PrepTest 139, Section 2, Question 2
Over the past 50 years, expansive, low-density communities(429 more words not shown)
According to the passage, the(24 more words not shown)
- AIt imposes an(17 more words not shown)
- BIt detracts from(12 more words not shown)
- CIt increases the(12 more words not shown)
- DIt produces significant(14 more words not shown)
- EIt decreases the(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What harm do the planners actually connect to extensive driving? People spend less time interacting in public spaces and more time competing with other motorists. Predict the antisocial behavior that comes with that setting.
What we’re looking for
This is a retrieval question. Other complaints about cars might sound reasonable, but they still need to be the complaint made here.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told that automobile ownership creates an added financial burden. That could be an argument against cars elsewhere; it isn't the cited effect.
- B
The time comparison concerns public interaction, not productive employment. Replacing social encounters with driving doesn't establish that people spend fewer hours working.
- CCorrect
The planners describe motorists as rivals for space who frequently behave inconsiderately (paragraph 2). More driving means more time in that situation. The pedestrian comparison reinforces the point: this behavior isn't presented as an inevitable feature of any encounter between strangers.
- D
Air pollution isn't mentioned. Don't supply a familiar environmental objection when the question asks for the planners' stated social objection.
- E
Nothing specifically says driving reduces enjoyable time between parents and children. The broader loss of community interaction doesn't establish this particular family effect.
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