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Thoreau was all about simplicity; anything that took away from his vision was the enemy. Mechanical aids were one of them. Guess he had to train a...
Thoreau wants our lives to be simplified. He claims that we gain less from life when we over-complicate things.
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SAT Reading 3.5 Sentence Completion 170 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 3, Problem 5
Transcript
- 00:03
Get a Shmoop of this... Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:07
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:08
Although the students were assigned blank reading homework every night, some of them
- 00:12
looked forward to spending some time each day with a book.
- 00:16
And here are the potential answers...
Full Transcript
- 00:23
In this sentence, "although" indicates that the word in the blank somehow contrasts with
- 00:27
the idea of looking forward to hardcore reading time.
- 00:32
We can cross out "ridiculous" and "fruitless," because even the most dedicated students probably
- 00:37
wouldn't look forward to silly or pointless reading.
- 00:42
"Contemptuous" means with hate or disgust, which would be an odd way to describe a reading
- 00:47
assignment.
- 00:48
The teacher who assigned it, maybe, but not the assignment itself.
- 00:53
We can turn the page on (D) as well, because "constructive" is way too positive to
- 00:57
fit in here. We need something kinda cranky.
- 01:00
Looks like our answer is "compulsory." Even though the kids have to read whether
- 01:04
they like it or not, some of them are down with reading anyway.
- 01:07
The answer is (A). A for "...And on to the next one..."
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