PrepTest 109, Section 2, Question 2
Many political economists believe that the soundest indicator(458 more words not shown)
The term "welfare" is used(14 more words not shown)
- Athe overall quality(7 more words not shown)
- Bthe services provided(5 more words not shown)
- Cthe material wealth(6 more words not shown)
- Dthe extent to(12 more words not shown)
- Egovernment efforts to(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Welfare can mean government assistance, but is that how it's being used here? The paragraph asks how residents are doing, then lists nutrition, life expectancy, jobs, and services. Those examples point to quality of life.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Overall quality of life covers the varied conditions being measured. Welfare is how people are doing; the indicators help us assess it.
- B
Government services appear in the list, but they're only one contributor to well-being. They aren't the meaning of welfare here.
- C
Material wealth alone is too narrow. The writer's objection is that the economic number misses other things that affect residents' lives.
- D
Balanced distribution can affect welfare, but welfare doesn't mean the balance itself. The question is how well people live, not just how evenly wealth is divided.
- E
This uses the government-program meaning we needed to set aside. Efforts to redistribute wealth aren't the same thing as residents' quality of life.
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