SAT Practice Test 1 Section 1 Reading correct questions and answers 100%

SAT Practice Test 1 Section 1 Reading skim-and-scour reading - correct answer A reading strategy: reading the passage fairly quickly the first time and then using the questions to go back to the passage to read more carefully finding the PROVE-IT phrase - correct answer A reading strategy: there must be evidence in the passage itself that proves the right answer is right -- and evidence that the wrong answers are wrong. Wrong answers may be too broad, too narrow, or inaccurate offing the wrong answer choices - correct answer A reading strategy: using the process of elimination is the name of the game. The more wrong answers you can cross off -- and physically cross them off -- the better your chances of getting the right answer. receptive - correct answer ready or willing to accept something "Had he followed form—had he asked his mother to speak to his father to approach a go-between—would Chie have been more _____?" (2) earnestly - correct answer serious in intention, purpose, or effort. "You know how children speak so ____________, so hurriedly, so endearingly about things that have no importance in an adults mind?" (2) deferential - correct answer respectful "He straightened and stole a ______ peek at her face." (2) brazier - correct answer :She and Naomi were reading at a low table set atop a charcoal ---------." (13) a portable heater consisting of a pan or stand for holding lighted coals. preposterous - correct answer "Maybe his hopes were ----------" (82) conceived or made without regard for reason or reality, absurd egocentrism - correct answer Having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered. "Research has found that people often struggle to take account of others' perspectives-- their insights are subject to --------, social projection, and multiple attribution errors." (#) ambivalent - correct answer Having mixed feelings. "This frequent experience of gift-giving can engender ------ feelings in gift-givers." (10)