Explanation for Question 37 From the Reading Section on the 2019 April Sat
For 37, we want to know as used in line 30 sober, 2 most nearly means. So let's go right to line 30 and find sober. 3 Here it is. So this sentence starts 4 right here. Moderation will be stigmatized as the virtue of cowards and compromise 5 as the prudence of traders, until in hopes of preserving the credit, 6 which may enable him to temper and moderate. 7 On some occasions, the popular leader is obliged to become active in propagating doctrines 8 and establishing powers that will afterwards defeat any silver purpose at which 9 he ultimately might have aimed. So this sentence is basically saying 10 that if you stay moderate on a position or try to compromise, 11 eventually you were probably going to have to make decisions that you didn't want 12 to make in the first place. So for this part here, 13 any sober purpose at which he ultimately might've aimed at saying any initial 14 purpose, which you've aimed for, um, 15 original purpose. So like your main intended purpose 16 before being moderate or trying to compromise is going to be undermined. 17 So now we look at our intro answer choices. 18 We have grave rehabilitated, unpretentious, 19 and reasonable. So since we said initial and original, 20 um, plan, uh, 21 your original plan is definitely going to be reasonable. 22 If you come up with it, you are going to think your plans are 23 reasonable. So the correct answer choice is D.