Socialism

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon


Theory
In the school of Saint-Simon we find a great advance on the vague and confused views of the master. In the philosophy of history they recognize epochs of two kinds, the critical or negative and the organic or constructive. The former, in which philosophy is the dominating force, is characterized by war, egotism, and anarchy; the latter, which is controlled by religion, is marked by the spirit of obedience, devotion, and association. The two spirits of antagonism and association are the two great social principles, and on the degree of prevalence of the two depends the character of an epoch. The spirit of association, however, tends more and more to prevail over its opponent, extending from the family to the city, from the city to the nation, and from the nation to the federation. This principle of association is to be the keynote of the social development of the future. Under the present system the industrial chief exploits the proletariat, the members of which, though nominally free, must accept his terms under pain of starvation. The only remedy for this is the abolition of the law of inheritance, and the union of all the instruments of labour in a social fund, which shall be exploited by association. Society thus becomes sole proprietor, entrusting to social groups and social functionaries the management of the various properties. The right of succession is transferred from the family to the state.

The school of Saint-Simon insists strongly on the claims of merit; they advocate a social hierarchy in which each man shall be placed according to his capacity and rewarded according to his works. This is, indeed, a most special and pronounced feature of the Saint-Simon socialism, whose theory of government is a kind of spiritual or scientific autocracy. With regard to the family and the relation of the sexes the school of Saint-Simon advocated the complete emancipation of woman and her entire equality with man. The "social individual" is man and woman, who are associated in the exercise of the triple function of religion, the state and the family. In its official declarations the school maintained the sanctity of the Christian law of marriage. Connected with these doctrines was their famous theory of the "rehabilitation of the flesh," deduced from the philosophic theory of the school, which was a species of Pantheism, though they repudiated the name. In this theory they rejected the dualism so much emphasized by Catholic Christianity in its penances and mortifications, and held that the body should be restored to its due place of honour. It was a vague principle open to varying interpretations by Saint-Simon's followers. Enfantin's interpretation would have been considered highly immoral at the time: it was a kind of sensual mysticism, a system of free love with a religious sanction.

Georgia & Zionism

Georgia: Israel’s Home Sweet Home

"The Jerusalem Post on August 12, 2008 reported: “Georgian Prime Minister Vladimer (Lado) Gurgenidze(Jewish) made a special call to Israel Tuesday morning to receive a blessing from one of the Haredi community’s most important rabbis and spiritual leaders, Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman.” The Prime Minister of Georgia, principally a nation of Orthodox Christians called Rabbi Steinman saying ‘I’ve heard he is a holy man. I want him to pray for us and our state.’

In addition to the many government officials in Georgia who are ‘Jewish‘ in one way or another is one man in particular, Davit Kezerashvili who holds the position of Defense Minister and who just so happens also to hold Israeli citizenship. Interestingly, his last name happens to be ‘Kezerashvili’ which translates in the Georgian language to ‘child-of-the-Kezer(khazar)’."

"Abraham Poliak, an Israeli professor of Medieval Jewish History asked ‘How far we can go in regarding this Khazar Jewry as the nucleus of the large Jewish settlement in Eastern Europe? The descendants of this settlement constitute now the large majority of world Jewry.” Austrian historian Kutschera wrote that ‘Eastern European Jews are entirely of Khazarian origin. Even Western Europe Jews who spoke Yiddish or a derivative off such as the Jews of France and Germany had to have came from the Khazar Jews due to the fact that there are no trace of Yiddish in any Western European language."

"For those unfamiliar with the term ‘Khazar,’ it was a person from the Khazar Kingdom which occupied the land between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Until the 9th century the Khazars were the masters of the land, very rich due to its vast resources, strategic location and its unrealistic taxation (extortion) systems of surrounding kingdoms. The Khazars adopted the Jewish religion after being pressured to adopt a monotheistic religion similar to the Christians in the West or the Muslims in the East, but decided to adopt Judaism in order to remain independent of the other two religions of the time. The Khazar Kingdom enjoyed strength and prosperity which allowed it to increase its size to include the regions north of the Black Sea and the adjoining steppe and forest regions of the Dnieper. The Khazars controlled the southern half of Eastern Europe for a century and a half, and presented a mighty bulwark, blocking the Ural-Caspian gateway from Asia into Europe. During this whole period, they held back the onslaught of the nomadic tribes from the East."

