<p>Guys, these two questions are from the Sunday, May 1996 SAT (<a href=“http://www.ziming.com.cn/satzhenti/96,May.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ziming.com.cn/satzhenti/96,May.pdf</a>) The 2 questions are in section 2.</p>
<p>The first question is no. 9 (level 5). The answer is C, but I put it D. I don’t quite understand the wording of the question. The second one is no. 27. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>For #9, the only real option can be C. The lottery is not a “standardized” game in that it doesn’t play by the rules of a typical game. Instead, it relies on “the work of the gods” according to Jefferson. In other words, while other games you can win through aptitude, in the lottery you have no say in the matter.</p>
<p>I didn’t read the passage for 27 cuz I looked at them on my phone and it was hard enough to read as it is</p>
<p>Yeah, but isn’t that what the phrase “far from being” means? I mean “far from being standardized” which rings true because lotteries ARE far from being standardized. What am I missing here?</p>
<p>I only attempted question 27. And I got it wrong. I went with A. </p>
<p>That part of the passage where the child’s photo is about to be taken does not deal with his father at all. Juanita is indeed present but there is no hint as to whether the child respects her, let alone, more so than the father. I skimmed through the text but if I’ve got this right, then the only description of the father deals with the strength of his hands. NOT the father-son relationship.</p>
<p>This clearly eliminates all answer choices, save for A and B. I went for B because I just couldn’t see why the kid would be “fascinated by shiny objects.” There was nothing that really supported answer A, save for the fact that the child was staring at the camera, “as though it is the only presence here beside himself.” But wait…does this not actually support answer B? Out of all the answer choices, this one is the “less wrong”. </p>
<p>How the child could be fascinated by shiny objects should not be a concern. It sounds crazy to me but it shouldn’t matter! “Fascination” is as close as one can get with the correct answer. Why else (when one is limited to these choices) would the child consider “the camera’s twinkling eye as his trusty guardian?” Further, the question includes the word “suggest”, meaning that the answer is (probably) not explicitly stated/found in the passage.</p>
<p>Sombre, if I didn’t misunderstand you, you think answer B is right? Actually, answer A is the right answer. I was like you hanged between A and B. I think B is obviously wrong, yet there’s no hint or anything in the passage that could support asnwer A as well. Any ideas guys?</p>
<p>Oh lawds. </p>
<p>(looks like I looked at the answer for section 5’s question 27)</p>
<p>What is the “twinkling eye?” Is it sun light being reflected off the camera lens? Another possible explanation could be that he’s uncomfortable and neither his dad or Juanita is trying to make him feel more at ease. So, he tries to “forget about it” by focusing (no pun intended…but I had to point it out) on something else. “Gee, sun is glaring down on me. It’s making me more uncomfortable. Why not stare at the camera lens. Maybe it feels just like me. Woohoo!”</p>
<p>Sorry, that’s the best I could do. I think I got close enough with this. I’d be happy to know if somebody were to have an accurate answer to this one. :-)</p>
<p>It kinda helped, thanks! I solved by elimination since all the other choices are obviously wrong. I need someone now to clarify question 9. Anyone?</p>
<p>Re: Question 9</p>
<p>The correct answer choice involved looking for 2 words with similar connotations.</p>
<p>To rephrase the question with the correct answer choice:</p>
<p>Thomas Jefferson did not condemn lotteries because he believed that lotteries were not useless games, but rather divine interferences from the gods.</p>
<p>D does not work because:</p>
<ol>
<li>No similar connotations, not a strong logical inference.</li>
<li>Lotteries aren’t by nature standardized - a “standardized game” would be a game where the rules are the same for every one. It has nothing to do with chances.</li>
<li>The only chance D would have had is if standardized were replaced with a word that means equal chances for everyone.</li>
</ol>
<p>@yeulih: thanks for your explanation!! My head hurts a bit from all the thinking, but I finally get it! Thanks again friend!! :D</p>