PREFACE PART I INTRODUCING THE SAT: CRITICAL READING SKILLS Nature ofthe Test Overew and Contcnt The Critical Reading SectioIUS Sentence Completion Questions Reading Comprehension Questions Before the Test Six Months Before Two Months Before TheNightBefcIre Duringthelfest Use Time Wisely Center ontheTest PART II SELF-ASSESSMENT Introduction Self-Assessment Test Answer Key Analysis of Test Results Answer Explanations PART III SENTENCE COMPLETION QUESTIONS Overview Tips on Handling Sentence Completion Questions Before、0u Look at the Answer Choices,Think of a Word That Makes Sense Spot Clues in the Sentence:Signal Words Notice Negatives Words Have Many Meanings:Stay Alert Break Down Unfamiliar Words,Looking for Familiar Word Parts Take One Blank at a Time Sentence Completion Exercises LevelA LevelB Level C Answers to Sentence Completion Exercises Answer Explanations PART IV READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS Ovemew Tips on Handling Reading Comprehension Questions Try to Anticipate What the Passage Is About Pick Your Ouestions to Answer Read Purposefully:Passage,Questions,and Answer Choices GO Back to the Passage to Double—Check YcIur Answer Choices Tackle Paired Passages OBe Passage at a Time Reading Comprehension Exercises LevelA LevelB LevelC Answers to Reading Comprehension Exercises Answer Explanations PART V BUILDING YOUR VOCABULARY Overview 137 Tips on Building Your Vocabulary Read Widely to Develop Your Feeling for WOrds USE Memory Tricks to Keep New WOrds in Yclur Active Vocabulary Acquaint Yourself with W10rd Parts-Prefixes.Suffixes,Roots-to Expand Your Vocabulary Work Through the SAT High—Frequency Word List to Expand Your College—Level Vocabulary SAT High-Frequency W10rd List Basic Word Parts PART VI TESTS FOR PRACTICE Critical Reading List AnswerKev Analysis of Test Results Answer Explanations Critical Reading List Answer Key Analysis of Test Results Answer Explanations Critical Reading Test Answer Key Analysis of Test Results Answer Explanations