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.