PrepTest 132, Section 3, Question 17
Specialists in international communications almost unanimously assert that(443 more words not shown)
The author most likely discusses(11 more words not shown)
- Aprovide to international(7 more words not shown)
- Bdescribe to international(8 more words not shown)
- Chighlight the flaws(9 more words not shown)
- Dcite evidence that(7 more words not shown)
- Esupport the claim(15 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The study appears while the author is challenging the picture of imported television dominating local culture. It describes popular domestic dramas serving a function similar to local oral poetry, even though imports are available. I'd expect an answer about evidence against the specialists' sweeping claim.
Working the answers
- A
This is a particular observation about one community, not a general model of the relationship between cultures. The call to investigate such models comes afterward.
- B
Although the study illustrates the value of observation, the paragraph doesn't explain new research procedures for the specialists to follow. It presents a finding relevant to their claim.
- C
No similar study by communications specialists is described and then shown to be flawed.
- DCorrect
The example shows domestic television fitting a local cultural function where imported programs are available. The author uses that evidence to challenge the assumption that importing television automatically means the domestic culture is overwhelmed.
- E
Individual diversity becomes the focus of the final paragraph. This study's immediate role is to show a community's use of domestic television, not to compare different viewers' habits and establish that later recommendation.
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