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Page 1: Week of February 18-21

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

February 18,2014Part or all of the following sentence is underlined;

beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the

underlined material. Select the option that produces the

best sentence. If you think the original phrasing

produces a better sentence than any of the

alternatives, select choice A.

Concerned that people will click to borrow an e-book

from a library rather than click to buy it, library access

to the e-book forms of most U.S. publishers' titles is

blocked.

(A) library access to the e-book forms of most major

U.S. publishers' titles is blocked

(B) it is important to block library access to the e-book

forms of most major U.S. publishers' titles

(C) the e-book forms of most major U.S. publishers'

titles are blocked from library access

(D) most major U.S. publishers block library access to

the e-book forms of their titles

(E) most major U.S. publishers blocking library access

to the e-book forms of their titles

Page 2: Week of February 18-21

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

February 19,2014

The following sentence contains either a

single error or no error at all. If the sentence

contains an error, select the one underlined

part that must be changed to make the

sentence correct. If the sentence contains no

error, select choice E.

The German choreographer Pina Bausch

created dances that incorporated

A B

everyday human gestures

and alternating between highly stylized,

C

precise movements and more flowing,

D

expressive ones. No error.

E

•(A)

•(B)

•(C)

•(D)

•(E)

Page 3: Week of February 18-21

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

February 20, 2014

Choose the word or set of words that,

when inserted in the sentence, best fits

the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The party guests were enthralled by the

host's ------- anecdotes, which were full

of engaging and provocative details.

(A) piquant

(B) obtrusive

(C) insipid

(D) discursive

(E) forthright

Page 4: Week of February 18-21

SAT QUESTION OF THE DAY & GLADIATOR WORD OF THE DAY

February 21,2014

The following sentence contains either a

single error or no error at all. If the

sentence contains an error, select the one

underlined part that must be changed to

make the sentence correct. If the sentence

contains no error, select choice E.

Most states have various levels of

(A)

football competition in their high

(B)

schools so that schools with similar

(C)

numbers of students compete only

against them. No error

(D) (E)

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)