PrepTest 157, Section 4, Question 9
Passage A Markets, such as stock exchanges, distill(484 more words not shown)
Passage A(279 more words not shown)
Passage B(213 more words not shown)
The purpose of passage A(9 more words not shown)
- Apersuade and(1 more words not shown)
- Bchallenge and(1 more words not shown)
- Cpresent and(1 more words not shown)
- Dentertain and(1 more words not shown)
- Eadvocate and(1 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A wants us to appreciate what markets accomplish: they combine knowledge, reward accuracy, and spread information quickly. B tries to bring that favorable assessment down to earth: markets can get an election wrong and may amount to more serious opinion polls.
What we’re looking for
So predict advocacy followed by an effort to puncture that enthusiasm. B is arguing against an inflated assessment, not merely explaining A's ideas.
Working the answers
- A
A does try to persuade, but “inform” misses B's pointed challenge. B doesn't just give neutral facts; it uses them to deflate claims about predictive ability.
- B
This reverses the basic direction. A advances a favorable account; B challenges it. A is not primarily attacking a position that B then defends.
- C
“Present” could fit A broadly, but B isn't interpreting what A means. It contests the value attributed to markets and supplies a less impressive account of what they do.
- D
A's purpose is not entertainment. Concrete examples explain and support its position, rather than amuse readers.
- ECorrect
A advocates a favorable view of markets' information-processing ability. B deflates that view by denying special foresight and describing markets as polls with a price of admission. These verbs capture the different argumentative jobs, not just the common topic.
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