"In 965 AD Russ prince Svyatoslav of Kiev, undertook many military campaigns which led to the breaking up of the Khazar Empire. The Khazar state may have survived until the middle of the 12th century where from 965 AD until its destruction went through many periods of war, peace, and alliances with the Arabs, the Russ, the Persians and the Byzantines separately or in conjunction. Many of its subjects adopted either Islam or Christianity and those who decided to keep their faith migrated to Eastern Europe, Russia or migrated to the south as we are told by Persian poet, Khakani (circa 1106-90) who spent most of his life as a civil servant in the Caucasus and had first hand knowledge of the Caucasian tribes. Khakani told us of ‘Devent Khazars’ where Darband being the defile or ‘turnstile’ between the Caucasus and the Black Sea through which the Khazars used to raid Georgia in the old days. Therefore, it is a fact of history that many Khazar Jews went through this passageway to take refuge in Georgia.

It took 800 years for the Khazar Jews to meet again, after going through Russia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and Palestine before they joined forces, again, with their brethren in Georgia against their old arch enemy, the Russian. What took place on August 8, 2008 in South Ossetia proves two points: first, that the Khazar Jews never forgot the war of 965 AD and their defeat by the Russians and (2) today’s “Jews” in “Israel” have no historical claim to the land of Palestine.

Once again we see Zionism, manifesting itself in the illegal state of “Israel” dragging the World into yet another new conflict between a nuclear armed Russia and a nuclear armed US."

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part of the following sentence is bold; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the bold material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

About 35 percent of the world’s orange juice is produced by Florida, comparing it with nearly 50 percent produced by Brazil, the world’s largest orange producer.

A. comparing it with
B. but
C. whereas
D. although
E. compared with

Answer is E

Here's Why:

Choice (E) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by removing the vague pronoun “it” so that the percentage of orange juice produced by Florida is directly compared with the percentage produced by Brazil.


Question Type: Improving Sentences

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Explorer David Livingstone has ------- reputation: some historians revile him as a proponent of imperialism, while others ------- him as a founder of African Nationalism.

A. a substantial . . exalt
B. a sketchy . . vilify
C. an illustrious . . dismiss
D. a dichotomous . . praise
E. a pristine . . castigate

Answer is D

Here's Why:

Choice (D) is correct. The structure of the sentence suggests that Livingstone’s reputation is based on two different, even mutually exclusive, interpretations; in other words, these views of him are “dichotomous.” The second part of the sentence describes this dichotomy: some historians “revile” him, while others do the opposite, or “praise” him.


Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

A right circular cylinder has height 6 and volume 54. What is the circumference of its base?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 6

D. 9

E. 18

World Economy

Shortly before World War II, Hjalmer Schacht, a German banker, toured the United States soliciting American corporate support for Hitler’s new fascist state. U.S. corporations not only agreed to support Germany against the socialist economic system of the Soviet Union, but also declared their opposition to the strong labor movement arising in the United States and Europe.

General Motors was prominent among the corporations that supported the Nazi government, investing $20 million in industries owned or controlled by Herman Goering and other Nazi officials. Other US multinational corporations that profited from and supported Hitler’s industrial war machine included General Electric, Standard Oil, Texaco, International Harvester, ITT and IBM. Today, Standard Oil of New York is unabashed in honoring its chemical cartel that manufactured Zyklon-B, the poison gas used by the Nazi gas chambers. (1)

Among the eminent business leaders backing these multinational corporations were the Rockefellers and Prescott Bush, father of George Bush and grandfather of George W. Bush. Prescott Bush worked with his father-in-law, George Herbert Walker, in the family firm Union Banking Corporation to raise $50 million for the Nazi government by selling German bonds to American investors from 1924 to 1930.

