PrepTest 101, Section 1, Question 2
To many developers of technologies that affect public(450 more words not shown)
The authors of the passage(16 more words not shown)
- Aexplain rather than(2 more words not shown)
- Bpromote rather than(2 more words not shown)
- Cinfluence experts rather(5 more words not shown)
- Dallay people's fears(8 more words not shown)
- Efoster public acceptance(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Give people the information and let them decide. That's the shift at the start of paragraph 2: communication should help people reach well-informed choices. We need the purpose the writers recommend, even though some communicators currently use their work to persuade.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Explain rather than persuade matches that goal. Helping someone understand the risks leaves the decision to that person; trying to persuade starts with the decision you want them to make.
- B
Promoting a technology still means trying to win people over. That isn't the recommended purpose.
- C
The intended audience is the public. The writers aren't proposing a campaign to influence experts.
- D
This changes which fears we should reduce, but still assumes reducing fear is the goal. The writers want people informed, whether that information reassures them or gives them reason for concern.
- E
Fostering acceptance is the persuasive approach the writers criticize. They also take people's ethical concerns seriously; they don't tell communicators to bypass them.
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