PrepTest 134, Section 4, Question 11
Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout(416 more words not shown)
The author of the passage(13 more words not shown)
- AMost Mexican American(11 more words not shown)
- BMexican American parents(19 more words not shown)
- CThere are more(13 more words not shown)
- DProverb use in(14 more words not shown)
- EMost proverbs cannot(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We know the author thinks proverbs have important instructional and cultural functions. This is an open support question, though, so an answer still needs a specific connection to the account. General agreement with that positive view isn't enough.
Working the answers
- A
Most reached Mexico from Spain, and many belong to the common European tradition. Those are different claims: a route of transmission doesn't establish that most originated in the shared tradition. The author gives no majority claim for that origin.
- B
More use of proverbs for instruction doesn't establish more emphasis on traditional wisdom overall. Other parents could convey traditional wisdom in other ways.
- C
No totals are compared. We aren't told which body of proverbs is larger.
- DCorrect
The author suggests that parents may feel community-approved norms are threatened by those in the surrounding society. That concern helps explain using proverbs to guide children's peer relationships. D's cautious wording matches a proposed explanation, rather than turning it into a motive established for every parent.
- E
We get exact English equivalents and one rough translation. Nothing establishes that most proverbs cannot be translated accurately. Those examples don't settle the translatability of every proverb, but they certainly don't supply E's sweeping restriction.
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