The US Congress has supported these early population concepts introduced by Rockefeller’s Foundation. In March 1970, Congress set up a “Commission on Population Growth and the American Future.” The commission included representatives from USAID, the State Department, and the Department of Agriculture, but CIA and Pentagon officials drew up the agenda. “Their objectives were not to assist developing countries, but as promoted by the Trilateral Commission, to curb world population with a view to serving US strategic and national security interests,” notes author Michel Chossudovsky.(2)

In 2007, more than 100 million tons of grain were used to make ethanol, which contributed to high global food prices and subsequent hunger and starvation. During this same year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stated that there had been a record grain harvest, suggesting that there is enough food in the world to feed everyone. Indeed, over the last twenty years, food production has risen steadily at over two percent a year, while the rate of population growth has dropped to 1.4 percent a year.

The corporations ignore basic human needs, seeking to control world resources by encouraging the US government to build more and more military bases around the world. Presently, the US has 1000 such bases.

Under the Clinton administration, Yugoslavia was dismembered in order to advance American interests. In particular, the former Serbian province of Kosovo was occupied by U.S. troops in order to build Camp Bondsteel, among the largest military bases ever created by the United States. It will double as Kosovo’s largest prison, where prisoners can be held indefinitely without charges and without defense attorneys.(3)

These new leaders no longer rely on the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank. Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic have become members of the Bolivian Alternative for Latin America. This organization emphasizes local energy development and has become the bank of the South. This bank will not operate as a profit driven institution, but as a financial organization that will consider the economic needs of each borrower country.

In an effort to break up this new political organization in Latin America, the US has provided six billion dollars to Alvaro Uribe, President of Columbia, with the understanding that a US military base would follow. The base would be placed in La Guay, a region spanning Northeast Columbia and Northwest Venezuela, a clear threat to the Chavez government in Venezuela.

It has become increasingly clear that the US military has been stretched thin, with insufficient forces to fight simultaneous wars and maintain the vast military bases it is establishing around the world. Responding to this problem, Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, and Vice President Dick Cheney have turned to private military forces. Blackwater, a well-paid mercenary army, has become the world’s most powerful private military corporation. Troops for Blackwater are recruited from countries like the Philippines, Nepal, Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Chili. Some 60 former commandos have been recruited from the remnants of the army of former Chilean dictator Augusta Pinochet. They now serve as part of Blackwater’s fighting forces. Other mercenary armies available to the highest bidder include Amo Group, Eunyo, Hart Security, and the Military Professional Resources Incorporated (MPRI). (4)

American military bases are proliferating around the world like mushrooms. Among the more recent are the bases in Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Pakistan, India, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.(5) New bases are presently under construction in Eurasia along the borders of Russia and in areas close to China. The earlier Clinton Doctrine proclaimed that the United States has the unilateral right to use military force to protect markets and resources. Author Michael Swank says the Clinton Doctrine is taken for granted today. He explains, “With markets and resources we have a right to make sure that we control them, which is logical on the principle that we own the world anyway so of course we have that right.” (6)

On June 15, 2001, China, Russia and four of their central Asian neighbors, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, established the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a new regional group pursuing security and cooperation. The SCO is gaining influence internationally as more and more nations seek to join the group. Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and India hold observer status, and nations as diverse as Bangladesh, Belarus, Nepal and the Philippines have expressed interest in affiliating with the SCO. (8)

Militarism and a Uni-polar World

Zionism Israel's missile shield against Iran

Earlier this month the U.S. and Israel agreed on the deployment of a high-powered early-warning missile radar system in the Negev, to be staffed by U.S. military personnel. The station will receive information from the U.S. team in Europe that will aid it in its work.

The deployment of the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) system, is widely seen as a kind of parting gift from Washington to Jerusalem as President George W. Bush prepares to leave office.

Two years ago, U.S. Senator John McCain voiced support for the deal while visiting Israel.

Congressman Mark Kirk of Illinois also joined lobbying efforts for the agreement. Kirk is a former naval officer and is expected to be given a senior position in the Department of Defense if McCain is elected president.

On onee of his own visits to Israel, Kirk heard a briefing on the Iran threat, after which he contacted Yoram Ben Ze'ev, then head of the Foreign Ministry's North America division, about setting up an early warning station in Israel.

Israel's missile shield against Iran: Three Americans in a trailer

American Jews and the Palestinians

Amid all of the rhetoric of moral support Israel would continue to benefit greatly from the largess of the U.S., receiving one-third of total U.S. foreign aid despite the fact that per capita income among Israelis is among the highest in the world. Such is the payoff for occupying the position as acting as an agent for the projection of raw military might in the Middle East by the U.S.

