DITECTING THE BLIND SPOT IN YOUR INSTINCTS
Pick one choice that is clearly different from the other three in each question.
Your instinct to discern the correct answer from confusion determines how efficiently you can work on SAT/ACT reading passages. You have to believe that there are traits of correct answers that require no reading of the passages to discern. There are noises in your consciousness that prevent you from using such instinct. Once you get rid of these noises, your instinct will come in full blow in your tests.
1. The main purpose of the passage is to:
A) analyze a series of historic events
B) persuade readers to support an unusual practice
C) alert readers to an urgent societal problem
D) describe the underlying causes of a political change
2. What the word “best” most likely means?
A) superior
B) excellent
C) genuine
D) rarest
3. The main purpose of the passage is to:
A) emphasize the value of a tradition
B) stress the urgency of an issue
C) highlight the severity of social divisions
D) question the feasibility of an undertaking
4. What the word “hold” most nearly means?
A) maintain
B) grip
C) restraint
D) withstand
5. What the word “demand” most likely means?
A) offer
B) claim
C) inquire
D) desire
6. What does the author suggest of men’s primary motive towards women?
A) A selfish desire to deprive women of even smallest joy
B) A pragmatic impulse to maximize contentment
C) A cruel tendency to afford then withhold affections
D) A well meaning but ultimately ineffectual intent to act fairly
For explanations, you may contact us through email: [email protected], with a title line of "Tao of Minds."
Your instinct to discern the correct answer from confusion determines how efficiently you can work on SAT/ACT reading passages. You have to believe that there are traits of correct answers that require no reading of the passages to discern. There are noises in your consciousness that prevent you from using such instinct. Once you get rid of these noises, your instinct will come in full blow in your tests.
1. The main purpose of the passage is to:
A) analyze a series of historic events
B) persuade readers to support an unusual practice
C) alert readers to an urgent societal problem
D) describe the underlying causes of a political change
2. What the word “best” most likely means?
A) superior
B) excellent
C) genuine
D) rarest
3. The main purpose of the passage is to:
A) emphasize the value of a tradition
B) stress the urgency of an issue
C) highlight the severity of social divisions
D) question the feasibility of an undertaking
4. What the word “hold” most nearly means?
A) maintain
B) grip
C) restraint
D) withstand
5. What the word “demand” most likely means?
A) offer
B) claim
C) inquire
D) desire
6. What does the author suggest of men’s primary motive towards women?
A) A selfish desire to deprive women of even smallest joy
B) A pragmatic impulse to maximize contentment
C) A cruel tendency to afford then withhold affections
D) A well meaning but ultimately ineffectual intent to act fairly
For explanations, you may contact us through email: [email protected], with a title line of "Tao of Minds."