THE WORD SAMPLINGIN PARAGRAPH 1 SENTENCE 3ANSWER. WHILE THE MANY AM...
3.
The word sampling
in paragraph 1 sentence 3
answer. While the many amenities that resorts offer
are mentioned in the article, this is not what it is
of the article is closest in meaning to
a.
noticing
mostly about. While children’s activities are men-
b.
thinking
tioned as offered by resorts, this is not what the article
c.
eating
is mostly about. Choice d
is incorrect as well. One
disadvantage was mentioned, but, again, that was not
d.
wanting
the main idea of the article.
To figure out which choice is correct in this syn-
onym question, look for context clues in the sentence
containing the word and in the sentences before and
The article says that most resorts do not cover such
after it. The sentence that sampling
is in states, “The
items as horseback riding, scuba diving, or deep sea
fishing. This is a clue to the correct answer. What do
obvious disadvantage is that you will not be able to
all these have in common, you might ask yourself.
pick and choose where you dine, so sampling local
fare will be limited.” The mention of “where you
They are all fairly expensive. Therefore, choice d
is the
dine” is a context clue. It suggests that sampling
is the
most likely answer to the question.
same as eating. If you substitute eating
for
sampling,
the sentence still makes sense. If you substitute the
When looking for the answer to an inference
other choices, they do not make sense.
question, look for clues in the text and use your
own knowledge and experience to find the
When looking for a synonym, check the sen-
best answer. You probably can’t be certain you
are correct, but choose the answer that makes
tence it is in and those around it for context
the most sense to you.
clues. Choose the word you think is suggested
by the clues. Then substitute the word and see
whether the sentence still makes sense.
Next read the advertisement and then choose the an-
swers to the questions that follow it.