PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 1
Passage A Muscle memory is a puzzling phenomenon.(487 more words not shown)
Passage A(295 more words not shown)
Passage B(200 more words not shown)
Both passages seek an answer(7 more words not shown)
- AWhy are explanations(8 more words not shown)
- BWhat is the(13 more words not shown)
- CWhy is building(11 more words not shown)
- DIs muscle memory(4 more words not shown)
- EIs there a(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why is gaining muscle easier the second time? We already identified that shared question while reading. A's nerve-cell and confidence explanations and B's retained-nuclei explanation are different possible answers to it.
What we’re looking for
We want the question both writers are trying to resolve, not just a topic that appears in one of their explanations.
Working the answers
- A
A notes the lack of scientific discussion of muscle memory. Neither writer is trying to explain why an entire scientific field produces inconclusive explanations.
- B
Neither gives a recommended training routine. Explaining why retraining can produce faster gains is different from advising bodybuilders how to retrain.
- CCorrect
A describes gaining muscle size more easily after inactivity; B opens by saying that becoming muscular is easier for people who have been muscular before. Both then offer explanations of that same phenomenon.
- D
The psychological possibility belongs to A. B proposes a cellular explanation but does not organize its discussion around deciding whether psychology alone accounts for muscle memory. This is narrower than their shared inquiry.
- E
This asks about the psychological basis of muscle growth from exercise generally. The shared puzzle is why previous training makes later gains easier, and B's proposed explanation concerns cell nuclei.
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