adasek2008 wrote:
Thank you very much mike for responding to my questions. I agree with you that the person who set the question really doesn't know how to set analogy questions.
Pls the two questions below are set by the same person can I know the answers and if its answerable before I make a report for question review?
Thanks for your quick response
Dear
adasek2008I'm happy to respond.
My friend, first I am going to offer you some feedback. Look at this sentence that you have presented:
"
Pls the two questions below are set by the same person can I know the answers and if its answerable before I make a report for question review"
As I am sure you appreciate, this is not proper grammatically. It's a
run-on sentence. You make an "
if"/"
whether" Diction mistake. I am sure you are capable of writing a higher quality sentence. I am mentioning this because one of the habits of excellence is always to put your best self forward, in any context. Especially when you put your words into a public forum, you never known who might read this: a future colleague or boss or partner or customer or etc. You never get another chance to make a first impression, and first impressions are powerful. If you cultivate the habit of always doing your best, never making excuses for yourself, then you generate something like a momentum toward success. That is very much what I want for you: abundant success in all your endeavors.
OK, the questions:
1. Retsina is to retains as...
a) winemaker is to mortician
b) outside is to inside
c) consumption is to digestion
d) creative is to reactiveThis is AWFUL!! First of all, the word "
retsina" is a relatively obscure word---it's a kind of sweetened wine. This word would not appear without explanation in a standardized test format. What is truly absurd about this question is that has absolutely nothing to do with the meanings of the words. This is purely about anagrams.
If we re-arrange the letter is "
retsina," then we can spell "
retains."
If we re-arrange the letter is "
creative," then we can spell "
reactive."
This NEVER would appear on a standardized test. Conceivable, this could appear, say, in a book of "think outside of the box" brain teasers, but in a test-prep context, this is entirely inappropriate.
2. Intricate is to straightforward as...
a) robbery is to charity
b) persnickety is to structured
c) informant is to invigilator
d) ingratiate is to offendOK, this one actually begins as might a old GRE or SAT analogy. The words "
intricate" and "
straightforward" are opposite, antonyms.
(a) different in several ways, but not true antonyms
(b) not antonyms; a very different relationship
(c) the word "
invigilator" is not at all a common word in America; I believe it is more common in British English. An "
invigilator" and an "
informant" do roughly opposites things, but people who do opposite things are not antonyms.
(d) these two words are simple and clear antonyms
This question is actually a solid question with a clear answer.
3) Advertising is to sales as...
a) sunshine is to oxygen
b) crying is to babies
c) weight is to height
d) performance is to abilityStrange. It would seem that "
advertising" generates "
sales;" it is the relationship of a means to an end. This could be a good prompt, but none of the answers fit that relationship. This is not a well-thought-out question.
I hope all this helps.
Mike
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