Israel has not fared well in either the General Assembly or the Security Council of the United Nations, although Israel can depend on U.S. support in the latter. More than half of the resolutions dealing with the Arab-Israeli conflict have either criticized or opposed Israel. In the General Assembly, away from the veto power of the U.S., 429 resolutions relating to Israel have been passed, of which 321 condemned Israel (1967-1989). Resolutions passed relating to Israel involve what is called the “Pacific Settlement of Disputes,” and are not enforceable.

Figures showing the number of deaths resulting from the Second Intifada, the uprising against Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, showed 4,269 Palestinians killed between 2000 and 2006, while 1,017 Israelis were killed during the same period (Other estimates indicate that the number of Palestinian deaths have been far higher). These figures reflect the military superiority of the IDF and their backing, both politically and with military hardware, from the U.S.

American Jews and the Palestinians

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one bold part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Long been(A) isolated from(B) the outside world and perched high in(C) the Tibetan Himalayas, Lhasa is the capital of Tibet, an autonomous region(D) of the People’s Republic of China. No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Correct Answer: A

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (A), where there is awkward and wordy phrasing. The awkward “Long been” should simply be “Long” (“Long isolated...”).


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The “double feature,” which featured two films for the price of one, became popular in the 1930s as a scheme to ------- former moviegoers who had begun to stay home since the ------- of the Depression at the beginning of the decade.

A. lure . . advent
B. discourage . . end
C. dissuade . . dawn
D. perplex . . onset
E. instigate . . devastation

Answer is A

Here's Why:

Choice (A) is correct. With money scarce, many people had stopped going to movies since the “advent,” or beginning, of the Depression in the 1930s. It is logical to assume that theater owners would come up with a scheme to “lure,” or entice, these people back into the theater with the promise of a good bargain—“two films for the price of one.”


Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If = , which of the following must be true?

A. a = 0
B. b = 0
C. a + b = 0
D. a – b = 0
E. a^2 + b^2 = 0

Answer is C

Here's Why:

Squaring both sides of the equation = gives the equation x – a = x + b. Subtracting x from both sides now gives –a = b, or a + b = 0.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part of the following sentence is bold; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the bold material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

A major abstract expressionist painter, Willem de Kooning is best known for having controversial paintings of women.

A. for having
B. for the
C. for his
D. because he had
E. because he made

Answer is C

Here's Why:

Choice (C) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by using the pronoun “his” to indicate that the “controversial paintings” discussed in the sentence were produced by de Kooning.


Question Type: Improving Sentences

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

A 25-foot ladder is placed against a vertical wall of a building, with the bottom of the ladder standing on concrete 7 feet from the base of the building. If the top of the ladder slips down 4 feet, then the bottom of the ladder will slide out

A. 4 feet
B. 5 feet
C. 6 feet
D. 7 feet
E. 8 feet

Answer is E

Here's Why:

The ladder, the wall, and the ground form a right triangle with a 25-foot hypotenuse. At first, the bottom of the ladder is 7 feet from the base of the building, so one leg of the right triangle measures 7 feet; the length of the other leg, x, can be found by solving 72 + x2 = 252, which is the Pythagorean theorem. From this, you can figure out that the other leg measures 24 feet.

After the ladder slips down 4 feet, the 24-foot leg of the right triangle becomes 20 feet long. The other leg then has to be 15 feet long. This length is found by solving 20^2 + y^2 = 25^2, which is again the Pythagorean theorem.

Since the distance between the bottom of the ladder and the base of the building increases from 7 feet to 15 feet, the amount that the bottom of the ladder slides out is 8 feet.


Difficulty: Hard
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one bold part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Most states have(A) various levels of football competition in their(B) high schools so that schools with similar(C) numbers of students compete only against them(D). No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Answer is D

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (D), where there is illogical pronoun use. It doesn’t make sense to say that schools competed against “them” when “them” could refer to “high schools,” “schools,” or even “students.” Instead, “one another” or “each other” is needed.


