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1. A discerning publishing agent can winnow promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad. 2. The organization of Elaine H. Kim's study of Asian American literature is chronological: she begins with early immigrant writings and ends with contemporary writers. 3. Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are interchangeable, the former term actually refers to a particular group of insects.

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Psat Practice

1. A discerning publishing agent can winnow promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the good from the bad. 2. The organization of Elaine H. Kim's study of Asian American literature is chronological: she begins with early immigrant writings and ends with contemporary writers. 3. Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are interchangeable, the former term actually refers to a particular group of insects.

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PSAT Prep
Critical Reading
Sentence Completion

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of
words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1.A discerning publishing agent can ------- promising material from a mass of submissions, separating the
good from the bad.

(A) supplant
(B) dramatize
(C) finagle
(D) winnow
(E) overhaul

2.The organization of Elaine H. Kim's study of Asian American literature is ---- : she begins with early
immigrant writings and ends with contemporary writers.

(A) haphazard
(B) moderated
(C) isolated
(D) chronological
(E) meditative

3. Although some think the terms "bug" and "insect" are ---- , the former term actually refers to ---- group
of insects.

(A) parallel . . an identical


(B) precise . . an exact
(C) interchangeable . . a particular
(D) exclusive . . a separate
(E)useful ..auseless

4. The practice of storytelling for entertainment and instruction was at one time so widespread that it was
virtually ---- .

(A) rigorous
(B) universal
(C) elevating
(D) uncommon
(E) unknown
#2 Name

PSAT Prep
Critical Reading
Sentence Completion

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of
words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. The novel's protagonist, a pearl diver, naively expects that the buyers will compete among themselves
to pay him the best price for his pearl, but instead they to him.
- -
(A)venture..reward
(B)pretend..praise
(C) conspire . . reimburse
(D)refuse..cheat
(E)collude..swindle

2.The addition of descriptive details to the basic information serves to the book by producing a fuller
account.
-
(A) invalidate
(B) objectifu
(C) incite
(D) celebrate
(E) enrich

3. Usually so with his possessions that his friends considered him negligent, Daniel was suqprisingly
-
with his new computer.
-

(A) impulsive . . regretful


(B) generous . . imaginative
(C) practical . . deferential
(D) careless . . conscientious
(E) impatient. . vacuous
#3 Name

PSAT Prep
Critical Reading
Sentence Completion

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted.
Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of words labeled A through E. Choose the word or set of
words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

1. Ramona had never visited Niagara Falls, but she could appreciate their splendor through the
descriptions of others. -
(A) vicariously
(B) heedlessly
(C) innocuously
(D) mystically
(E) voluminously

2. The advertised properfy, which vast and unspoiled stretches, will undoubtedly potential buyers
who yearn for seclusion. - -
(A) spans . . interfere with
(B) abuts . . appeal to
(C) overlooks . . infuriate
(D) precludes . . assemble
(E)erodes..inspire

3. The sound of fingernails scratching a chalkboard is to some people, causing momentary, but intense,
pain. -
(A) recuperative
(B) ludicrous
(C) excruciating
(D) diluting
(E) boisterous

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