PrepTest 147, Section 2, Question 21
It is generally accepted that woodland clearings were(434 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(20 more words not shown)
- Aphenomena that arise(7 more words not shown)
- Bphenomena that are(6 more words not shown)
- Cphenomena that serve(9 more words not shown)
- Dphenomena that are(10 more words not shown)
- Ephenomena that reveal(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Read social against the economic explanation it replaces. In the final paragraph, people follow paths, cut corners, and rest at intersections. Clearings can emerge from that activity without being created to obtain food. The phrase describes a by-product of those noneconomic practices, not a special claim that people planned the clearings to improve their relationships.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The clearings emerge from travel and gathering rather than resource procurement. Calling them by-products fits the proposed mechanism: repeated activity near paths creates wider spaces without making those spaces an economic project.
- B
Nothing says these phenomena occur in every human society or only in human societies. The author proposes an explanation for some particular clearings, not a universal classification.
- C
Strengthening personal ties might sound social in everyday conversation, but that is not the explanation here. The author points to the effects of paths and resting places, not a purpose of making relationships stronger.
- D
People may intentionally walk or rest without intentionally creating a clearing for a social benefit. This adds a planned objective the proposed by-product account does not require.
- E
The phrase describes how clearings could arise, not the information they reveal about cultural and economic development. Including economic development also misses the contrast with the resource-procurement model.
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