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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading: Short Passages Drill 3, Problem 2
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- 00:03
This question has come down with an acute case of Shmoopitis...
- 00:07
Pause us while you read the passage. It's cool; we like being paused. Gives us time
- 00:12
to reflect.
- 00:16
The author's attitude toward the theme of this National Public Health Week is best characterized
- 00:20
as...what?
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- 00:22
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:27
So we're trying to guess how our author
- 00:29
feels about the subject matter. Too bad we can't just call him, right?
- 00:33
Guess we'll have to figure it out on our own.
- 00:35
The passage is peppered with positive terms like "healthy," "protect," and "safe," so
- 00:40
we're going to assume that the author has a generally positive view of the built environment.
- 00:45
If the author were "dissatisfied," "anxious," or "antagonistic," he probably wouldn't
- 00:50
use any positive words to describe his subject...
- 00:56
So we can get rid of A, B and D. If the author were "reluctant" about his
- 01:02
subject, he wouldn't be too positive either...
- 01:04
Therefore we can hit delete on (E). "Supportive" has a nice positive connotation,
- 01:10
which goes along with the author's general tone, so (C) is the right answer.
- 01:14
See, we didn't have to call the author after all.
- 01:16
But sometimes it's fun just to crank him.
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