Answer Choices
NO CHANGE
exemplary
standard
run-of-the-mill
Explanation for Question 10 From the Writing Section on the 2019 March Sat
Our next question. Number 10 asks us to figure out the appropriate word 2 choice for the sentence. So the way the sentence reads right now is the 3 process for cycling, packing peanuts that pull it is team developed. 4 It's not all that complicated. It requires the last time and energy that the 5 humdrum method of making lithium ion batteries, 6 which uses carbon in the form of graphite. So we are using 7 this word in the context of the method of making lithium ion 8 batteries. So recall that the lithium ion batteries are 9 our typical usual batteries. 10 So the normal process. So we're comparing the new process to the typical process. 11 So the word choice that we're going to use there, 12 we want to make sure it matches the tone of the rest of the 13 passage. So a lot of these answer choices have a very similar meaning, 14 but some of them are different levels of formality or reflect different, 15 slightly different tones. 16 So we want to make sure that the word that we choose is consistent 17 with the other words of the passage. So humdrum is maybe not a word 18 we would really expect to see in this type of context. 19 Um, that's not really a word that we tend to see very frequently so 20 we can eliminate that. It doesn't quite fit here. 21 Um, be exemplary, doesn't have quite the appropriate meaning. 22 We're looking for a word that means typical. 23 So eliminate choice, 24 B, C, and D have a very similar meeting and both are the correct 25 meeting. So it really comes do...