<p>was the question about the square pyramid in an experimental section? can any1 confirm this??</p>
<p>Fat nerd…what did you get for the question that asked the reason why mother’s eyes got filled with tears? …i actually said ‘sad sth…’</p>
<p>I said it was because she was proud of what he would become in future.</p>
<p>^ I felt she was more ‘proud of her son’s gift.’ Nothing, once again, would show that she was sad. Why would she be sad? There is absolutely no reason to be sad in the context of the exchange between the son and his mother. If anything, she was happy that her son has his ‘limited fame.’ Or something like that. </p>
<p>Anyway, January 2012 International CR SAT came from December 2009 US CR SAT, and here is the thread for people to make sure:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/822284-december-2009-sat-critical-reading-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/sat-preparation/822284-december-2009-sat-critical-reading-thread.html</a></p>
<p>Fat_nerd’s interpretation is correct.</p>
<p>For the mother’s reaction: You can initially conclude that she was “sad” because tears started racing down her cheeks , but when you look up in the lines you’ll see that she was actually “proud of what her son MIGHT become” or something similar. And that made her emotional and all the other feminine stuff.</p>
<p>Alright, Kaizeras, what about the reference to the sky as a blue sheet, does it represent a simplistic perception of the sky, or a metaphor depicting its emptiness?</p>
<p>Does anybody happen to remember the section with quixotic as a word in the sentence of the last SC question number 8? Witch passages did it included ? That should be the experimental one as far as I understood :)</p>
<p>i said overly simple or something along those lines</p>
<p>dolphins passage wasnt in the experimental sec right? …do you remember the answers to that passage?</p>
<p>^ Overly simple = simplistic perception, yeah, that’s the same choice I went for regarding the ‘blue sheet’ description of the sky. I didn’t feel it evoked as much emptiness as it did simplicity.</p>
<p>@fat_nerd</p>
<p>I spend a good time dithering between these.</p>
<p>I started from acknowledging that the phrase itself is, in fact, a metaphor. But as the author continues his narrative I can reminisce something about the sky being shifting and dynamic. So the “blue sheet” is more of a comparison between the author’s simplistic perception of the sky before he started to heed it .</p>
<p>Alrighty then. One last question, Kaizeras.</p>
<p>What does the word ‘serious’ most nearly mean?
A) Humorless
B) Stern
C) X
D) Weighty
E) X</p>
<p>I went for ‘humorless’, but now I’m starting to doubt it. I always try to go with what the passage directly states. For me, I didn’t think that the phrase related to stern or weighty literature. In fact, the ‘literature’ represents a work of art that contrasted with the ‘comic books.’ Therefore, what is the most obvious difference between the two? Humor. I could be wrong. What was your reasoning thought process?</p>
<p>^ i went for weighty because serious literature is one that needs insight and is relatively difficult to understand, not necessarily humorless</p>
<p>I was pretty capricious. I wish I had stuck to ‘weighty’, but in the end went with ‘humorless.’ Let’s wait and see what the consensus is on then.</p>
<p>You were going into the right direction but didn’t thoroughly assess the whole idea. The author depicts the manga and anime comics (and comics in general) as “trash” art.Which means literature with no real value. Humorless sounds a bit preposterous. From passage 1 you can learn that manga and anime aren’t styles that represent humorous stories or plots , but actually aim to have more content plots .
Weighty literature means “more valuable literature” . .That’s what the anime and manga styles were aiming for.They are trying to stray away from the “trash” and try to emulate more serious literary works.</p>
<p>Also, you should’ve tried to mentally replace the word in the sentence and repeat it.Such method might point you to right answer.</p>
<p>Hey what about that writing mc question. Error id, the last one with insure.</p>
<p>I chose insure as an error</p>
<p>Well, so far, that’s a -1 to a -3 on CR. I just hope it stays that way. Good luck everybody, looking forward to seeing everybody’s scores on Feb 16! (Especially JefferyJung and IceQube :))</p>
<p>I am hoping for a 1900ish. I focused so hard though, that I remember the whole test like a blur.</p>
<p>I’m an international student in Canada who took the SAT today. However, I just checked the threads and the test I wrote today was not the same one you guys took… it was the US one. When I took it before though, it was always the international SAT. </p>
<p>Has this happened to anybody else before?</p>