[Video] Q22: The first paragraph of the passage introduces the subsequent discussion mainly by

Answer Choices

  • A) indicating that communication among plants is more widespread than is recognized.

  • B) emphasizing the complexity of plant and parasite interactions.

  • using an analogy to show how communication among plants might occur.

  • providing a rationale for an unorthodox research study on plants.

Explanation for Question 22 From the Reading Section on the 2018 April Sat

Hey guys. So question 22 says the first paragraph of the passage introduces 2 the subsequent discussion, mainly my blank. 3 So we know that the subsequent discussion following paragraph one is going to be 4 him talking about how plants communicate with one another. 5 So let's look back to paragraph one and see how that's introduced here. 6 Now, this starts obviously at the top, 7 the idea that plants have developed a subterranean internet, 8 which they use to raise alarm when danger threatens sounds like a science fiction, 9 but David Johnson at the university of Aberdeen believes he has shown that such an 10 internet with a fungal hyphae, 11 the branching filaments, and they come with fungus, Bonnie standing in for local wifi 12 net for local wifi alerts. 13 Beanstalks a danger. If one of their neighbors is attacked by aphids. 14 So here he is making this comparison and this analogy to his concept 15 of wifi to help explain this concept, 16 but he's going to talk about further now, 17 the answer choice that seems to emphasize this comes with, 18 see, he's using an analogy of wifi to show how communication among plants might 19 occur. 20 Like, like how the wifi routers are these fungus's, 21 that's connecting a greater network of communication. 22 The rest of these don't fit in with what we're seeing directly there. 23 He's not indicating that communication with plants is more widespread than recognize. 24 He's just bringing in a cool analogy to make a point. 25 He's not emph...

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