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

It was difficult to believe that the sophisticated piece of technology had ------- through the centuries from such ------- and rudimentary apparatus.

A. developed . . an intricate
B. resulted . . a complicated
C. evolved . . a quaint
D. degenerated . . an obsolescent
E. differed . . an exotic

Answer is C

Here's Why:

The phrase “through the centuries” suggests that the first missing term will describe how the “sophisticated piece of technology” developed over a period of time. The word “such” indicates that the second missing term will contrast with “sophisticated.” Only “evolved . . a quaint” satisfies both requirements.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

On a number line, x represents a number that is within 2 units of 12. Which of the following describes this relationship?

A. |x + 2| < 12
B. |x + 12| < 2
C. |x – 2| < 12
D. |x – 12| < 2
E. |12 – 2| < x

Answer is D

Here's Why:

The distance between x and 12 is |x – 12|. If x is within 2 units of 12, then the distance between x and 12 is less than 2. Therefore, this relationship is represented by |x – 12| < 2.


Difficulty: Hard
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

The United States is(A) the largest(B) producer of cranberries and cranberry products, most of them(C) are consumed there(D) and in Canada. No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Answer is C

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (C), where an inappropriate pronoun creates a comma splice. The relative pronoun “which” should be used instead.


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one underlined part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

By the time(A) Mitzie and myself(B) got to the box office, all(C) of the tickets for the show had already been sold(D). No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Answer is B

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (B), where there is improper pronoun use. The reflexive pronoun “myself” is used incorrectly. The first-person singular pronoun “I” is needed instead so that the sentence communicates clearly that two people “got to the box office.” (“Mitzie...got to the box office” and “I got to the box office”)


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole
.
The meeting lasted more than five hours as participants ------- the presentation of the speaker, gradually polarized into factions, and, by the end, were further from ------- than at the start.

A. aided . . harmony
B interrupted . . a consensus
C. denounced . . a scandal
D. ended . . an argument
E. encouraged . . disagreement

Answer is B

Here's Why:

It makes sense to say that the participants frequently “interrupted” the speaker while dividing into “factions,” or distinct groups, bringing them further from a “consensus,” or agreement.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

My Aches And Pains

today I got hold of a wee bit...one skinner of buds. Before I smoked it my pain was immense. After a couple of puffs and ten mnts I felt movement in my back which was not possible earlier. Then I finished the joint and my back felt lot better. Pain is still there, but it is tolerable as my next dose of painkillers is due at 6PM.

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part of the following sentence is bold; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the bold material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

When light from a distant source, such as the sun, it strikes a collection of water drops, such as rain, spray, or fog, a rainbow may appear.

A. such as the sun, it strikes
B. like the sun’s, striking
C. such as the sun, and striking
D. such as the sun, strikes
E. like the sun’s, strikes

Answer is D

Here's Why:

Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by removing the unnecessary pronoun “it.”


Question Type: Improving Sentences

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Observing the newspaper’s tradition of ------- attention to accuracy, the reporter ------- every statement made by her informant.

A. scrupulous . . verified
B. lax . . challenged
C. sporadic . . corroborated
D. systematic . . bungled
E. inordinate . . exaggerated

Answer is A

Here's Why:

It makes sense to claim that the reporter’s verification of a source’s information would conform to her newspaper’s “scrupulous,” or precise, standards for accuracy.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

A true rebel, Leslie often did what was ------- simply to demonstrate her inclination to defy taboos.

A. intrepid
B. monotonous
C. customary
D. arduous
E. forbidden

The Answer is E

Here's Why:

Only the term “forbidden” describes the types of activities that would appeal to a “rebel” who likes to “defy taboos,” or go against social customs.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

A list of 100 integers has the property that the average (arithmetic mean), a, of the integers is greater than the median, m, of the integers. Which of the following must be true?

I. More of these integers are greater than a than are less than a.
II. More of these integers are greater than m than are less than m.
III. More of these integers are less than m than are greater than m.

