PrepTest 123, Section 4, Question 15
The World Wide Web, a network of electronically(464 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- ASince distribution of(37 more words not shown)
- BChanges in copyright(29 more words not shown)
- CPeople who are(28 more words not shown)
- DProblems concerning intellectual(24 more words not shown)
- EMaintaining a free(37 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already made a broad main-point prediction: don't expand copyright law in this way. The owners want stronger protection, but the writer argues that the proposed change would interfere with the web's free exchange of ideas.
What we’re looking for
We're now looking for a version of that point in the choices. The answering machine and the password help explain the recommendation; a true description of either example alone won't capture the conclusion.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
This initially feels narrower than the prediction, but it captures the central conclusion and its support: A controls access, so B's link is not itself distribution of a copy. The final recommendation against changing the law follows from that distinction. Our prediction helped identify the writer's side; it doesn't have to dictate the exact wording of the answer.
- B
The first part sounds right: the changes are ill-advised. But the unless clause adds a new exception, approving changes that amplify democratic exchange. The writer warns about the proposed change's effect on free exchange; that doesn't establish this separate test for when changes would be acceptable.
- C
Passwords are a supporting alternative, not the central conclusion about copyright and linking. Having that option helps explain why the writer opposes new liability for links; identifying the option alone leaves out that conclusion.
- D
The writer gives reasons to reject a particular copyright proposal, not a general assurance that commonsense principles make the intellectual-property problems of new media easy to resolve.
- E
The proposed alteration is never described as radical or as benefiting only a small number of people. And restricting the web's growth is a predicted effect of the change, not the owners' stated aim.
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