Critical Reading Workbook for the Sat

by Weiner, Mitchel

• ISBN13: 9780764133817
• ISBN10: 0764133810
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Barrons Test Prep

Summary

Concentrating on the Critical Reading section of the newly structured SATollege entrance exam, this test-preparation workbook presents tips,uestions, answers, and answer explanations for the section's two mainuestion types - sentence completion questions and reading comprehensionuestions - as well as extensive vocabulary review. Both the sentenceompletion and the reading comprehension exercises are organized according toevel of difficulty and presented in three sections, labeled from A to C.tudents who master Level C in both parts are well on the road to achieving aigh Critical Reading score when they take the actual SAT.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Introducing The SAT: Critical Reading Skills
Nature of the Test	p. 3
Overview and Content	p. 3
The Critical Reading Sections	p. 4
Sentence Completion Questions	p. 4
Reading Comprehension Questions	p. 4
Before the Test	p. 5
Six Months Before	p. 5
Two Months Before	p. 5
The Night Before	p. 7
During the Test	p. 8
Use Time Wisely	p. 8
Center on the Test	p. 9
Self-Assessment
Introduction	p. 13
Self-Assessment Test	p. 17
Answer Key	p. 34
Analysis of Test Results	p. 35
Answer Explanations	p. 37
Sentence Completion Questions
Overview	p. 43
Tips on Handling Sentence Completion Questions	p. 43
Before You Look at the Answer Choices, Think of a Word That Makes Sense	p. 43
Spot Clues in the Sentence: Signal Words	p. 44
Notice Negatives	p. 45
Words Have Many Meanings: Stay Alert	p. 45
Break Down Unfamiliar Words, Looking for Familiar Word Parts	p. 46
Take One Blank at a time	p. 46
Sentence Completion Exercises	p. 47
Level A	p. 47
Level B	p. 56
Level C	p. 64
Answers to Sentence Completion Exercises	p. 73
Answer Explanations	p. 75
Reading Comprehension Questions
Overview	p. 87
Tips on Handling Reading Comprehension Questions	p. 88
Try to Anticipate What the Passage Is About	p. 88
Pick Your Questions to Answer	p. 88
Read Purposefully: Passage, Questions, and Answer Choices	p. 88
Go Back to the Passage to Double-Check Your Answer Choices	p. 89
Tackle Paired Passages One Passage at a Time	p. 89
Reading Comprehension Exercises	p. 90
Level A	p. 90
Level B	p. 107
Level C	p. 115
Answers to Reading Comprehension Exercises	p. 124
Answer Explanations	p. 125
Building Your Vocabulary
Overview	p. 137
Tips on Building Your Vocabulary	p. 137
Read Widely to Develop Your Feeling for Words	p. 137
Use Memory Tricks to Keep New Words in Your Active Vocabulary	p. 138
Acquaint Yourself with Word Parts-Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots-to Expand Your Vocabulary	p. 138
Work Through the SAT High-Frequency Word List to Expand Your College-Level Vocabulary	p. 138
SAT High-Frequency Word List	p. 139
Basic Word Parts	p. 171
Tests for Practice
Critical Reading Test 1	p. 193
Answer Key	p. 211
Analysis of Test Results	p. 212
Answer Explanations	p. 213
Critical Reading Test 2	p. 219
Answer Key	p. 235
Analysis of Test Results	p. 236
Answer Explanations	p. 237
Critical Reading Test 3	p. 243
Answer Key	p. 260
Analysis of Test Results	p. 261
Answer Explanations	p. 262
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