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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 5, Problem 6
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- 00:03
And here is your Shmoop du jour brought to you grudgingly
- 00:06
by the US Congress it took them about three weeks to vote it through however.
- 00:28
And we're done. Passage 2's attitude toward the government
- 00:33
is one of ...what?
- 00:34
Here are the potential answers. Pause waiver and let's go.
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- 00:38
Alright here's the thing the author of passage 2 is not what anyone would call
- 00:42
the government's number one fan this makes choice
- 00:46
E a cinch to cross off the list the guy doesn't show any kinda
- 00:49
enthusiasm or excitement for governmental environmental regulations
- 00:54
support and cooperation are two words that go hand in hand
- 00:58
like that, either option were correct then the author would be hand in hand
- 01:03
with the government
- 01:04
definitely not the case however so both A and D are a
- 01:07
no go. If the author were outright afraid of the government
- 01:11
he'd probably be too paranoid to have written this article so Choice C is a
- 01:14
definite no.
- 01:15
B is the best answer sent wariness means to feel cautious about something
- 01:19
and author 2 does nothing but urge extreme caution when it comes to
- 01:23
governmental controls.
- 01:24
Though he probably have to admit that some governmental controls
- 01:27
are a good idea.
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