PrepTest 153, Section 4, Question 11
This passage is based on an article published(468 more words not shown)
With which one of the(10 more words not shown)
- AThe preservation of(29 more words not shown)
- BThe preservation of(27 more words not shown)
- CThe main roadblock(31 more words not shown)
- DThe preservation of(24 more words not shown)
- EThe preservation of(23 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The writer treats preserving native languages as worthwhile and repeatedly connects effective preservation with use in community life: broadcasts about important issues, older speakers helping younger ones, speeches, games, and traditional songs. Those examples give us a useful guide for this broad agreement question.
What we’re looking for
An answer can express the principle behind that pattern. It still shouldn't add a requirement about money, cooperation, or institutional support that the writer never establishes.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
The favorable treatment of preservation supports its value, and the recommended programs bring the language into the community's ongoing activities. Using it to communicate, tell stories, play, and sing is closer to the writer's ideal than leaving it isolated in unengaging lessons. Both halves fit the argument.
- B
Cooperation may help, but the author doesn't say preservation must fail without cooperation extending to members and institutions of society as a whole. This turns a plausible benefit into a necessary condition with much broader scope.
- C
There is no dispute among elders about how to transmit cultural values. Their participation is described as a help, not the principal obstacle. The answer invents a conflict.
- D
Reporting important community issues is one possible use of radio. The author doesn't identify reports on technological and economic developments as the most efficient preservation method. That specific content and efficiency comparison aren't established.
- E
Universities are mentioned, so their involvement isn't irrelevant. But nothing says preservation is unlikely unless they devote significantly more resources to curricula. The discussion also describes community-based methods without making success depend on that additional spending.
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