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Please give me the reason why
Sentence Equivalence
Sentence Equivalence questions are very similar to Text Completion questions, and they typically have fewer words and fewer answer choices to deal with. As such, I believe that they relatively easier (in structure) to Text Completion. That's why we suggest you start with SE questions first. As far as achieving 150+ goes, that really depends on your weaknesses. When you analyze your study sessions, you need to identify exactly where you are struggling and then work on that area of weakness.
Maybe it is better to start
on the last question, the
Good question!
Good question!
In this passage, the main topic concerns the enjoyment/appreciation of art.
In other words, do we or don't we like a particular piece of art?
In the last blank, the word TOLERABLE is related to whether or not someone likes a piece of art. If a piece is INTOLERABLE, then we definitely don't like/enjoy it.
Conversely, MEDIOCRE doesn't really speak to whether we like/enjoy something. If a piece of work is MEDIOCRE, do we like it or not? It's like saying a movie is OKAY or AVERAGE. With all of these words, we don't get a sense of whether one enjoys it or not.
Does that help?
Cheers,
Brent
I don't think that helps. I
That's the difficult thing
That's the difficult thing with GRE verbal questions. With quantitative questions, it's easy to demonstrate/prove why a correct answer is correct. With verbal questions, the correct answer is simply the one the test-makers (ETS) say is correct.
I'd argue that the word "appreciation" in the first sentence suggests the passage concerns whether people like/enjoy art.
That said, I can see your point as well.