International SAT October 2012: Y U NO discuss?

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<p>@steckabrag andcoldflame</p>

<p>there was definitely an example in the passage about other animals with vision… and plus some humans are naturally blind so that answer is fundamentally flawed. also i interpreted “this is not just some vague metaphor” as an example to the complexity of the bat’s echolation. because first the author talks of the bird of paradise, then mentions something completely different; compares it to his own perception.</p>

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<p>I have 3 questions. </p>

<ol>
<li><p>The last question from the first writing section about the Civil War, why is choice A correct? Isn’t A like ‘The civil war ended, the Supreme Court focused more on…’ There is no conjunction so isn’t it a comma splice?</p></li>
<li><p>What was the answer for the Botany question in the last writing section? A was like ‘This Botany has 250 acres of garden, one of the biggest and oldest botany…’ I thought this was wrong because garden is not the biggest and the oldest… It is the botany. So I chose ‘This Botany is one of the oldest botany and, with 250acres of garden, one of the biggest.’</p></li>
<li><p>In the question asking the purpose of the last paragraph of the Sports passage, wasn’t the correct answer something like ‘move on to a larger point.’??</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>Sorry man… I’m pretty sure you’re wrong on both accounts. Let’s see what others have to say.</p>

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<p>@wlsnehf</p>

<ol>
<li><p>I think I chose A as well, but can’t remember clearly.Actually I was kinda stuck on it.</p></li>
<li><p>Yes, there was an error. And I chose the same option as yours.</p></li>
</ol>

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<p>@coldflame</p>

<p>maybe this is a little more clear. the author first speaks of a bird’s plumage, and then, his own vision, as compared to the bat’s echolation. those are two different things. “i dont mean this as just a vague metaphor” would enhance his portrayal of the many possibilities of the bat’s echolation.</p>

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<p>I chose "Humans can see effortlessly’.</p>

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<p>So which one was the dummy? The French artist/asian girl passage or the section with the music passage? I suggest we collect and label the dummy questions and not mix them up with the real ones, because errors in the dummy section don’t matter.</p>

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<p>What was the other choices of question that has “a previous urge to create new thing” as an answer?</p>

<p>Was there any question that has “it is easier to remedy mistakes” as an answer?</p>

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<p>question:

  1. reiterate the point or shift the focus of the argument? I thought he was always talking about the problems with the saying that college athelets should be paid.
  2. in the bats, exaggerate the difference between the humans and bats or artificial replica of the bats’ experience?</p>
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<p>@mia
I agree that’s not a metaphor. the author use the example of bird plummage to help readers understand his previous ideas.</p>

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<p>@zj, i think he chnaged his subject from
college atheletes should be paid to
college athelet should focus on studying</p>

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<p>@wlsnehf

  1. you rmb the sentence wrong, it should be " the civil war over, the Supreme Court focused on …" since the first half the sentence is without verb, choice A is correct.
  2. I rather chose A since other choices are all wrong. e.g. This Botany is one of the oldest botany and, with 250acres of garden, one of the biggest. clearly the sentence is not parallel and there is no verb in the " with 250acres of garden, one of the biggest" part.
  3. As discussed above, it should be the shift of terms</p>
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<p>@wlsnehf : I chose E…
A B are comma slice
for D “now” is not correct
I forgot what is C but it sound not that bad</p>

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<p>@ steck
the first part is opposite, it should be he changed his subject from college students should not be paid to …</p>

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<p>@stecka</p>

<p>so you agree with my choice? “we may never understand how bats perceive” in the end is the main point. its a tricky one tho</p>

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<p>for the bats one , i think the lines say something like female bats receive signals just as we see things. for example, we see flamingo and get an idea that it’s bright red…their signals serve the same function. i don’t think it’s about support the previous claim that male can send signals out to female bats. Thus, i chose their sensory is actually similar to us.</p>

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<p>@zhshzh…oh…right</p>

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<p>@ steck
E is wrong, which is the civil war has been over, but then the sentence used past tense</p>

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<p><a href=“http://casweb.nist.ac.th/TOK/TOKWEB2004/TOKWEBFILES/Ways%20of%20Knowing%20PAGE/CORE%20READINGS/Bats%20Sight%20and%20Sound.pdf[/url]”>http://casweb.nist.ac.th/TOK/TOKWEB2004/TOKWEBFILES/Ways%20of%20Knowing%20PAGE/CORE%20READINGS/Bats%20Sight%20and%20Sound.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can find the passage here. He clearly says “It is possible that the subjective sensation experienced by a female bat when she perceives a male really is, say, bright red” as to support his previous claim right after the metaphor statement. </p>

<p>I’m sure it was to “shift the terms of the discussion” because he started talking about education and funding education as opposed to funding sports etc.</p>

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<p>@coldflame </p>

<p>woahh how did you get ahold of that? please share your source XD</p>