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SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 7

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00:04

So many questions, so little time... If you want to read through the passage again,

00:10

press pause and go for it. We'll hang out while you do.

00:18

Overall, the author's attitude toward Kurt Cobain is one of...what?

00:22

Here are the potential answers...

00:26

Throughout the passage, our author writes

00:28

admiringly about Cobain and his musical contributions...

00:31

When a word starts with "dis," it generally means that the word has a negative connotation.

00:39

So, we can get rid of (A) and (C) for sure. Now we ask ourselves: is the author actually

00:44

"intense" in his adoration?

00:45

Nah.

00:47

The readers get a good sense of the Seattle scene in general, too, so bye bye (D)

00:52

"Ambivalence" happens when a person doesn't

00:55

really care about something all that much.

00:58

The author expresses too much sympathy for his subject for this too be true, though.

01:02

So (E) doesn't work either.

01:04

Since the passage focuses on the tragedy of Cobain's too-early death, (B) is the best

01:09

answer.

01:10

Excuse us while we listen to our copy of Nevermind for a while.

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