PrepTest 140, Section 4, Question 9
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)
With regard to their respective(18 more words not shown)
- Acritical and(1 more words not shown)
- Bacademic and(1 more words not shown)
- Cintrigued and(1 more words not shown)
- Dundecided but(1 more words not shown)
- Eenthusiastic but(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A's reaction is essentially: look at this—there's real economic activity inside the game! B is more concerned with what tax law should do about that activity. We should expect A's attitude to show greater interest or excitement. For a two-part attitude answer, we need support for both words. One fitting word doesn't excuse a second word that invents a reaction.
Working the answers
- A
A isn't worried about or criticizing virtual commerce. Castronova's discovery is presented as interesting and surprising, not as a threat. B's attention to tax questions doesn't make A apprehensive by comparison.
- B
An economist is involved, but A does not dismiss the activity. The writer spends the passage showing why apparently imaginary goods have real economic significance. Calling that dismissive reverses the reaction.
- CCorrect
A says Castronova noticed “something curious” and that “Things got even more interesting.” The exclamation about currency trading reinforces that sense of discovery. These features support intrigued and excited, whereas B concentrates on a legal problem and the rules that should resolve it.
- D
Curious fits, but undecided does not. A doesn't weigh whether virtual commerce is good or bad, or withhold a judgment about whether it is genuinely economic activity. It explains the discovery with confidence.
- E
Enthusiastic is plausible, but skeptical needs evidence of doubt. A doesn't question whether the trading really occurs or whether virtual goods have real value. Its surprise is not skepticism.
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