PrepTest 140, Section 4, Question 12
Passage A is from a source published in(494 more words not shown)
Passage A(226 more words not shown)
Passage B(276 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- APassage A summarizes(17 more words not shown)
- BPassage A explains(14 more words not shown)
- CPassage A reports(13 more words not shown)
- DPassage A challenges(12 more words not shown)
- EPassage A states(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A discovers the activity; B addresses a problem it creates. Once virtual items have real value, tax questions follow: should merely obtaining loot count as income, and which trades or sales should be taxable? B doesn't just ask those questions. It recommends answers. Our description needs to preserve that step from identifying the issue to proposing how it should be handled.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Castronova's surprise establishes the unanticipated discovery in A. B then proposes ways to treat the resulting economic activity: ordinary loot accumulation and in-game barter should escape taxation, while real-money sales and specified commercial in-world sales should be taxed. That is a solution to the tax problem raised by the phenomenon.
- B
A primarily reports a discovery, rather than explaining an economic theory. More importantly, B goes beyond identifying a problem. Leaving out its proposed treatment omits much of the writer's work.
- C
A focuses on economic activity within the gaming community, not a general report about its subculture. B isn't about the difficulty of policing gamers either. It argues for particular tax distinctions, not a broad account of enforcement problems.
- D
A doesn't challenge an established interpretation. It presents a discovery, and B doesn't simply reaffirm some common view of it. B adds an analysis of legal consequences and appropriate policy.
- E
A certainly gives facts, but B's purpose is more specific than drawing theoretical consequences. It recommends how law should treat particular transactions. A broad description that loses that practical legal purpose is weaker than A's precise match.
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