Explanation for Question 25 From the Reading Section on the 2017 April Sat
Question number 25 says as used in line 34, 2 simply most nearly means what? So we're looking at the word of him, 3 um, a meaning of a word in context. 4 So looking at line 34, 5 simply here is going to 6 mean what 34 says, 7 Sirius would simply be the largest of these immigrants. 8 Um, so remember that this is being discussed in the context of what makes 9 series potentially different, um, this nice model that describes how I 10 see objects that formed in the outer solar system, 11 um, or kind of moved around because of the gravity of these two planets. 12 Um, and this sentence says that Sears would simply be the largest of these 13 immigrants. So simply here is kind of being used in the sense of it 14 would only, or it would just be the largest of these immigrants. 15 So since we're talking about the degree to which series is kind of unique, 16 the sentence is saying in this case, 17 um, series would, would just be another one of 18 the immigrants. 19 It's, it's not the only body that was kind of moving around or regularly 20 during this time period. Um, it's just another one it's just happens to be 21 the oldest, the, excuse me, the largest of them, 22 but it kind of aligns with what was happening with other icy objects 23 at the edge of the solar system. So simply here kind of means only, 24 or just, or as in our answer choices, 25 um, it's going to mean merely choice D um, 26 it's not really unique. It is kind of following the same, 27 um, development as some other bodie...