SAT January 2012 - Critical Reading

<p>The passage suggests that her attitude is “content” and not “ambivalent.” She is not ambivalent about her choices. Though “rational” works fine, the idiom “in cold blooded” is not used that way.</p>

<p>Just woke up at 5 AM with wearing dress clothes, and the lights are on, in bed… Odd. =P </p>

<p>Since I’m up, though… I saw in the newest “key” that the content/ambivalent issue still isn’t resolved – it’s content, FOR SURE. Ambivalent means seeing both the good and the bad, however, at the end of the passage, the author said only good things could come of a discussion with the landlord, and the rest of the passage is quite content, never complaining or showing any negativity at all.</p>

<p>Did anyone get self conscious for the land lady one? i didnt put captivated by her style…</p>

<p>^No it’s definitely resolved. I can see the argument for methodology vs. philosophy, but contented vs. ambivalent has none. </p>

<p>Btw just noticed we live in the same state.</p>

<p>was it describe details of a finding, and what was the dissatisfacction one?</p>

<p>@Desigirl I can’t remember dissatisfaction either.</p>

<p>was it describe the details of a finding though? and can u add on to the list…i feel like we almost got ALL the answers. lol.</p>

<p>Yea sure! A lot of the photography questions were answered last night, so I’m gonna find those and add them too.</p>

<p>i put entertaining historical fact…</p>

<p>no! im talking about the quoted line in the passage of the land lady “fairly drank her in” did u guys put self conscious around the land lady or captivated by her style? I know the last one was contented</p>

<p>^I don’t remember that question, or answer choice.</p>

<p>so far this is what i got wrong: </p>

<ol>
<li> Voluptuous</li>
<li> Awe</li>
<li> Get rid of sunlight</li>
<li> Proud and aloof</li>
<li> Appreciable (impeding)</li>
<li> Passing stranger </li>
<li> Half a century ( maybe) - describe details of a finding. </li>
<li> entertaining historical fact (maybe?, but im pretty sure it is)</li>
</ol>

<p>Too bad we don’t have all the questions / answer choices <em>photography</em></p>

<p>@desigirl i put entertaining historical fact also</p>

<p>Word (Q 1~8)
5. Transcribe
8. Prescient</p>

<p>Blog (Q 9~10)
9. What do strangers refer to? Random readers
10. Criticized on advanced technology / Commented on contemporary</p>

<p>Farm (Q 11~12)
11. Discovery that can discredit the opinion? Trading (I don’t think it is neighbor)
12. Scientific proof? Finding evidence that they cultivated distant farms (many say that the answer choice that had the word “neighbor” was in Q11, but I think it was this one that had one of the answer choices having the phrase “trading with neighboring villages.” I think this is not the answer because neighboring villages are likely to be “near.” We need to find prove that they could have “distant” farms)</p>

<p>Photography (Q 13~24)
13. Technical skills are less important that something
14. What does “course” refer to? Progression
15. What does “rides” refer to? Depends
16. Can be powerful if good person uses
17. Deal (solve) dissatisfaction
18. What does “history” refer to? Future social changes
19. To catch subtle evidence of attitude
20. What question would author 2 add to the list of questions of author 1’s? Distort the subject
21. Objection to stories
22. Philosophy / Methodology
23. To persuade skeptical readers who do not believe injustices do exist
24. The assumption that authors of both passage make is?</p>

<p>Word (Q 1~6)
4. Adroit & Erudition
5. Voluptuous
6. Ruminate</p>

<p>Singer (Q 7~8)
7. To dramatize magnitude
8. Awe</p>

<p>Mrs. Alexander the Landlord (Q 9~14)
9. Polite policeman
10. Foreshadow future events (is it future? I heard some say past events which of course doesn’t make any sense)
11. Aloof & Proud
12. What does “cold blood” refer to? Rational / heartless detachment
13. Captivated to her attitude
14. Content / ambivalent</p>

<p>Biological Clock (Q 15~24)
15. What’s the purpose of the article? To introduce a phenomenon and (re)solutions / To introduce a theory and ways of testing it (I personally chose the latter one because I couldn’t find any (re)solutions. As a matter of fact, ways of testing it make more sense since they did experiments to find out that our internal clock is actually 25 hours and not 24 hours. Also all the things regarding going in to a light isolated cave for months and etc).
16. What does the word “work” mean? Operate
17. What does the phrase “If the legend can be believed” do? Qualify a sentence
18. What does the phrase “Found at 1917, and more thoroughly examined half century later” indicate? To describe the finding of the biological clock (I know many will think this as controversial, but I think this is right. I’ve seen some say that it’s to give scientific evidence or something but isn’t too vague to say that this verifies its validity. Rather I think it is just objectively providing information regarding its finding).
19. How independent is our internal clock from external influences. (The question was relevant to the word “autonomous”).
20. In which of the following cases might the additional time accumulate? Isolation of light and sound
21. Objective & Instructive
22. Why did the french researcher locked himself in the cave? To avoid sunlight
23.
24.</p>

<p>THANK YOU BEATIFUL. YES THAT WAS THE QUESTION. I’LL REVISE IT.</p>

<p>Word (1~6)
4. Quackery & Forestall / Humbuggery & Elude (I’ve put the former one, but I think the latter is more plausible. Well, it’s still controversial and I wish the former is correct lol).
5. Exaggerate
6. Obdurate</p>

<p>Traffic (Q 7~19)
7. Entertainment of historical event (This is also a little bit controversial, but I objectively think this is correct)
8. Have to change social behavior as well as something (like technical problems or etc)
9. Resent at new rules (laws)
10. What does the phrase “only keep in the right side was the common rule” indicate? Underscore the need for more laws (rules)
11. Gaining appreciable influence
12. What do all those different colors for traffic signs refer to? (or the question might be “Red might mean “stop” in one region and “go” in another region) The need to standardize stuffs
13. Should we change to green and red or stick with gray and purple? Highlighted the issues to be resolved
14. (question regarding Montana and Montacco have same traffic sings) Had become standardized
15. (Anology question)
16. street is disorderly organized
17. Cyclists should share the same road (or maybe have a separate lane)
18. What are “walkers and cyclists”? people that share streets with the motorists
19.</p>

<p>@desigirl I think my list is just about as long as yours (except half of mine is SC), hopefully the curve is lenient and we get a 700!</p>

<p>isnt it describe details of a finding too for the half century, because they were talking about the finding itself, not the fact that it was valid? did u get the same number of questions wrong? i am dwon to -7 or -8</p>

<p>so far i have 4 eng wrong 1 omit where does that put me?</p>

<p>sat100, did u get entertaining historical fact, not landmark trade, and did u get describe the details of a findnig for the half century? what did u get wrong s3xt1ng?</p>

<p>For Q19 on photography, was the answer “To catch people in certain attitudes”? Is that the same as the answer posted on that list or different?</p>