PrepTest 135, Section 1, Question 4
Swimming pools should be fenced to protect children(52 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(5 more words not shown)
- Athat television can(10 more words not shown)
- Bthat television advertisements(4 more words not shown)
- Chow to make(8 more words not shown)
- Dthe importance of(6 more words not shown)
- Ehow to creatively(5 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
A fence keeps a child away from the pool. Swimming lessons teach the child what to do in the water. The author values both kinds of protection, but gives greater importance to teaching the child a skill.
Now carry that thought over to food. Restricting access to candy resembles putting up the fence: someone else controls the child's exposure. What would resemble teaching the child to swim? Teaching the child to make sensible choices about eating.
For example, instead of only taking away sweets, we could help a child understand why eating too much of them is a bad idea and how to choose a more balanced diet. The child would have a way to handle the situation when an adult wasn't making the decision.
What we’re looking for
That's my prediction for the blank: teach children how to make healthy food choices themselves. We need the food-related version of the skill in the first example, not just any lesson that might be good for children.
Working the answers
- A
Learning that television sometimes provides accurate information doesn't teach a child how to manage the food choices described here. The argument isn't comparing good and bad sources of information; it is comparing restricting access with teaching a useful skill.
- B
Being skeptical of advertising might sometimes help, but this says advertisements are deceptive and misleading. The passage never establishes that. More importantly, knowing that an advertisement is misleading doesn't by itself teach a child what to eat. The food-related skill is still missing.
- CCorrect
Making nutritional choices that support well-being is the food equivalent of knowing how to swim. In each case, the child learns how to handle the relevant situation rather than depending entirely on adults to restrict access. “Conducive to” simply means helpful to or supportive of.
- D
Physical activity can concern health, but it isn't the skill that corresponds to choosing what to eat. The second example specifically concerns soft drinks and candy. An answer about exercise changes the behavior we're trying to teach children to manage.
- E
Finding other entertainment could reduce television watching, but that doesn't teach children to make better food choices when sweets are available. It also moves back toward avoiding the setting rather than learning to handle the relevant temptation.
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