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SAT Reading: Short Passages Drill 1, Problem 1

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00:07

Hit pause and review the following passage.

00:08

We'll be over here if you need us...

00:16

The word "integration" in line 8 most nearly means... what?

00:21

And here are the potential answers...

00:27

The prefix "inte" in "integration"

00:32

is our big clue here. It usually has something to do with mixing and mingling of some kind...

00:37

So we're looking for a word that conveys the idea...

00:41

...that cars would one day be intermixed with everyday life to create some kind of Disneyesque Tomorrowland.

00:47

And it doesn't include the Fast Pass for Space Mountain.

00:50

"Interruption" might have the same prefix as "integration," but it doesn't mean

00:54

the same thing at all.

00:56

Cars probably would've been a hard sell if people thought they'd interrupt their

00:59

lives.

01:00

"Achievement," "continuity," and "exclusion" don't have anything to do with intermingling...

01:05

So we can fire them into space...

01:07

The root word "combine" reminds us that a "combination" is a merging or joining

01:11

of things.

01:12

It doesn't mean the exact same thing as "integration," but it's the best choice

01:16

here.

01:16

Now excuse us while we ride the Carousel of Progress for the fifty-seventh time.

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