College Board Section One : Critical Reading SAT-CRITICAL READING Dumps in PDF

Free College Board SAT-CRITICAL READING Real Questions (page: 45)

Although the Internet was originally created to facilitate scientific research and emergency communication, today most people consider it ______ enterprise, offering services marketed as sources of information and entertainment.

  1. a commercial
  2. a private
  3. an obsolete
  4. an insidious
  5. an institutional

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

If the Internet today offers "services" that are "marketed, " then it is clearly a "commercial" (that is, for- profit) enterprise.



Her character was completely ______; she was totally devoid of ______.

  1. prosaic .. dullness
  2. prudent .. affection
  3. passive .. inertia
  4. impassive .. emotion
  5. saintly .. virtue

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

To be impassive(without feelings) is to be totally devoid of (lackingin)emotion.



To succeed in the training program requires great ______; you have to endure many months of rigorous exercise.

  1. reluctance
  2. creativity
  3. diffidence
  4. insensitivity
  5. tenacity

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

To endure many months of training you need great tenacity, or persistence



Since eating that ______ amount of food I have become ______.

  1. substantial .. unchanged
  2. miniscule .. corpulent
  3. gargantuan .. emaciated
  4. prodigious .. bilious
  5. impeccable .. fastidious

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

If you eat a substantial amount of food, you will not be unchanged(unaffected). If you eat a miniscule amount, you will not become corpulent(excessively fat). If you eat a gargantuan(suitable to a giant) amount, you will certainly not become emaciated(thin to the point of starvation). But if you eat a prodigious(unusually enormous) amount, you are very likely to become bilious(sick to the stomach).



The performer was exceedingly ______; she could juggle three apples at once.

  1. inept
  2. contentious
  3. complacent
  4. adroit
  5. astute

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

If the performer can juggle three apples at once, she is remark ably skillful, or adroit.



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