fixed, and [to suppose it] changeable is to be foolish [indeed]. [No error]
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<p>I got different answers than JefferyJung. The answers I got are:
29. Loan of
30. To Endeavor
33. No Error
34. No Error</p>
<p>Could Someone tell me the official answers to these questions, and explain why a certain answer is what it is?</p>
<p>Hey IceQube, </p>
<p>I was quickly just browsing through your thread and it really motivated me to do or atleast be a part of this type of diary format/entry.</p>
<p>Mind if I join you?
To be quite honest, my goal on the SATs is not really to get a 2400 because it is not possible for me, but that shouldn’t be a factor as to why I don’t try, right? I just want to do the best I can and hopefully get a score of 2200+ :)</p>
<p>I started practices/studies for SAT during end of October and my writing score has increased significantly, while my math is slowly progressing. Critical Reading is just the death of me and is a whole other issue I have to tackle.</p>
<p>For 29, “loans of” is the correct. The surpluses are what is being loaned.
For 33, “has and will” is indeed incorrect. When the sentence has two different verbs, it should make sense in both ways.</p>
<p>For example, “The Middle East has continue to be a volatile part of the world” and “The Middle East will continue to be a volatile part of the world”. The latter is grammatically correct; the former, not.</p>
<p>The sentence intends to utilize the present perfect tense (it has been volatile, and it will continue to be).</p>
<p>In order for the sentence to be correct, it should read:</p>
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<p>This rule applies for prepositions as well.</p>
<p>e.g.
This sentence would be incorrect because the correct preposition to follow “succeeded” is not “about” but rather “in”. In order for this sentence to be grammatically correct, it should read:
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<p>@Jeffrey:</p>
<p>Sure! It’s pretty straight forward…if not outright lazy but… I skip back and forth between the passage(s) and the questions as I would on a regular test, but instead of recording my answers, I make a mental note of what I think the answer is. When I finish with the entire section, I fire up Word or something and scroll through the test once again, recollecting what I put and why, then entering my answers. I rarely if ever refer to the passages again.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that I’m doing this on the computer and I can’t write on the test or mark line references or anything. I think what is helpful is that this way I have to understand an answer choice thoroughly before I mark it. -shrug-</p>
<p>Though I’m probably not going to be this risky on the Jan. SAT.</p>
<p>What is the purpose of going through the test the second time? I’m not sure I understand… 
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<p>Writing question:</p>
<p>Television’s programming difficulties, [already made acute by rising costs, threatens] to become even more severe as a result of lobbying by special- interest groups. </p>
<p>A) same
B) already made acute by rising costs, threaten
C) already made acuter by rising costs, threaten</p>
<p>Why is choice B the correct one? Why isn’t it choice C?</p>
<p>which brings me to my next question, how can you distinguish from a phony or real superlative?</p>
<p>Isn’t “loans of” the wrong idiomatic expression? It should instead be “loans for”. Please correct me if that is the wrong idiomatic expression.</p>
<p>Also, Is the whole “has been and will” thing considered an idiomatic expression or does it have to do with verb tense?</p>
<p>Back to clear up the confusion. I am too lazy to look back at Jefferey’s post; however, I think he’s the only one who got them right.</p>
<p>The correct answers are
29. No error
30. To endeavor – thanks for the example Jefferey I didn’t know that’s how you have to use the word. I endeavor to remember that and I WILL NOT miss a question with that in the future.
33. has been and will – see Jefferey’s explanation again
34. E. I thought the parallel structure was a little wonky here thoughts Jefferey?</p>
<p>“Loans for the surplus to the states” would not make sense logically. This is not really idiomatic.</p>
<p>“Of” follows an action in order to indicate something that is acted upon.</p>
<p>Knowing that the word been is crucial in the phrase “has been and will” requires logical reasoning. Without the word been, the former verb does not make sense as I have explained.</p>
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Why do you think the parallel structure is off?</p>
<p>Here’s a math question which I think is pretty bad. I ran the distance formula on the problem and got n = 10, but the Princeton Review book says n = 6. Looking at the diagram, it is pretty clear that n cannot be 10, but then, the diagram isn’t drawn to scale, so n could just be 10, right? LOL I don’t think a problem with a loophole like this will appear on the real SAT though. </p>
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<p>Absolutely! I would love to have more people embark with me on this journey :). Feel free to post in this thread, which is getting more and more interesting by the hour :D.</p>
<p>Dear diary: </p>
<p>Today I worked my my essay writing. I pretty much free wrote a couple of SAT essays. I also worked a little on math, and I was really caught off-guard by the questions in Princeton Review’s 11 SAT Tests book. I was getting stomped on by the tricks PR put in its book :o. In any case, it just shows the need for continual practice! </p>
<p>Anyway, I’m going to go out for a jog right now and then I’ll come back and go to sleep :D. I think that I accomplished a lot this weekend. Good luck to everyone else on the SATs, school finals, and anything else you need luck on :D!</p>
<p>Oh here’s a PR math problem for which I got n=10, which I think should be a valid answer. What do you think?</p>
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<p>I got n=6 as well. Perhaps you should try the problem again…(?)</p>
<p>I got 6. And 10 doesn’t really make sense because point I is lower than point H (according to the graph) ; if n=10, point I would be higher.</p>
<p>Edit: 10 doesn’t work because GH and HI form a right angle, meaning the slopes of the two lines are opposite reciprocals. The two slopes aren’t opposite-reciprocals when n=10.</p>
<p>I got n = 6</p>
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<p>This is how I solved for n(probably the shortest way).</p>
<p>[To a degree], the past is what people have interpreted it to be; nevertheless, it is fixed, and [to suppose it] changeable is to be foolish [indeed].</p>
<p>What I was talking about with the parallelism is when it says: “it is fixed” and I thought it would need to be “and to suppose it is changeable is to be foolish.” I guess the to suppose it changeable is to be foolish is considered parallel though…</p>