PrepTest 150, Section 4, Question 15
This passage is based on an article written(452 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(10 more words not shown)
- Ato add detail(8 more words not shown)
- Bto offer two(13 more words not shown)
- Cto present arguments(7 more words not shown)
- Dto explore in(11 more words not shown)
- Eto clarify the(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The second paragraph gives the skeptics' case: the tools may just reflect subconscious judgments, performance is inconsistent, and success may be easy where water is common. The third paragraph then gives the proponents' responses, including concerns about how techniques and study participants are selected. We should predict the presentation of objections that the next paragraph answers.
Working the answers
- A
Paragraph one describes how dowsing supposedly works. Paragraph two evaluates and challenges it. Adding procedural detail would be a different job.
- B
The second paragraph presents the skeptics' perspective, not two perspectives. The proponents don't enter until paragraph three, and paragraph four reports a study rather than synthesizing two views into a new one.
- CCorrect
The skeptics present arguments against dowsing, and the next paragraph supplies counterarguments from its proponents. For example, the criticism of inconsistent results is followed by the response that typical studies poorly represent verifiably successful dowsers.
- D
This isn't an exploration of the consequences of one claim from paragraph one. The paragraph supplies several reasons for questioning dowsing's effectiveness.
- E
Both sides are not presented in paragraph two. It gives the skeptical side; paragraph three then presents the proponents' case. The choice merges two separate parts of the discussion.
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