Showing posts with label sentence equivalence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sentence equivalence. Show all posts
Monday, August 12, 2013
ANSWERS OF SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE DRILL-1
This post is related to Sentence Equivalence Drill-1
These Questions are fairly hard enough —difficulty level hard.
1.A,F
If you read the full sentence, you will get sense of the sentence. Our prediction is to "STOP" the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.
Contain means restrain (Tricky one!)
2. A,D
Clue is the word "vulnerable' , so, prediction should be "not good". Worrisome and troublesome matches that.
3.C,D
The pivot word is "Although", So, some people think they are doing great job, others think they are not; so others would likely to doubt them. Questioned and Grilled are synonyms and matches our prediction.
4.C,D
Trigger word is "BUT", Cancer causing agents are in above safety level, but expert think they are not harmful enough. SO Trivial and Inconsequential matches that.
5.A,D
This is so long, but wait, you don't have to jump in the forest to get sense of this blank. "BOTH" is clue as well as "critic says desperation", we can predict that it was needed. Need and Necessity matches.
6.B, F
Fishes are killed, so decline of fishes are visible. COMPELLING means convincing, it works here. And Undeniable means : That cant be disagreed, it works too.
7.A,C
This is tricky one. Exemplar and Exacting works here..
8.C,D
This is twisty, be careful for pivot word - Although, Hardly. WE can predict that scientist are hardly Unmistakable . INFALLIBLE and FAIL-SAFE works that.
9.A,C
Most trickiest one so far; answer choices are so tempting. Convincing, Warranted, Pragmatic all works here, but Convincing and Warranted are most synonymous. And mind it, thoroughly doesn't work grammatically..
10.B, F
Easy one! Clue is excessive; Fulsome means excessive too, Extraneous too.
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Sentence Equivalence Drill-1
SELECT TWO ANSWER CHOICES THAT, WHEN USED TO COMPLETE THE
SENTENCE, FIT THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE AS A WHOLE AND PRODUCE COMPLETED
SENTENCES THAT ARE SIMILAR IN MEANING.
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1. But taking a bigger role in a vast and unprecedented cleanup may also be a political gamble for the President, especially if the government proves as unable as TEXON-the failing company- to ____________ the unending leaks of radioactive materials from the devastated plant.
A. Contain
B. Peddle
C. Depict
D. Distort
E. Mirror
F. Restrain2. Tepco’s leadership has been particularly ____________, critics say, since it remains enmeshed in the collusive ties between the government and the industry that many say made the plant vulnerable.
A. Worrisome
B. Justified
C. Warranted
D. Troublesome
E. Dearth
F. Famine3. Although the advisers said the company was doing a good job cleaning up, other experts and some regulators have _____________ the company’s ability to handle the highly complex decommissioning of reactors.
A. Praised
B. Accolade
C. Questioned
D. Grilled
E. Recuperate
F. Recover4. The amounts of some radioactive materials, like cancer-causing strontium, flowing into the ocean are above safety limits, but experts say that given the size of the plant’s previous releases, the new ones are relatively _____________.
A. Robust
B. Swarthy
C. Trivial
D. Inconsequential
E. Callous
F. Stout5. Indeed, the proposed ice wall is seen here as a symbol of both the daunting technological challenges posed by the cleanup, and the ________________— critics say desperation — for creative solutions as the plant, which already stores enough contaminated water to fill 160 Olympic-size swimming pools, is faced with having to store hundreds of more tons every day.
A. Need
B. Brevity
C. Conciseness
D. Necessity
E. Fearsome
F. Voluminous6. The evidence of decline of fish is _______________ ; unprecedented blooms of algae blanketed the estuary’s northern reaches for months, killing vast number of fishes that are the essential components of the estuary ecosystem.
A. Tepid
B. Compelling
C. Lukewarm
D. Penitential
E. Rueful
F. Undeniable7. In 1979, the Ramones were recording at a studio with the producer Phil Spector, whose work with the Ronettes, the Righteous Brothers and the Beatles had earned him a reputation as both a musical genius and an ____________, combustible egomaniac.
A. Exacting
B. Edifice
C. Exemplar
D. Acerbic
E. Atrocious
F. Incendiary8. Although the scientists are renowned to be unerring species to the ordinary people-who hardly take effort to justify the fact they hear, they are hardly ______________.
A. Immoral
B. Rogue
C. Infallible
D. Fail-safe
E. Mistakable
F. Incorrect9. Even though the critics publish voluminous reviews deriding the current system that is employed to find fault, they give anything but ___________solutions.
A. Convincing
B. Thoroughly
C. Warranted
D. Pragmatic
E. Trifling
F. Trivial10. The exacting musician discouraged anything excessive, yet his followers had received with__________accolade written in play-card.
