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5658 SAT2006[02](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:41 PM Page 22 – SAT STUDY SKILLS AND STRATEGIES – 4. Don’t try any unusual or adventurous activity— of long-lasting energy. Stay away from cookies and save it, too, for another time! candy during the exam. Remember to take water. 5. Don’t allow yourself to get into an emotional Give yourself plenty of time to get to the test site exchange with anyone—a parent, a sibling, a and avoid a last-minute rush. Plan to get to the test friend, or a signiﬁcant other. If someone starts room ten to fifteen minutes early. Once the exam something, remind him or her you are taking the begins, keep an eye on the time. SAT tomorrow and need to postpone the discus- Remember not to spend too long on questions you sion so you can focus on the exam. don’t understand. Mark them (in your test booklet, not your answer sheet) so you can come back to them if there’s time. Check periodically (every ﬁve to ten ques- Test Day On the day of the test, get up early enough to allow tions) to make sure you are transposing correctly. Look yourself extra time to get ready. Set your alarm and ask at the question number, and then check your answer a family member or friend to make sure you are up. sheet to see that you are marking the bubble by that Eat a light, healthy breakfast, even if you usually question number. don’t eat in the morning. If you don’t normally drink If you ﬁnd yourself getting anxious during the coffee, don’t do it today. If you do normally have cof- test, remember to breathe. If you need to, take a minute fee, have one cup. More than that may make you jittery or two to slip into your relaxation visualization or your today. If you plan to take snacks for the break, take visualization of success. You have worked hard to pre- something healthy. Nuts and raisins are a great source pare for this day. You are ready. 22
5658 SAT2006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 23 CHAPTER 3 The SAT Critical Reading Section W hat to Expect in the Critical Reading Section The SAT has three critical reading sections: two 25-minute sections and one 20-minute section. There are three types of critical reading questions: sentence completions, passage-length critical reading questions, and paragraph-length critical reading questions. All of them are multiple-choice questions with ﬁve answer choices, a–e. There may be a fourth critical reading section. If so, it means that one of the four sections is an experimental, or equating, section. You cannot determine which is the equating section, however, so it is important to do your best on each section. Sentence Completions Sentence completion questions test your vocabulary and your ability to follow the logic of complicated sen- tences. Each of these questions has either one or two blanks within a single sentence. Often, the sentences are long and difﬁcult to follow, but with practice, you can learn to master them. There will be approximately 19 of these questions. 23
5658 SAT2006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 24 S AT Critical Reading Section at a Glance The critical reading section of the SAT has 67 questions. There are three kinds of questions: Sentence Completions Questions test your vocabulary skills and ability to follow the logic of a sentence. Passage-Length Critical Reading Questions test your ability to understand the meaning of material in a long passage. Paragraph-Length Critical Reading Questions test your ability to understand and analyze material in a short (one paragraph) passage or two related passages. Passage-Length Critical Reading T he Power of Words These questions test your understanding of fairly long passages. The passages, typically 400–850 words in length, If you have a good vocabulary, you’re in good shape for are drawn from texts in the humanities, social sciences, the SAT. All three kinds of critical reading questions test and natural sciences. There are also a variety of writing your knowledge of and ability to use words. styles, including narrative, expository, and persuasive. If you don’t consider yourself a word person, You will have to analyze the passages in advanced ways, don’t despair. The fact is, we are all word people. Words making inferences from the authors’ statements, inter- shape our perceptions of the world. Even math can be preting rhetorical and stylistic devices, and/or selecting thought of as another language; it is explained through the correct meaning of one of the words used. Again, the use of words. practice will make perfect—or nearly so. No matter what kind of word power you already possess, your SAT critical reading score will improve Paragraph-Length dramatically as you increase your vocabulary. Other Critical Reading than reading this book, the single most productive Paragraph-length critical reading passages will be thing you can do in studying for the SAT is to learn 100–200 words long, followed by two to ﬁve questions additional vocabulary. The best way to go about this is each. You will also ﬁnd at least one (or more) pair of to read; check out LearningExpress’s Vocabulary and related passages. Like long-passage questions, the ques- Spelling Success in 20 Minutes a Day, which makes it easy tions following short passages test your ability to under- to boost your vocabulary and your critical reading test stand college-level readings on a range of topics and score. styles. And again, you will be asked about a range of reading comprehension issues, from speciﬁc details to the author’s purpose or main idea, from the meaning of speciﬁc vocabulary words to inferences that can log- ically be drawn from the text. 24
5658 SAT2006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 25 – LEARNINGEXPRESS ANSWER SHEET – Test for Success Another important way to increase your chances for SAT success is to become familiar with the test itself. This sec- tion focuses on the critical reading test questions. The following pretest will help you assess what your strengths and weaknesses are when it comes to the critical reading skills tested on the SAT. Take this test without studying ahead in this book. Don’t worry if you don’t do as well as you wanted; there’s no better way to focus your studies than by pinpointing the topics and question types you know well and those in which you need more practice. Use the answer sheet below to record your answers. ANSWER SHEET 1. a b c d e 17. a b c d e 2. a b c d e 18. a b c d e 3. a b c d e 19. a b c d e 4. a b c d e 20. a b c d e 5. a b c d e 21. a b c d e 6. a b c d e 22. a b c d e 7. a b c d e 23. a b c d e 8. a b c d e 24. a b c d e 9. a b c d e 25. a b c d e 10. a b c d e 26. a b c d e 11. a b c d e 27. a b c d e 12. a b c d e 28. a b c d e 13. a b c d e 29. a b c d e 14. a b c d e 30. a b c d e 15. a b c d e 31. a b c d e 16. a b c d e 32. a b c d e 25
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5658 SAT2006[03](fin).qx 11/21/05 6:42 PM Page 27 – THE SAT CRITICAL READING SECTION – C ritical Reading Pretest 4. Scientiﬁc knowledge is usually --------, often resulting from years of hard work by numerous investigators. There are 32 questions in this section. Set a timer for 30 a. ponderous minutes. Stop working at the end of 30 minutes and b. implacable check your answers. c. precarious d. cumulative Sentence Completions e. egregious In each of the following sentences, one or two words have been omitted (indicated by a blank). Choose the 5. Even though -------- meals cause her digestive word(s) from the answer choices provided that makes trouble, my grandmother insists on eating her the most sense in the context of the sentence. food as -------- as possible. a. piquant .. spicy 1. Although skinny as a rail, the young girl had b. foreign .. often a(n) ------- appetite. c. astringent .. slowly a. eager d. cold .. quickly b. demanding e. purgative .. daintily c. ravenous d. breathless 6. Although conditions in Antarctica are quite e. primal --------, scientists and others who go there to work have managed to create a comfortable envi- 2. Because the rajah was sagacious, he ruled his ronment for themselves. subjects with -------. a. audacious a. rapacity b. inimical b. ignorance c. felicitous c. compassion d. incalculable d. fortitude e. oblivious e. willfulness 7. Because the king was heedful of --------, he 3. Percival’s ------- approach to life caused him to ensured that his -------- would survive him. miss the kind of ------- experience his more friv- a. posterity .. legacy olous peers enjoyed. b. venerability .. heir a. careless .. cerebral c. tradition .. sociopath b. unhealthy .. choleric d. empathy .. advisors c. busy .. understated e. artiﬁce .. architect d. amiable .. intense e. utilitarian .. ecstatic 27