2012-04-18 09:00:38

Instead of doing a brief skimming of the textbook, the teacher recommends doing ______, because most of the test questions will concern information presented in the book rather than that discussed in class.

(A) an expurgation
(B) a translation
(C) a perusal
(D) a glance
(E) a summary

The correct answer is C

Explanation: To predict the meaning of the missing words, look for keywords in the sentence. Here, the keywords are found in the first clause of the sentence, “instead of doing a brief skimming,” which suggests that the teacher has recommended the opposite of said skimming. Because the missing word describes what the teacher “recommends doing,” it must mean the “opposite of skimming.” Choice C is, therefore, the correct answer: a “perusal” is “a close reading or examination of something.”

Additionally, none of the other answer choices work:

Expurgation: the removal of objectionable materials from a book or other work (the prompt does not indicate that the textbook has objectionable material or needs to be censored or edited)

Translation: a written or spoken rendering of the meaning of a word, speech, book, or other text, in another language (a translation is not necessarily a close reading)

Glance: a brief look at something (this is the opposite of a correct answer)

Summary: a brief statement or account of the main points of something (this is the opposite of a correct answer)

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