Sporting Futures USA | SAT Prep | Critical Reading 1.0

Question 1

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Just when the senator's opponent had__________ the lead in popularity polls, public opinion ____________; as a result, the incumbent senator regained her front-runner position.

Answer

taken…..stabilized
challenged…..waned
captured…..shifted
conceded……vacillated
relinquished…..changed

Question 2

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Any biographer of this playwright, who assumed an elaborate public facade in order to conceal private concerns, must examine the impulse behind such _____________.

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artiface
joviality
conceit
disbelief
erudition

Question 3

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It is said that as a legal team Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall complemented each other thoroughly: Houston’s sedate manner was _____________ Marshall’s ______________.

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analogous…..trepidation
commensurate with…..formality
tempered by…..jocularity
adverse to…..gregariousness
superseded by…..inquisitiveness

Question 4

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Architects define a physical structure as a set of materials arranged in such a way that these materials can ___________ the downward pull of gravity.

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mimic
resist
amplify
dislodge
demonstrate

Question 5

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Conflicting standards for allowable radiation levels in foods made _____________ appraisals of the damage to crops following the reactor meltdown extremely difficult.

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reliable
private
intrusive
conscious
inflated

Question 6

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The student’s feelings about presenting the commencement address were _____________; although visibly happy to have been chosen, he was nonetheless ____________ about speaking in public.

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positive.....insecure
euphoric.....hopeful
unknown.....modest
ambivalent.....anxious
restrained.....confident

Question 7

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In a society that abhors _____________, the nonconformist is persistently ____________.

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creativity.....glorified
rebelliousness.....suppressed
insurgency.....heeded
smugness.....persecuted
stagnation.....denigrated

Question 8

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Both by ___________ and by gender, American painter Mary Cassatt was an _____________, because her artistic peers were Frenchmen.

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background.....amateur
citizenship.....intellectual
nationality.....anomaly
style.....advocate
skill.....expert

Question 9

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Only if business continues to expand can it_____________enough new jobs to make up for those that will be _____________ by automation.

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produce.....required
invent.....introduced
create.....eliminated
repeal.....reduced
formulate.....engendered

Question 10

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The board members, accustomed to the luxury of being chauffeured to corporate meetings in company limousines, were predictably ___________ when they learned that this service had been ______________.

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satisfied.....annulled
stymied.....extended
displeased.....upheld
disgruntled.....suspended
concerned.....provided

Question 11

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Trinkets intended to have only ____________ appeal can exist virtually forever in landfills because of the ___________ of some plastics.

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arbitrary.....scarcity
theoretical.....resilience
ephemeral.....durability
obsessive.....fragility
impetuous.....cheapness

Question 12

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Despite its apparent ____________, much of early Greek philosophical thought was actually marked by a kind of unconscious dogmatism that led to _____________ assertions.

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liberality.....doctrinaire
independence.....autonomous
intransigence.....authoritative
fundamentalism.....arrogant
legitimacy.....ambiguous

Question 13

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The editor expected her reporters to be _____________, but the number of_____________ in the articles submitted clearly showed that her expectations were often not met.

Answer

impartial.....cliches
frank.....predictions
decisive.....facts
creative.....errors
accurate.....misquotations

Question 14

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Many people find Stanley Jordan’s music not only entertaining but also _____________; listening to it helps them to relax and to _____________ the tensions they feel at the end of a trying day.

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soothing.....heighten
therapeutic.....alleviate
sweet.....underscore
exhausting.....relieve
interesting.....activate

Question 15

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Instead of presenting a balanced view of both sides of the issue, the speaker became increasingly ______________, insisting on the correctness of his position.

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inarticulate
dogmatic
elliptical
tactful
ambiguous

Question 16

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The theory of the______________ of cultures argues that all societies with highly developed technologies will evolve similar social institutions.

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isolation
aesthetics
convergence
fragmentation
longevity

Question 17

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Alice Walker's The Temple of My Familiar, far from being a tight, _____________ narrative, is instead_____________ novel that roams freely and imaginatively over a half-‐million years.

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traditional.....a chronological
provocative.....an insensitive
forceful.....a concise
focused.....an expansive
circuitous.....a discursive

Question 18

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The spacecraft has two ______________ sets of electronic components; if one fails, its duplicate will still function.

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divergent
identical
simulated
mutual
prohibitive

Question 19

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Frank was confident that he had presented the most ____________ plan possible, but in reality his proposals were just the opposite, neither practical nor useful enough to produce any worthwhile results.

Answer

efficacious
abstruse
conservative
protracted
misconstrued

Question 20

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Despite years of poverty and ________________, the poet Ruth Pitter produced work that is now________________ by a range of literary critics.

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security.....hailed
depression.....criticized
celebrity.....publicized
inactivity.....undermined
adversity.....acclaimed

Question 21

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The two travelers may have chosen ______________ routes across the continent, but the starting point was the same for each.

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coinciding
direct
charted
divergent
intersecting

Question 22

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The former cult-‐film director ________________ his original audience by making films that appealed instead to the general public.

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enchanted
moved
fantastic
disappointed
influenced

Question 23

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In many cases, the formerly _____________ origins of diseases have now been identified through modern scientific techniques.

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insightful
mysterious
cruel
notable
useful

Question 24

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Marine biologist Sylvia Earle makes a career of expanding the limits of deep-‐sea mobility, making hitherto impossible tasks _______________ through the new technology designed by her company.

Answer

famous
feasible
fantastic
controversial
captivating

Question 25

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He _____________ the practices of aggressive autograph seekers, arguing that anyone distinguished enough to merit such ______________ also deserved to be treated courteously.

Answer

decried.....adulation
defended.....adoration
endorsed.....brusqueness
ignored.....effrontery
vilified.....disdain

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