Reading Comp is killing me. -12 on RC, 164 on PrepTest 29
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:26 pm
I would like to go over some problems I had with the reading comp on Preptest 29, October 1999.
The first question on the first passage, which is a main idea question, is one that I missed.
I chose C instead of B, and B was the correct answer.
I did not choose B because of its wording obviously. B states that, "The work of the pre-World War I European painters who developed new ways of looking at the world cannot be said to have intentionally predicted social changes but only to have anticipated new directions in artistic perception and expression.
My problem with that answer choice is in the fact that the Eurpoean painters can be said to ONLY???? have anticipated new directions in artistic perception and expression. I understand that the answer choice is trying to provide separation between the idea of the painters not intentionally predicting social changes, but how can one STATE that it ONLY did one thing. We do not know that it only did that? Maybe it did a ton of other stuff?
The second passage, #14. I am not in total agreement that (A) should be the answer. I don't see how B could be incorrect. The author talks about how dialect can be a problem in setting up teaching of the language, as can the fact that many languages were oral for so long. I felt that B gives the idea that an exact match is not necessary and that, depending on the community, a way around that can be fixed through multiple words and such.
The last passage, last question. The correct answer is (A) Most modern legal historians' relative lack of interest in pursuing the subject.
The passage states at the very end that "Very few legal historians have STARTED with an interest in women's history that they might have elected to pursue through various areas of general law.
The first question on the first passage, which is a main idea question, is one that I missed.
I chose C instead of B, and B was the correct answer.
I did not choose B because of its wording obviously. B states that, "The work of the pre-World War I European painters who developed new ways of looking at the world cannot be said to have intentionally predicted social changes but only to have anticipated new directions in artistic perception and expression.
My problem with that answer choice is in the fact that the Eurpoean painters can be said to ONLY???? have anticipated new directions in artistic perception and expression. I understand that the answer choice is trying to provide separation between the idea of the painters not intentionally predicting social changes, but how can one STATE that it ONLY did one thing. We do not know that it only did that? Maybe it did a ton of other stuff?
The second passage, #14. I am not in total agreement that (A) should be the answer. I don't see how B could be incorrect. The author talks about how dialect can be a problem in setting up teaching of the language, as can the fact that many languages were oral for so long. I felt that B gives the idea that an exact match is not necessary and that, depending on the community, a way around that can be fixed through multiple words and such.
The last passage, last question. The correct answer is (A) Most modern legal historians' relative lack of interest in pursuing the subject.
The passage states at the very end that "Very few legal historians have STARTED with an interest in women's history that they might have elected to pursue through various areas of general law.