Explanation for Question 40 From the Writing Section on the 2017 May Sat
Question 40 asks us at this point, 2 the writer is considering that in the following sentence, 3 should the writer make the addition here? And the sentence goes, 4 God has traveled 15,000 years ago in full when I was a hair desert, 5 for example, demonstrate that the region was once much wetter and prone to thunderstorms. 6 So we would ask yourself two questions to answer this question. 7 Is it relevant? And is it repetitive? So does this meet 8 the main idea or the topic that we're discussing in the passage? 9 And, um, have we already repeated this? 10 Have we already stated this in the passage? We're definitely talking about in the 11 passage, um, about full grades and what they can tell us, 12 um, about the past of the area, 13 right? So you mean in this paragraph, particularly, 14 we're talking about, um, but since they last very long, 15 it's a unique window into the past. 16 So I'd definitely say that it's relevant. Um, 17 this isn't a new example though, that we haven't Zoe talked about directly in 18 the passage or in the paragraph. So I wouldn't say it's repetitive. 19 So since it's relevant and it's not repetitive, 20 we are going to want to add it that knocks out C and D, 21 but we saw the choose between a and B. 22 So ASSP yes, because it provides an example of the paragraphs point about the 23 use of Fulbright's in research. I definitely agree with this. 24 It is a new example providing what or information. 25 Um, and it makes a specific example in the Sahara desert 26 of what this could add to research. 27 That's still read B though. B says yes, 28 because it continues the passage explanation of all four grades are formed. 29 The sentence doesn't do that. It doesn't explain how full grades are formed. 30 It's just goes, it just explains how we can see through the full 31 rights, um, how the desert used to be. 32 So we're going to stick with a.