Transcript Lesson 4 SC - Cause and Effect

CRACKING THE
CODE
“It’s
ELEMENTARY!”
Mastering PSAT
Sentence Completions
CAUSE & EFFECT
1. The Food and Drug
Administration rejected
______the
experimental medicine because the
patients who used it experienced
______ results.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
NONTOXIC
REFRESHING
HARMFUL
SALUBRIOUS
INVIGORATING
2. Because he _________ so many young
artists, Renaissance scholars often
describe Lorenzo de Medici as a ____
patron of
the arts.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
SUPPORTED
STIFLED
HUMILIATED
REJECTED
REGULATED
3. ______
Supporters of the new zoning law were
_____ because there was________
no organized
______
opposition to it within the community.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
AGGRAVATED
INTERRUPTED
REPUDIATED
WEAKENED
RELIEVED
CAUSE & EFFECT
Signal Words
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BECAUSE
CONSEQUENTLY
IN ORDER TO  THUS
AS A RESULT  WAS CAUSED BY
 DUE TO
HENCE
THEREFORE  SINCE
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5. The commission _____
criticized the legislature
for making college attendance dependent
_______________________
___________
on the ability to pay, _____
charging that,
as a result, hundreds of qualified young
______
people would be _______ further education.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
ENTITLED TO
STRIVING FOR
DEPRIVED OF
UNINTERESTED IN
PARTICIPATING IN
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6. Because
many
_____of the presence of so_____
(+) (-)
___________,
it was reasonable to expect
(-)
immediate (+)
____________
the plan.
(+,+) OR (-,-)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
ADVERSARIES…EMBRACING OF
ADHERENTS…OPPOSITION TO
SUPPORTERS…RESISTANCE TO
ANTAGONISTS…AGREEMENT WITH
BACKERS…SUPPORT FOR