PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 7
Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of(440 more words not shown)
The primary purpose of the(3 more words not shown)
- Aargue that there(16 more words not shown)
- Bsummarize and illustrate(18 more words not shown)
- Cquestion one school(13 more words not shown)
- Dcriticize one school(19 more words not shown)
- Ebring one school(20 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Our main-point prediction was a criticism of measuring prosperity only in money. For purpose, describe what the writer does to make that case: use examples to show what the definition leaves out, then reject the economists' defense. The answer needs the criticism, not merely the fact that two sides disagree.
Working the answers
- A
There are two viewpoints here, even if we initially think only of the economists' position. But the writer isn't warning that their conflict is harmful. The writer favors the broader view and criticizes the narrow one.
- B
This captures the presence of competing views but leaves out the writer's judgment. The final paragraph says the economists' reply “dodges the issue.” We get more than a summary of the dispute.
- C
The criticism fits. “Several possible alternative definitions” doesn't. Mentioning happiness, environmental health, and quality of life supplies things a broader understanding should include, not several distinct replacement definitions.
- DCorrect
The concept is prosperity, the criticized definition is monetary value alone, and the examples are ozone depletion and the timber community. They show the misleading results of following that narrow definition.
- E
Nothing establishes that prosperity was the exclusive territory of one school of thought before another entered it. E adds that account instead of describing the criticism and examples.
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