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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 5, Problem 1
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- 00:03
It was a dark and Shmoopy night, when this question knocked at the door...
- 00:10
Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:13
Detectives are usually very blank, which allows them to pick up on even the smallest details.
- 00:18
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:24
The missing word should describe detectives and their ability to spot clues that others
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- 00:29
might overlook.
- 00:30
And no, "Sherlockian" is not a word.
- 00:32
(A) is a definite no because a "careless" detective wouldn't be able to find anything.
- 00:37
"Audacious" means brave and daring. It's a good quality for a detective to have...
- 00:41
...but it's just doesn't exactly solve the case.
- 00:44
"Vague" describes something that's expressed unclearly...
- 00:47
So it won't help us solve this mystery. "Faulty" means defective...
- 00:51
Which isn't exactly a good quality for a detective to have.
- 00:56
"Meticulous" describes someone who pays attention to details,
- 01:00
so (B) is the correct answer.
- 01:02
If you tracked down the correct answer... nicely done. How Sherlockian of you.
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