PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 15
Specialists in international communications almost unanimously assert that(443 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AThe author takes(32 more words not shown)
- BThe author takes(37 more words not shown)
- CThe author takes(37 more words not shown)
- DThe author takes(38 more words not shown)
- EThe author takes(38 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Start with the movement we followed: the author objects to the dominance claim, offers reasons to question it, and turns toward a better way to study the relationship. Now check which answer carries that sequence through to the end. An outline can omit small details; its main stages still need to match.
Working the answers
- A
The author doesn't begin by explaining why the proponents support their assertion. The opening challenges its assumptions and lack of research.
- BCorrect
The initial criticism is followed by counterexamples, then the call for an empirical approach. The two questions come at the end: what model describes the relationship between imported and domestic productions, and how should individual viewers fit into that model? The second isn't printed as a question, but it is a separate issue the researchers must address.
- C
The author offers possible models for investigation, rather than developing one new view, proving it with examples, and telling the specialists to adopt it. This makes the conclusion more settled than it is.
- D
The proposed change in approach fits. The final stage doesn't: the last two paragraphs identify matters to investigate, not two benefits the researchers themselves will receive.
- E
No compromise between the dominance assertion and another view is proposed. Considering alternative cultural relationships isn't negotiating a middle position between opposing sides.
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