PrepTest 129, Section 4, Question 6
An effort should be made to dispel the(426 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AScientists' failure to(8 more words not shown)
- BThe materialism of(14 more words not shown)
- CTechnological development will(12 more words not shown)
- DThe current relationship(13 more words not shown)
- EA synthesis of(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted the main point: scientists and humanists misunderstand each other, and correcting those misunderstandings would let them work together through scientific humanism. Look for the proposed combination, not just one side's complaint.
Working the answers
- A
Scientists' misunderstanding is part of the problem. But A leaves out humanists' misunderstanding of science and the proposed way forward. It's a true piece of the discussion rather than its main idea.
- B
This focuses on benefits the two approaches have already provided. The central argument is about overcoming an obstacle to combining them. It also keeps the materialistic-versus-idealistic division the author wants us to move beyond.
- C
We aren't told that all technological development will stop without collaboration. Calling cooperation valuable doesn't make it necessary for every future advance.
- D
No earlier period of greater cooperation is described. The author compares the present problem with what could be achieved, not with a better past.
- ECorrect
This is a simpler version of our prediction. The opening calls the synthesis “much-needed,” and the ending explains why it is possible. The mutual misunderstandings and proposed scientific humanism support that central recommendation.
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