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SAT Reading Section: Sentence Completion Drill 1, Problem 1
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SAT Reading Sentence Completion Drill 5, Problem 9
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- 00:03
Hope you're wearing your smartypants and/or thinking cap for this one...
- 00:07
Which word could fill in the blank so that the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:10
Completely blank the mess we had made in the once-pristine kitchen, our mother sent us
- 00:15
all to our rooms with an expression of shell-shocked horror on her face.
- 00:19
And here are the potential answers...
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- 00:25
Every mom reacts differently to kitchen messes...
- 00:28
But this one seems particularly bothered, if "shell-shocked horror" is any indication.
- 00:35
The "under" in "underwhelmed" lets us know it's the opposite of "overwhelmed."
- 00:39
If the Mom was underwhelmed by the mess, she wouldn't care at all...
- 00:43
Which doesn't equal "shell-shocked horror" in our minds.
- 00:47
It would be really weird for the Mom to be "calmed" by the messy kitchen...
- 00:50
So (C) is off the table. "Unafraid" doesn't work at all.
- 00:53
People who are shell-shocked with horror are very, very afraid.
- 00:57
"Amused?" Really?
- 00:58
Yeah, we don't think so. "Aghast" means to be shocked or horrified.
- 01:05
Since it's both in this case, (A) is the best answer.
- 01:08
Here's hoping these kids do something seriously nice for Mother's Day.
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