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SAT Reading 6.5 Sentence Completion 164 Views
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SAT Reading: Sentence Completion Drill 6, Problem 5
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- 00:03
Shmoop, it's what's for dinner. Which word could fill in the blank so that
- 00:07
the sentence below makes sense?
- 00:09
Researchers and philosophers have studied the influence of nature versus nurture for
- 00:12
years to determine whether humans are indeed born with a(n) blank sense of right and wrong.
- 00:18
And here are the potential answers...
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The word "born" tells us that we're looking
- 00:26
for a word that helps get across the theory that humans come into the world with certain
- 00:29
characteristics...
- 00:32
It would be very unfortunate if (B) and (C) were the right answer, because "flawed"
- 00:36
and "questionable" imply that we're all born with serious moral issues.
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In some cases this might be true, but we're going to cross out this one as we look for
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a word that jibes with born. Sure, a lot of people have "inconsistent"
- 00:49
moral codes...
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But again, we're looking for a word that zeroes in on the "nature" side of the
- 00:55
debate. "Acquired" is kind of the opposite of
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what we're looking for, because it implies that we learn our moral codes rather than
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being born with them.
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"Innate" means natural or inborn, so (A) is the correct answer.
- 01:08
Here's hoping that for every baby who's innately born a super villain, there's also
- 01:12
one who's a super hero. Ah the balance.
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