PrepTest 118, Section 2, Question 1
A number of natural disasters in recent years—such(444 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AThe most useful(35 more words not shown)
- BThe quantity of(30 more words not shown)
- CAid that focuses(28 more words not shown)
- DDisaster relief efforts(34 more words not shown)
- EThough the years(38 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: change disaster relief by listening to affected communities and addressing long-term needs as well as the immediate crisis. Donors need to participate in that change. We're looking for a version of this recommendation, not just one of the problems that prompted it.
Working the answers
- A
Letting communities guide aid and planning for long-term needs both matter. But A turns them into a prediction that victims will choose long-term aid instead of immediate aid. That isn't the relationship we were given. The proposal aims to improve both.
- B
The account does criticize badly managed quantities of aid. But it doesn't establish that the quantity reflects donors' desires more than recipients' needs, and this complaint leaves out the proposed change.
- C
Saying that long-term aid is difficult to organize isn't the main point. The writer recommends coordination with communities; C turns that recommendation into a claim about an inherent difficulty.
- DCorrect
This connects the existing inefficiencies to the needed change: donors and agencies should communicate with affected communities about both short-term and long-term needs. The final sentence explicitly includes better use of immediate aid and help in the years afterward.
- E
The difference in timing is relevant, but relief agencies are never assigned a role as mediators between two opposing sides. That added role doesn't state the recommendation we predicted.
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