PrepTest 117, Section 1, Question 4
The Canadian Auto Workers' (CAW) Legal Services Plan,(465 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(15 more words not shown)
- Aa description of(25 more words not shown)
- Ban evaluation of(21 more words not shown)
- Ca presentation of(21 more words not shown)
- Da description of(19 more words not shown)
- Ean explanation of(20 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My rough map is description, complaints, then the writer's assessment. First we learn how the plan works; then we hear reactions to it; finally the writer explains why the promised benefits are doubtful.
What we’re looking for
That shorthand gives us a direction, but we'll need to check the whole sequence each answer describes.
Working the answers
- A
The ending doesn't propose refinements. It argues that the incentives will produce disappointing results. That alone rules this sequence out.
- B
There is no developed comparison with related past phenomena. The ending also criticizes the plans rather than approving them. Calling a plan a phenomenon isn't the decisive problem; the claimed sequence is.
- C
The plan is already operating. This isn't a proposal whose prospects for implementation are being considered.
- DCorrect
This improves on my shorthand: paragraph two includes the directors' defense as well as the lawyers' complaints. So we have a description of the innovation, reasoning against and in favor of it, and then the writer's argument about it. All three stages fit.
- E
The final paragraph develops the writer's reasons for doubting the benefits. It doesn't simply add another collection of data after an evaluation. E misses the argumentative job of that ending.
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