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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 4.8 Sentence Completion 170 Views
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 4, Problem 8
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Here's a shmoop of a different color... Which words could fill in the blanks so that
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the sentence below makes sense?
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Infuriated by a disparaging remark by his opponent, the senator lost all semblance of
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blank and began a passionate blank that lasted for ten minutes.
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And here are the potential answers...
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So for the first blank we're looking for a word that describes something we lose when
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we really blow our top.
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Yeah, we're looking for something... a little less literal.
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"Antiquity" refers to things that happened in ancient times, so it doesn't fit at all.
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"Patriotism" means love of country, so it doesn't really work in this context either.
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If the senator got mad at his country instead of his opponent, then he'd really be trouble.
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All the other first blank options don't totally stink, so we'll move on to blank
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number two. (C) is out of the running because "imploration"
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involves pleading or even begging...
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Which would just be embarrassing for everybody. "Diatribe" and "rant" both refer to verbal
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attacks, but the politician is more likely to have lost his good manners than his mind...
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Well, okay... depends on who you ask. Anyway, looks like A wins this election...
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Although, we might be headed for a recount...
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