PrepTest 142, Section 3, Question 8
Given the amount of time and effort that(448 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(8 more words not shown)
- AThe first paragraph(25 more words not shown)
- BThe first paragraph(25 more words not shown)
- CThe first paragraph(28 more words not shown)
- DThe first paragraph(29 more words not shown)
- EThe first paragraph(27 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Map the jobs of the paragraphs. First: why isn't great perfume taken seriously? Next: painting and perfume share creative processes and the power to produce artistic experiences. Finally: commercial interference may help explain perfume's lack of respect.
What we’re looking for
The middle is especially important. It makes the opening question worth asking. If perfume can do what recognized arts do, neglecting it becomes harder to justify. It doesn't yet explain why the neglect happens.
Working the answers
- A
The middle paragraphs support perfume's status as art; they don't give one explanation of its neglect before the final paragraph offers another. The corporate explanation comes only at the end.
- B
The final paragraph doesn't consider and reject a challenge to the claim that perfume deserves respect. It offers a possible explanation for the neglect. That final step makes the proposed organization wrong even if we identify a thesis in the opening.
- C
The painting and perfume comparisons don't rebut the opening challenge. They strengthen the case for asking why perfume is undervalued. The ending is also an explanation involving corporations, not merely an example supporting a response.
- DCorrect
The opening asks a question, the comparisons justify asking it, and the last paragraph offers a possible answer. “Perhaps one reason” is the signal that the final explanation remains tentative. This matches all three stages of our prediction.
- E
The middle paragraphs don't describe two consequences of neglecting perfume. They explain the similarities that make that neglect puzzling. Describing the ending in terms of responsible parties cannot fix the mistaken middle.
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