PrepTest 145, Section 3, Question 2
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), approved(426 more words not shown)
The author most probably quotes(31 more words not shown)
- Ato contrast the(9 more words not shown)
- Bto compare the(10 more words not shown)
- Cto identify a(9 more words not shown)
- Dto highlight what(12 more words not shown)
- Eto call attention(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Put the two quoted requirements beside each other: the Charter calls for encouraging respect for human rights; the proposal calls for taking separate and joint action. Those are different levels of commitment.
What we’re looking for
The surrounding sentences make the purpose explicit. The advocates thought the existing language was “not strong enough” and wanted to strengthen it. Quoting both versions lets us see what that stronger obligation would involve.
Working the answers
- A
The proposal does not offer a competing definition of human rights. It asks countries to do more to promote them. A difference in required action is not a disagreement about what the rights are.
- BCorrect
The quotations show the contrast in strength: encouraging respect versus requiring action. This explains the advocates' dissatisfaction and the change they sought more specifically than simply saying the quotations provide background.
- C
The author is not identifying technical vocabulary shared by bureaucracies. The relevant difference is what the language asks the UN and member countries to do, not the fact that both use official-sounding words.
- D
We are not told these are the most important points in each complete document. They are selected because they illustrate the particular dispute about the strength of the human rights provisions.
- E
This is not a comparison of elegant, wordy or direct prose styles. The difference concerns the substantive obligation the words would create. The author wants us to see a stronger demand for action, not a different writing style.
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