Explanation for Question 35 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 35 asks us to, 2 um, most effectively combine the sentences at the underlined portion. 3 So essentially we want to combine this sentence, 4 um, with, up to this sentence, 5 without having any unnecessary words without, 6 um, adding anything that's repetitive. 7 So if it's already included in the first sentence, we don't need to repeat 8 it in the second sentence, but still keeping the, 9 all the information that's necessary and the grammar. 10 So making sure that it still works grammatically. 11 So the sentences are lightning bolts can be up to five times hotter than 12 the surface of the sun. This is far hotter than the melting point of 13 silica. The compound that is primary constituent of sand and most types of 14 rock. So we are told that 15 lightning bolts are a certain heat, 16 and then they explain, um, 17 the heat, how hot that is. So essentially we have a continuation or 18 explanation of the first part of the sentence, 19 and we want to combine them. 20 So answer choice a, 21 um, says it has the first sentence. 22 Semi-colon this temperature of the lightening bolts is, 23 so this right here is repetitive. 24 We already explained that it's the lightening, 25 both temperature. We don't have to repeat that. 26 The point of combining them is to maybe use some pronouns, 27 get rid of unnecessary words. So we're gonna get rid of aids too long. 28 And repetitive B says the sun and this temperature is 29 again, kind of the same thing. It's a little better, 30 but w...