PrepTest 131, Section 4, Question 4
Passage A Recent studies have shown that sophisticated(474 more words not shown)
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Passage B(255 more words not shown)
The author of passage A(12 more words not shown)
- Aencourage public engagement(10 more words not shown)
- Bidentify a factor(11 more words not shown)
- Cindicate that government(7 more words not shown)
- Ddemonstrate that adequate(12 more words not shown)
- Esuggest that a(17 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The project needs people's computers. What happens if people don't volunteer them? It won't have the resources it needs. Mentioning participation identifies a condition for the proposal to work.
Working the answers
- A
This isn't an appeal asking readers to join. It's an explanation of why participation matters to the project's success.
- BCorrect
A says similar projects have succeeded only by generating enough public enthusiasm to attract participants (Passage A, paragraph 3). That makes public interest a factor affecting whether the proposed approach can work.
- C
Public participation isn't government support. No government commitment is discussed.
- D
Some earlier projects did attract enough support. That doesn't show that adequate support already exists for the proposed climate project. The point of the example is that success depends on obtaining that support.
- E
A possible obstacle isn't a verdict that the approach is infeasible. The author gives us a condition to meet, without saying it cannot be met.
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