Critical Reading Section Sentence Completion. Types of Questions: (1) Vocabulary-in-Context...

Critical Reading Section

Sentence Completion

Types of Questions:(1) Vocabulary-in-Context Questions

• To answer this type of question, you need to know how the words are used in the context of the sentence. • If you know the definitions of the words involved, you have a better chance of selecting the correct answer.

Vocabulary-in-Context QuestionsExample 1 :Ravens appear to behave ___, actively helping one another to find food.

A. mysteriouslyB. warilyC. aggressivelyD. cooperativelyE. defensively

Vocabulary-in-Context QuestionsExample 2 :Both ___ and ___, Wilson seldom spoke and never spent money.

A. vociferous . . . generousB. garrulous . . . stingyC. effusive . . . frugalD. taciturn . . . miserlyE. reticent . . . munificent

Types of Questions:(1) Vocabulary-in-Context Questions

(2) Logic-Based Questions

• These questions require you to know the meanings of the words, know how the words are used in the context, and understand the logic of a rather complicated sentence.

Logic-Based QuestionsExample 1 :After observing several vicious territorial fights, Jane Goodall had to revise her earlier opinion that these particular primates were always ___ animals.

A. ignorantB. inquisitiveC. responsiveD. cruelE. peaceful

Logic-Based QuestionsExample 2 :Although its publicity has been ___, the film itself is intelligent, well-acted, handsomely produced, and altogether ___.

A. tasteless . . . respectableB. extensive . . . moderateC. sophisticated . . . amateurD. risqué . . . crudeE. perfect . . . spectacular

• Read the entire sentence, saying “blank.”• Look for introductory and transitional words:– But, Although, However, Yet, Even Though

• Be alert for negatives:– According to Chef Bobby Flay, a burger should not

be pressed with a spatula, for a flat burger has no place on a bun.

Tips• Think of what word(s) would fill in the blank

before you look at the choices.– Once Murphy left home for good, he wrote no

letters to his worried mother; he did not, therefore, live up to her picture of him as her ------- son.

(A) misunderstood(B) elusive(C) destructive(D) persuasive(E) dutiful

Tips• With two-blank questions, try eliminating

some answers based on just one blank. – Let’s go back to Example #2

Tips• With two-blank questions, try eliminating

some answers based on just one blank. – Let’s go back to Example #2

• Read all choices before you decide.• Reread the sentence with your choice.

Practice Questions (level one)#1 :A judgment made before all the facts are known must be called ___.

A. harshB. deliberateC. sensibleD. prematureE. fair

Practice Questions (level one)#1 :A judgment made before all the facts are known must be called ___.

A. harshB. deliberateC. sensibleD. prematureE. fair

Practice Questions (level one)#2 :Despite their ___ proportions, the murals of Diego Rivera give his Mexican compatriots the sense that their history is ___ and human in scale, not remote and larger than life. A. monumental . . . accessibleB. focused . . . prolongedC. vast . . . ancientD. realistic . . . extraneousE. narrow . . . overwhelming

Practice Questions (level two)#3 :The research is so ___ that it leaves no part of the issue unexamined.

A. comprehensiveB. rewardingC. sporadicD. economicalE. problematic

Practice Questions (level two)#3 :The research is so ___ that it leaves no part of the issue unexamined.

A. comprehensiveB. rewardingC. sporadicD. economicalE. problematic

Practice Questions (level two)#4 :A dictatorship ___ its citizens to be docile and finds it expedient to make outcasts of those who do not ___.

A. forces . . . rebelB. expects . . . disobeyC. requires . . . conformD. allows . . . withdrawE. forbids . . . agree

Practice Questions (level two)#4 :A dictatorship ___ its citizens to be docile and finds it expedient to make outcasts of those who do not ___.

A. forces . . . rebelB. expects . . . disobeyC. requires . . . conformD. allows . . . withdrawE. forbids . . . agree

Practice Questions (level three)#5 :Alice Walker’s prize-winning novel exemplifies the strength of first-person narratives; the protagonist tells her own story so effectively that any additional commentary would be ___. A. subjectiveB. eloquentC. superfluousD. incontrovertibleE. impervious

Practice Questions (level three)#6 :The Supreme Court’s reversal of its previous ruling on the issue of states’ rights ___ its reputation for ___.

A. sustained . . . infallibilityB. compromised . . . consistencyC. bolstered . . . doggednessD. aggravated . . . inflexibilityE. dispelled . . . vacillation

Practice Questions (level three)#6 :The Supreme Court’s reversal of its previous ruling on the issue of states’ rights ___ its reputation for ___.

A. sustained . . . infallibilityB. compromised . . . consistencyC. bolstered . . . doggednessD. aggravated . . . inflexibilityE. dispelled . . . vacillation

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