PrepTest 149, Section 2, Question 2
The following passage is adapted from an article(467 more words not shown)
The passage suggests that a(27 more words not shown)
- Anews from(1 more words not shown)
- Bmutual relatives in(2 more words not shown)
- Cthe Chinese American's(5 more words not shown)
- Dthe Chinese visitor's(4 more words not shown)
- EChinese cultural(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What would this visitor have trouble understanding? The two people already share a traditional dialect. The unfamiliar part should be the vocabulary for American places, objects, and experiences that the visitor hasn't encountered. Think of a local name for the Golden Gate Bridge: the visitor may need someone to explain what that name refers to.
What we’re looking for
So predict something about local American life. We're looking for the most difficult topic, not claiming that the two people cannot communicate; the author says unfamiliar terms can be explained or worked out from context.
Working the answers
- A
News from China doesn't specifically call for the unfamiliar American vocabulary. Nothing identifies it as the likely source of difficulty.
- B
A relative's location doesn't make ordinary conversation about that person unfamiliar. “She's doing well” or “He has a new job” can use words both speakers already know. San Francisco in the answer isn't enough.
- CCorrect
Daily life in the U.S. is most likely to involve the unfamiliar “objects, places, and events” identified in paragraph two. Local place names and terms for American holidays may need explaining because the newcomer hasn't encountered what they refer to.
- D
Feelings don't require a new local vocabulary merely because they concern the U.S. “I like it here” and “I don't like it here” express familiar ideas. Compare that with naming a local place the visitor has never heard of.
- E
Chinese cultural traditions aren't the unfamiliar American experiences the author identifies. This reverses which cultural setting creates the vocabulary problem.
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