Fresh water is a critical resource in arid regions, where its scarcity shapes both agriculture and settlement patterns.
淡水是干旱地区的关键资源，其稀缺性塑造了农业和定居模式。
An archaeologist proposes that a newly excavated settlement engaged in long-distance trade rather than relying solely on local resources.
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Education researcher Priya Malhotra argues that standardized testing provides an objective, comparable measure of student achievement across schools with vastly different resources.
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Education researcher Owen Castillo counters that standardized tests largely reflect a student's socioeconomic background rather than the quality of instruction they received, since test-preparation resources are unevenly distributed.
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Which choice best defines “resource”?
D — A supply of something useful. “resource” means a supply of something useful.
Which word means “a supply of something useful”?
A — resource. “resource” means a supply of something useful.
resource — a supply of something useful. In Chinese: 资源.
resource is pronounced /ˈriːsɔːrs/.
Fresh water is a critical resource in arid regions, where its scarcity shapes both agriculture and settlement patterns. (淡水是干旱地区的关键资源，其稀缺性塑造了农业和定居模式。)
supply, asset, material — all close in meaning to resource (a supply of something useful).
Yes. resource is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.