PrepTest 141, Section 3, Question 23
It is generally believed that while in some(434 more words not shown)
According to the passage, which(16 more words not shown)
- Atraveling in outer(1 more words not shown)
- Bparticipating in(1 more words not shown)
- Cserving as a(1 more words not shown)
- Dtraveling in(1 more words not shown)
- Eclimbing(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The question asks what laypeople generally consider involuntary. The airplane example is the direct match: passengers cannot control whether a crash occurs. The author then challenges the completeness of that judgment by pointing to their earlier choices. Keep the reported public view separate from the author's criticism of it.
Working the answers
- A
Traveling in outer space is not discussed. The asteroid example concerns an unforeseeable collision, not people choosing space travel.
- B
Skydiving illustrates an activity people choose to undertake. It is used to explain reluctance to spend public money on a chosen risk, not to identify a risk generally viewed as unavoidable.
- C
The author explicitly calls the decision to become a firefighter voluntary. Public willingness to support firefighters' safety does not turn that career decision into an unchosen one.
- DCorrect
The second paragraph says risks incurred by airline passengers are “typically thought to be involuntary.” That is precisely the reported judgment the question asks for, even though the author points out choices that precede the flight.
- E
Mountain climbing is the opening example in which people generally expect individuals to protect themselves. It belongs on the chosen-risk side of the contrast.
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