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