<p>by the looks of the long CR thread here, I think I did quite well on CR this october. However, I am wondering what are the arguments for the following 2 questions because I want to see the reasoning behind both answers...</p>
<p>the "immediately understandable" (my choice) vs. "artificially enhanced" question</p>
<p>the "admiration" (my choice) vs. "discovery of a skill" question</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>yeah im with you.</p>
<p>I put the same answers. But i think at this point we just need to wait it out. It’s really hard for me because, other than those two, I think i only missed 1/2. So im borderline 800 depending on how those two turn out. And I think I got 800 math and 800 writing. So these two questions may mean 2400 or not.</p>
<p>But i’ve read through the CR thread enough… we aren’t going to get an answer at this point.</p>
<p>yeah im with you guys on both of those. for me the “immediately understandable” one was pretty straightforward, so I am just about positive on that one. the other one was a little tricky, but “admiration” fits in best, so I’m feeling pretty good about those two</p>
<p>Are any of you guys getting the QAS from the October 2009 test?</p>
<p>I’m getting the QAS. I’ll post after I receive it.</p>
<p>I agree with you as well. </p>
<p>I also think the answer for the blues musician is “distinct from” although everyone put “grounded in blues”</p>
<p>The question was: Technically a blues artist, X played music derived from classical rock (or something), yet ____"</p>
<p>I shortened it to: Tehnically a blues artist, yet remained distinct. (I know that’s a run on but it captures the idea, imo).</p>
<p>Cadillac, I totally agree with you. I was 27 for 27 on the March and May SC, and I also put distinct from. (Ended up with 740)</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure the “grounded in proponents” read the question wrong. </p>
<p>Don’t worry the March Critical Reading Discussion was abysmal in terms of correct answers.</p>
<p>The majority often has the propensity to be incorrect.</p>
<p>On a different note, what did most of you guys put for the second native american question?</p>
<p>I put “important in everyday lives” because the question only referred to the last sentence.</p>
<p>It was “grounded in.” The sentence was something like</p>
<p>Although he adapts elements from classical rock, artist X produces music that is still grounded in the blues.</p>
<p>It certainly wasn’t “distinct.” That would make no sense in the context of the sentence. </p>
<p>For the second Native American question, I narrowed it down to I think A and B. A was “Understanding them requires a highly developed memory,” which I knew was wrong because the sentence didn’t talk about understanding them, only remembering them. Plus, “highly developed memory” was a direct quote from the text (direct quotes are usually wrong). The sentence talked about ceremonial occasions, so the answer I put was (paraphrased) “Complex texts are a traditional part of the culture.”</p>
<p>You remembered the question incorrectly. We will see on the 29th.</p>
<p>If you remembered correctly, then what was the music distinct from?</p>
<p>Grounded in is 100% right. I would bet $1000 on it. I remember the question and the answer and the answer is without any doubt at all grounded in.</p>
<p>For the second native american one, I put “Complex texts are a traditional part of the culture” at first but then changed it. The more I think about it the more Im sure that Im right. That answer just doesn’t seem to be directly supported in the passage. I put “repitition cannot be claimed as a memorization tool” (or whatever). I know the argument against this is that the last sentence itself doesn’t adress this, but Im pretty sure that it does.</p>
<p>The last sentence was something like-“these highly developed memories would not be likely to fail on cermonial occasions”</p>
<p>The author is suggesting that, because their memories wouldn’t fail on ceremonail occasions, repition can’t be cited as a memorization tool (which fits with the overall point of the passage)</p>
<p>“repitition cannot be claimed as a memorization tool” why? because “these highly developed memories would not be likely to fail on cermonial occasions” (simple and direct).</p>
<p>^Yes, stix, bang on. The answer to the last question on the Native Americans short passage is what you said although many put “It’s important to everyday life” or something, which is not correct because the question had “suggests” which indicates that the question is an inference question and the answer is no explicitly stated. </p>
<p>And for the sentence completion question, stix is also right. It is “grounded in”. But it looks like those who didn’t put that are strongly convicted that “grounded in” isn’t right so I’ll just save my breath here. Like you said IntangibleGator, let’s just wait.</p>
<p>grounded in is right.</p>
<p>i put “Understanding them requires a highly developed memory” for the native american one… whatever</p>
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<p>Even if “it’s important to everyday life” were an answer choice, your argument makes so sense because that choice wasn’t explicitly stated in the last sentence either.</p>
<p>important to everyday life was actually a choice. </p>
<p>but the answer was what I said.</p>
<p>“repitition cannot be claimed as a memorization tool” why? because “these highly developed memories would not be likely to fail on cermonial occasions” </p>
<p>I think that’s explicit enough. And more explicit than any other answers.</p>
<p>I’m not following your argument, but in 12 days we will find out.</p>
<p>grounded in and E (repetition is not an aid for memorization) are both definitely correct.</p>
<p>also- there was a question in the women/art passage:
i believe the possible answers were- satirizing rural life, mocking at _____ biographies (may have been conventional or modern- i forget), and some jeering answer. i chose the mocking one and I’m wondering if anybody knows/has good reasoning behind his/her answer. </p>
<p>finally- because there seem to be 2-3 controversial passage-based questions, do you guys think the curve will be more lenient, say: 2 wrong- 800, 3 wrong- 770, 4 wrong -750</p>
<p>^thats actually a pretty normal curve…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf[/url]”>http://www.erikthered.com/tutor/SAT-Released-Test-Curves.pdf</a></p>