PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 16
Specialists in international communications almost unanimously assert that(443 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(12 more words not shown)
- ALacking such an(18 more words not shown)
- BWithout such an(20 more words not shown)
- CUnless they do(23 more words not shown)
- DUntil they agree(24 more words not shown)
- EBut even with(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The final paragraph says a model must account for individual viewers: their experiences, the context in which they watch, and the meanings they give the programs. A continuation should explain why that attention matters, staying with the accuracy of our understanding of people's lives.
Working the answers
- A
The issue isn't whether cultural relationships can be described by an abstract model at all. It's whether a proposed account accurately represents people's actual experiences. A moves toward a different, more general question about abstraction.
- B
The author isn't predicting whether the dominance view will survive criticism. Ignoring individuals would leave the inquiry deficient, not guarantee that this view wins.
- CCorrect
Without attending to actual viewers and their differing experiences, we cannot be sure that the model accurately describes outside cultural influences on their lives. That directly explains the need stated in the final paragraph.
- D
The specialists' desire for scientific prestige isn't discussed. Nor does the author predict that they will never gain credibility without this change.
- E
Economic relationships are part of the earlier discussion, but the final paragraph insists on viewers' experiences and meanings. E shifts the ultimate test of usefulness back to economics alone, losing the emphasis the author has just developed.
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