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Topic: Sentence
Completion
Strategy
Used: Picking up on Clues
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To do well on sentence completions, you need to see how a
sentence fits together. Clue words help you do that. The more
clues you get, the clearer the sentence becomes, and the better
you can predict what goes in the blanks.
Consider this example:
- Though some have derided it as _______, the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence has actually become a respectable
scientific endeavor.
Here, though is an important clue. Though
contrasts the way some have derided, belittled, or ridiculed the
search for extraterrestrial intelligence with the fact that that
search has become respectable. Another clue is actually.
Actually completes the contrast — though some see the
search one way, it has actually become respectable.
You know that whatever goes in the blank must complete the
contrast implied by the word though. So for the blank, you
need something that describes the opposite of a respectable
scientific endeavor. A word such as useless or
trivial would be a good prediction for the blank.
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