PrepTest 137, Section 2, Question 3
A person reading a new book for pleasure(79 more words not shown)
Which one of the following,(6 more words not shown)
- ATourists typically learn(14 more words not shown)
- BTourists gain much(23 more words not shown)
- CMany people report(19 more words not shown)
- DTourists who have(12 more words not shown)
- ESome tourists are(16 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Why should spending more time on one book give us more understanding than reading several books quickly?
The author says that readers and travelers want to enlarge their understanding, not just collect information. Fine. But naming the goal doesn't establish the best way to reach it. Perhaps spending longer helps us notice things we would otherwise miss. We need that connection between time and understanding before the recommendation makes sense.
What we’re looking for
The travel comparison makes the same move. It recommends fewer destinations and longer visits because the traveler wants understanding. Again, why favor the longer visit? That's the part I'd want a strengthener to support: spending more time in one place produces a deeper understanding of it. Evidence for that connection would make the comparison more persuasive.
Working the answers
- A
Tourists can learn something while relaxing. That doesn't tell us whether they learn more by staying longer in one place or by making brief visits to several places. The answer changes our focus to the tourist's purpose without supporting the recommendation about time.
- BCorrect
Staying beyond the first few days brings much more understanding. Now we have a reason to prefer a longer visit: it gives the tourist something valuable that the brief visit misses. Since the argument compares reading a book with exploring a place, this supports the idea behind its recommendation to spend more time with each book.
It doesn't prove that reading and traveling are identical or that a short visit teaches nothing. We only need added support for the claimed benefit of depth, and B supplies it.
- C
This compares visiting a place with reading about it. That isn't the comparison the author is making. Within travel, the choice is between many short visits and fewer long visits. Within reading, it's between many quickly read books and fewer closely read books. Showing that travel teaches more than reading doesn't tell us which pace is better for either activity.
- D
Reading beforehand is associated with a longer stay. But does that longer stay produce more understanding? D never says. Tourists might stay longer for all sorts of reasons. Mentioning both books and travel doesn't supply the missing connection between time and the desired benefit.
- E
Some tourists only want the information needed for their immediate enjoyment. That describes a limited goal; it doesn't show how longer stays help people understand a place. We need support for the recommended way of gaining understanding, not a description of travelers who may have a different aim.
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