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Test Prep SAT Section 1: Critical Reading Exam Questions
Section One : Critical Reading (Page 8 )

Updated On: 28-Feb-2026
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I trust a proposal for matrimony would seem more ______ were it written in the sky, or written on a scoreboard, or written in a test question for the SAT prep; which is what I am formally doing now in asking Teressa for her hand in marriage.

  1. aggrandized
  2. sincere
  3. appreciated
  4. honorable
  5. cherished

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

While all of the choices should apply, the best selection for the test question is Choice A, "aggrandized, " which means to make great or greater, which is certainly my greatest hope.



Friends of the theater have long decried the ______ of the New York drama critics, whose reviews can determine the fate of a play in a single night.

  1. insensitivity
  2. provinciality
  3. intelligence
  4. power
  5. inaccuracy

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The missing word must fit the description of the critics given in the second half of the sentence. If they "can determine the fate of a play in a single night, " then clearly they have a lot of "power."



The ______ manner in which the teacher candidate addressed the school board was a key factor in his rejection; the school board members agreed that enthusiasm is an essential quality in a teacher.

  1. pretentious
  2. solicitous
  3. superficial
  4. perfunctory
  5. combative

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Remember that a semicolon (;) often indicates that the two halves of the sentence restate or paraphrase the same idea. The second half of this sentence tells us that the members of the school board wanted "enthusiasm" in a teacher candidate. Therefore, the word that describes the candidate they rejected should mean the opposite of "enthusiastic." "Perfunctory" fits the bill.



Her ______ writing style made it difficult to follow her thought processes--no surprise to her colleagues, who were familiar with her ______ manner of speech.

  1. precise . . arcane
  2. laborious . . tedious
  3. trite . . flippant
  4. convoluted . . circumlocutory
  5. ambiguous . . affected

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

Since both blanks here describe something similar--the way this unnamed person communicates--the two words should be near-synonyms. And the words "difficult to follow her thought processes" make it clear that both missing words should mean "hard to understand, unnecessarily complicated



The giant squid is still ______ marine biologists, as it has never been seen alive, making it impossible to study in its natural habitat.

  1. fascinating to
  2. enigmatic to
  3. dangerous to
  4. exploited by
  5. famous among

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

This sentence has a cause-and-effect relationship, as indicated by the word "as." If the squid "has never been seen alive, " one could logically conclude that it would be "enigmatic



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