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
