Wednesday, May 7, 2008

May 7

RC - 12/12 (OG 10).

Need to catch up yesterday's RC backlog. Pushed to tomorrow. Need to do more RC and a bit earlier in the evening - late night RC is really tough. But, hey! Good going so far.

PS (OG 10): 29/30



Learning: In % or fraction questions, always refer back to the question to cross-check % or fraction of WHAT is being asked for.


Also noted the property that if the digits of a two digit number X are reversed to form number Y, then X+Y is divisible by 11 and X-Y is divisible by 9.


SC : 16/16 (OG 10 - reached the end of OG 10 SC questions today - will need to figure out next SC source), 16/18 (Scoretop SC1000)

Scoretop 72. Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured the preparation of great quantities of ceremonial food, the wearing of many layers of colorful clothing adorned with silver, and the recounting of traditional tribal jokes and stories.
(A) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home, they featured
(B) Festivals were held in Aho, a Kiowa matriarch’s home, which featured
(C) Aho, who was a Kiowa matriarch in her home, held festivals featuring
(D) In her home, Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals that featured
(E) Aho, a Kiowa matriarch, held festivals in her home that featured

Watch that modifier!

Scoretop 74. All-terrain vehicles have allowed vacationers to reach many previously inaccessible areas, but they have also been blamed for causing hundreds of deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging the nation’s recreational areas.
(A) deaths, injury to thousands, and seriously damaging
(B) deaths and injuring thousands, and serious damage to
(C) deaths, thousands who are injured, as well as seriously damaging
(D) deaths and thousands of injuries, as well as doing serious damage to
(E) deaths, thousands are injured, and they do serious damage to

Parallelism.

83. Although it claims to delve into political issues, television can be superficial such as when each of the three major networks broadcast exactly the same statement from a political candidate.
(A) superficial such as when each of the three major networks
(B) superficial, as can sometimes occur if all of the three major networks
(C) superficial if the three major networks all
(D) superficial whenever each of the three major networks
(E) superficial, as when the three major networks each

Usage of "each ... plural verb vs singular verb form". Good example.

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