<p>Asked ETS. They base their level 5 questions on college level statistics, as in it is predetermined. It’s not based on average number % wrong, though there’s definitely a correlation between the two.</p>
<p>@onclould9</p>
<p>the passage literally says that we need to use nuclear power because its here now until we can develop electric and hydro; maybe you misread. I also missed it the first time around</p>
<p>wow, this is not going to be an enjoyable 19 days.</p>
<p>@oncloud9</p>
<p>The author’s point, essentially, is this: “Nuclear energy may be expensive to produce, but it is all we have that is readily accessible and in large quantities”. In other words, he/she is conceding that nuclear energy is not the perfect energy source, but we have no choice but to use it. After all, he/she does mention that nuclear power is what we have “here, and now”.</p>
<p>and its probably caustic; i chose this as the one question I skipped. look at what notanengineer posted, its pretty clear in hindsight that its caustic, no excessive emotion displayed in that passage. i’m mad that I skipped it now</p>
<p>@TheMisunderstood Well I dont really see the word “until”. From what I remember, it simply says we should use nuclear power because developing hydro and wind power would be too much work; we ALREADY have nuclear so therefore we should utilize it</p>
<p>but i’m not really sure :/</p>
<p>hmm does anyone remember the alternative choices to the malcom x and mlk question?</p>
<p>@edwardgz - there was exonerate and elaborate. i don’t quite remember the other two.</p>
<p>what about the other choices to the clever debater sentence completion</p>
<p>idr, mainly b/c when i read that question, i immediately knew it was clever. 
sorry.
ask the guy who stole a copy of the test.</p>
<p>what were the alternative answers for the governor mismanagement SC?</p>
<p>Caustic 100% positive</p>
<p>Hey everyone!</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>
<p>AMAZING compilation of the test curve. I think that, on the whole, people considered this test average. It’s my first time taking the SAT, so I wouldn’t know. </p>
<p>Here are a few justifications for some answers-</p>
<p>ARCHAELOGIST: She said dig up, find, interpret, and other words like that. I mean, really, isn’t a biographer an archaelogist for a specific person? Discovering their past? It makes sense.</p>
<p>WALDEN: I think it’s human-centered. The reader takes a positive viewpoint. UNLIKE the exhausting works of today… People have forgotten the YOUTHFUL question that drives Walden: “How to live?” Scientifically appropriate is the only other positive answer, but the info given about Walden isn’t scientific. The question that the author uses to summarize Walden is centered around people and insightful of the human condition.</p>
<p>IDEA: I think it’s independent of human conciousness. “There is no disinterestedness, as in an actual idea.” aka, the idea does not care what we think. The part about the guts refered to music. He later goes on to say “an idea… does not care whether you like it or not.” Which means that the idea isn’t part of us. Fleece treats the idea as a separate entity that exists in your brain, <em>independent of human conciousness</em> .</p>
<p>Vehement vs. Caustic: I’m pretty sure it’s vehement. Caustic implies bitter. The author isn’t bitter about coal, they’re passionately (or vehemently) against it’s use. Tricky one though. I think it tests your ability to identify connotation.</p>
<p>Treatment: I put handling. I think this one should be voided. No justification here, just sounded right.</p>
<p>Yep, hard RC+ easy SC= average test…</p>
<p>i didnt think the SC were that easy D:
i’ve taken the test twice and this one’s SC were the hardest</p>
<p>What was the consensus on the execution vs. handling problem? WHICH WAS IT!!</p>
<p>Handling…</p>
<p>“The consequences aren’t pretty. Burning coal and other fossil fuels is driving climate change, which is blamed for everything from western forest fires and Florida hurricanes to melting polar ice sheets and flooded Himalayan hamlets. On top of that, coal-burning electric power plants have fouled the air with enough heavy metals and other noxious pollutants to cause 15,000 premature deaths annually in the US alone, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study. Believe it or not, a coal-fired plant releases 100 times more radioactive material than an equivalent nuclear reactor - right into the air, too, not into some carefully guarded storage site.”</p>
<p>@notanengineer - yes, you pointed out that it is hard to see any vehemence, but you also pointed out that there is no bitterness or sarcasm what so ever in the excerpt. Go ahead, show me how its caustic. Your argument is specious.</p>
<p>Execution means that the author will take the woman’s lifestyle and adopt it as her own. Handling means she will look at it, not necessarily utilize it. Handling was the better answer.</p>
<p>And most people I asked that thought this was an easy test ended up missing a lot. So…</p>
<p>I agree… a lot of people seem to be doing worse than they think.</p>