A. None
B. I only
C. II only
D. I and II
E. I and III

Correct Answer: A

Here's Why:

If the 100 integers are ordered from least to greatest, the median, m, is found by taking the average of the 50th and 51st numbers in the ordered list. Suppose the list of integers is -1 (98 Zeros) 101. Then the average, a, of the integers is -1+101/100 = 1 , and the median, m, is equal to 0. So a > m, and the list satisfies the conditions given in the question. For this list, 1 term is greater than a, and 99 terms are less than a, so statement I is not true. Also, 1 term is greater than m, and 1 term is less than m, so neither statement II nor statement III is true. Thus, for this list, none of the given statements is true. Therefore, the correct answer is choice (A), none of the statements must be true.


Difficulty: Hard
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Part of the following sentence is bold; beneath the sentence are five ways of phrasing the bold material. Select the option that produces the best sentence. If you think the original phrasing produces a better sentence than any of the alternatives, select choice A.

Like machinery was integral to the development of industrial capitalism, so the rapid transfer of information is the force driving modern business.

A. Like
B. Given that
C. Since
D. Just as
E. Although

Correct Answer: D

Here's Why:

Choice (D) is correct. It avoids the error of the original by providing the appropriate phrase “Just as” to complete the comparison (“Just as machinery … so the rapid transfer of information”).


Question Type: Improving Sentences

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Exotics and indigenous weeds include some of the most ------- species: their visual impact often eclipses that of nearby plants.

A. lethal
B. diffuse
C. varied
D. striking
E. resilient

Answer is D

Here's Why:

A “striking,” or showy, weed could indeed be said to “eclipse,” or overshadow, other plants that have more typical appearances.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Exotics and indigenous weeds include some of the most ------- species: their visual impact often eclipses that of nearby plants.

A. lethal
B. diffuse
C. varied
D. striking
E. resilient

Answer is D

Here's Why:

A “striking,” or showy, weed could indeed be said to “eclipse,” or overshadow, other plants that have more typical appearances.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Read the following SAT test question, then click on a button to select your answer.

If 3 < x < 7 and 4 < y < 7, which of the following best describes the range of values of x – y?

A. –4 < x – y < 3
B. 0 < x – y < 4
C. 3 < x – y < 4
D. 3 < x – y < 7
E. 4 < x – y < 7

Answer is A

Here's Why:

To find the range of values that best describes the range of x – y, you must compute the upper and lower bounds. Small values of x – y occur when x is small and y is large. Since x must be greater than 3 and y must be less than 7, the lower bound for x – y is 3 – 7, or –4. Similarly, large values of x – y occur when x is large and y is small, so x – y must be less than 7 – 4, or 3. Therefore, the answer that best describes the range of values of x – y is –4 < x – y < 3.


Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

The following sentence contains either a single error or no error at all. If the sentence contains an error, select the one bold part that must be changed to make the sentence correct. If the sentence contains no error, select choice E.

Whereas(A) their friend Sean, who often behaved as if(B) he had only one day left to live, Rob and Darrin rarely(C) acted without first considering(D) the consequences. No error(E)


A. (A)
B. (B)
C. (C)
D. (D)
E. (E)

Answer is A

Here's Why:

The error in this sentence occurs at (A), where inappropriate word choice creates a sentence fragment (the sentence has no main verb). To fix this problem, “Unlike” should be used in place of “Whereas.”


Question Type: Identifying Sentence Errors

(Writing)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Drew's loss in the demanding cross-country race had ------- effect, weakening both his strength and his vitality.

A. a morbid
B. a palliative
C. an enervating
D. an onerous
E. a recuperative

Answer is C

Here's Why:
Choice (C) is correct. Something that is "enervating" causes a lessening of vitality and strength.

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Sentence Completions

(Critical Reading)

The Official SAT Question of the Day™

In triangle ABC, the length of side BC is 2 and the length of side AC is 12. Which of the following could be the length of side AB?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12
E. 14
Correct Answer: D

Here's Why:
By the Triangle Inequality, the sum of the lengths of any two sides of a triangle must be greater than the length of the remaining side. Therefore, BC + AB > AC, or 2 + AB > 12. Thus, AB > 10, which eliminates options (A), (B), and (C). Also by the Triangle Inequality, BC + AC > AB, or 14 > AB, which eliminates choice (E). Therefore, of the given choices, only choice (D), 12, could be the length of side.

Difficulty: Medium
Question Type: Standard Multiple Choice

(Mathematics)