Explanation for Question 5 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question five says Ms. Spivey most likely uses the phrase fruitful intermission in line 2 26 to indicate what? So if we go look at that sentence, 3 it says, and during what she called it fruitful intermission in her formal education. 4 She had traveled extensively in the near east and Africa with a friend of 5 her grandmothers, one Janet Miller, who was a medical doctor from Nashville, 6 Tennessee. So a few things we can conclude from this right off the bat 7 are that she took this fruitful intermission in the midst of her college years. 8 So she took a break from college and we can also conclude that during 9 this break she traveled. Cause it says she traveled extensively in the near east 10 and Africa. So if we go look at the answer choices, 11 answer choice, a says she benefited from taking time off from her studies in 12 order to travel. That's a good answer choice here because one of the first 13 things that we concluded was that she took time off from college to travel. 14 And we can also tell that she benefited from this because her intermission is 15 described as fruitful. 16 So literally fruitful means bearing fruit more figuratively. 17 It means productive. And obviously miss Vivi is going to benefit from something that 18 is productive. So answer choice a would be a good answer here. 19 If we look at answer choice B, it says her travels with Janet Miller encouraged 20 her to start medical school. Now it does say that she traveled with Janet Miller, 21 who was a med...