A. Euphoric
B. Fulsome
C. Enthusiastic
D.Acerbic
E. Bitting
F. Extraneous
SOLUTIONS:
ANSWERS OF SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE DRILL-1
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Sentence Equivalence Strategy
Sentence Equivalence is the new addition to revised GRE. Sentence equivalence has 6 answer choices from which you have to pick two, and there is no partial credit for 1 right answer. To get the full credit you have pick both choices correctly. What does Sentence Equivalence justify? Here is the say of ETS official:
"Like Text Completion questions, Sentence Equivalence questions test the ability to reach a conclusion about how a passage should be completed on the basis of partial information, but to a greater extent they focus on the meaning of the completed whole. Sentence Equivalence questions consist of a single sentence with just one blank, and they ask you to find two choices that lead to a complete, coherent sentence while producing sentences that mean the same thing."
SENTENCE EQUIVALENCE STRUCTURE:
- a single sentence
- one blank
- six answer choices
- Requires you to select two of the answer choices; no credit for partially correct answers
- Read the SENTENCE first
- Look for the KEY words, SENTENCE structure,
- Come with your own words
- MATCH the answers; check to make sure that each one produces a sentence that is logically, grammatically and stylistically coherent, and that the two sentences mean the same thing.
1.
In the end, Bayreuth’s genial atmosphere and----------------- setting
were a pleasant surprise, Jordan found, and very conducive to performing.
- Woeful
- Idyllic
- Mournful
- Catastrophic
- Blissful
- Sadistic
B,E
After reading the sentence, you will notice that KEY words here is "and", "genial", SO the answer should be something similar to genial or something positive. Lets predict the words be "beautiful" and match the answer choice. Only "Idyllic" and "Blissful" match our prediction. Mind it, "woeful" and "mournful" are synonymous but they are not supported by the context. And Catastrophic means disastrous and Sadistic means cruel. Neither supports the context.
EXERCISE DRILL:
1.DIFFICULTY: EASY
One, that he was a sublime genius of incomparable creative
power, and two, that he was a disagreeable, even intolerable ---------------.
- Megalomaniac
- Insincere
- Disciplinarian
- Martinet
- Impertinent
- Amiable
There was an ugly side to Wagner’s conception of nationhood,
however: he favored a Germany ----------------by Jewish influence, spelling out his
views in a notorious pamphlet, Das Judentum in der Musik , which helped
put wind in the sails of a nascent ultra-nationalist movement that fed on
widespread hostility to Jews.
- Induced
- Inherited
- Uncorrupted
- Ameliorated
- commemorated
- Uninfluenced
1.A,E
The word "even" indicates that the answer should be "more disagreeable", A,E matches that.
2.C,F
Last clause of the sentence indicates that Wagner did something which spread ed the hostility, that means he did not like to be influenced by the jewish, so the answer choice should be "not influenced"
C is tricky but it conforms to the structure. Uncorrupted means 'not corrupted' which is kind of 'not influenced', so it makes sense.And F matches directly to our prediction.
SIGNAL words for Reading Comprehension/Text Completion-PART I
1. Continuation Signals
and, also, another, again, and finally, first of all, a final reason, furthermore, in addition, last of all, likewise, more, moreover, next, one reason, other, secondly, similarly,too, with
2. Change-of-Direction Signals
although, but, conversely,despite, different from, even though, however, in contrast, instead of, in spite of, nevertheless, otherwise, the opposite, on the contrary, on the other hand, rather, still, yet, while, though
3. Conclusion Signals
as a result, consequently, finally, from this we see, in conclusion, in summary,
hence, last of all, therefore,
and, also, another, again, and finally, first of all, a final reason, furthermore, in addition, last of all, likewise, more, moreover, next, one reason, other, secondly, similarly,too, with
2. Change-of-Direction Signals
although, but, conversely,despite, different from, even though, however, in contrast, instead of, in spite of, nevertheless, otherwise, the opposite, on the contrary, on the other hand, rather, still, yet, while, though
3. Conclusion Signals
as a result, consequently, finally, from this we see, in conclusion, in summary,
hence, last of all, therefore,
Monday, July 15, 2013
GRE: Understanding the sentence faster
Understanding the sentence structure is crucial in
revised GRE for reading comprehension as well as Text completion. There are
lots of thing in the sentence that are used intentionally to distract you
getting the gist of the sentence, therefore, you need to get used to read the
main points of the sentence excluding the modifier. Remember, modifier contains
important clue for text completion, but at first just read the sentence for
structure, then come back to modifier looking for clue.Below, there is
sentence, I have illustrated the main point by coloring the important thing.
Look for the subject, verb; it will help you
understand the sentence faster.
With their recognition of Maxine Hong Kingston
as a major literary figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex nihilo,
saying that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is embedded.
as a major literary figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex nihilo,
saying that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is embedded.
With their recognition of Maxine Hong Kingston
as a major literary
figure, some critics have suggested
that her works have been produced almost ex
nihilo,
(saying
that they lack a large traceable body of direct
literary
antecedents especially within the Chinese
American heritage in which her work is
embedded.)
their=whose?=Critics
so the main gist of the sentence is " critics have suggested someone's work have be produce by something( what is something is explained in the bracket
"But these critics, who have examined only the development
of written texts, the most visible signs of a culture’s
narrative production, have overlooked Kingston’s
connection to the long Chinese tradition of a highly
developed genre of song and spoken narrative known
as “talk-story”"
But these critics, who have examined only the development
connection to the long Chinese tradition of a highly
