PrepTest 129, Section 4, Question 12
An effort should be made to dispel the(426 more words not shown)
In using the phrase "(23 more words not shown)
- Awildly(1 more words not shown)
- Bexcessively(1 more words not shown)
- Cunnecessarily(1 more words not shown)
- Djustifiably(1 more words not shown)
- Elogically(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Picture the criticism: these people supposedly have their heads in the clouds instead of doing disciplined work connected to practical life. Read the phrase with the next sentence, which says that, to these scientists, the humanities serve no immediate technological function.
Working the answers
- A
Emotion is mentioned, but “wildly emotional” suggests uncontrolled feeling. The phrase and its context emphasize fanciful, unpractical pursuits instead.
- BCorrect
Excessively impractical captures that head-in-the-clouds criticism. The next sentence's concern with practical survival confirms the direction. This is how some scientists view humanists, not a judgment the author endorses.
- C
Intransigent means unwilling to compromise or change one's position. That's different from the charge of impractical daydreaming.
- D
The phrase isn't praise for a justified positive outlook. It's a dismissive judgment about how seriously humanists engage with practical reality.
- E
Logical inconsistency would involve conflicting claims or beliefs. Calling someone's pursuits undisciplined doesn't establish that they hold contradictory positions.
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