PrepTest 159, Section 4, Question 11
Passage A In all games, particularly in athletic(484 more words not shown)
Passage A(267 more words not shown)
Passage B(225 more words not shown)
The authors of the passages(7 more words not shown)
- Athere is little(16 more words not shown)
- Bspectator sports are(7 more words not shown)
- Cfew people today(8 more words not shown)
- Dthere is much(10 more words not shown)
- Ethe audiences for(13 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Both writers defend sports against a dismissive assessment, though the criticisms differ. A rejects the view that spectators destroy sports' value. B rejects academics' treatment of fans as people merely distracted by spectacle. That gives us a shared response: these criticisms fail to give spectator sports their due.
Working the answers
- A
Neither writer measures how much fans vary in their ability to appreciate beauty. A's explanation of knowledgeable audiences doesn't establish that everyone has approximately the same capacity.
- BCorrect
A says spectators, far from destroying sports' value, are often necessary to it. B calls the dismissive academic attitude patronizing and argues that fans can be responding to genuine aesthetic appeal. Both therefore identify an unfair disparagement of spectator sports.
- C
B assumes people commonly look for aesthetic pleasure in museums and concert halls. Neither writer argues that few people seek it in the high arts.
- D
A explicitly criticizes confusion about artistic standards. B doesn't make that criticism, so this isn't established as a point of agreement.
- E
A compares the present sports audience with the present artistic audience. It doesn't supply the historical comparison needed here, and B doesn't discuss whether earlier arts audiences were more knowledgeable.
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