tailieunhanh - SAT practise test 20000 part 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat practise test 20000 part 9', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 13. B This sentence is either really positive or really negative about the new drug regime. It is more likely positive since a new drug wouldn t come out if it was known to be really negative. So your inclination should be that the blank is very positive. Only B fits this and it fits well. If you have extra time you can check to see if there is a really negative response that might fit better. Bane could work in terms of meaning but it doesn t work syntactically. 14. C The blanks in this sentence are a little more complicated because they must be considered together. The first blank is negative and the second blank is even more negative in the same way or to a greater degree . The second blank isn t negative in A and D so they are not it. That leaves B C and E . Of the three C is the best since self-centered and egocentric are synonyms and solipsism is a more negative form of both words. You might be tempted to go with B because you don t know what solipsistic means but you can eliminate it because ill-tempered has little to do with self-centered. 15. B What is a good pre-guess for the blank Really hectic that is opposite of alleviating demands upon our time . Only B matches this pre-guess and it fits in the flow of the sentence. 16. A This is a global question since it cannot be answered by looking at one specific place in the text but has to be weighed considering the passage as a whole. Ask yourself does the author present Dr. Rael positively or negatively sympathetically or unsympathetically The article describes Dr. Rael s career generally in positive terms and no criticisms of Dr. Rael s work is discussed. So the answer should be positive. That eliminates C E . B might seem appealing but realize that an article can engage a person s work without being positive about that work. Also the passage more tells about Dr. Rael s work than engages it. So A is the best choice. 17. C Again this is a global question. To rephrase the question what is the passage about It