PrepTest 117, Section 1, Question 22
The proponents of the Modern Movement in architecture(451 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(21 more words not shown)
- AClothing produced on(15 more words not shown)
- BHandwoven fabric is(7 more words not shown)
- CLenses ground on(10 more words not shown)
- DForm letters produced(14 more words not shown)
- EFurniture produced in(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My first prediction is a move from fewer workers to many specialists. Earlier construction used a relatively small group; newer construction split the job among independent subcontractors.
What we’re looking for
Let's check which analogy captures the relevant consequence of that change, not just something made by hand versus by machine.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This adds the part our first prediction needs: precision. The design now has to accommodate the “allowable degree of inaccuracy” of separate trades. Assembly-line clothing that is less precisely fitted than a garment made by one person parallels that loss of coordinated precision. It doesn't require earlier buildings literally to have been built by one person; the relationship is a more divided production process with less exact fitting.
- B
Beauty isn't the comparison made between newer and older construction methods. The author explains a problem with coordinating construction accurately, not a general decline in how attractive buildings are.
- C
The buildings aren't described as less useful. Difficulty meeting an exposed-structure ideal is different from failing to serve their function.
- D
Fewer replies to a letter concern the recipient's response, not precision in producing it. We have no corresponding response-rate comparison for the two construction methods.
- E
Fashionability also misses the relevant difference. The construction discussion concerns the way independent operations fit together, not whether the resulting buildings are in fashion.
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