Explanation for Question 30 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Question number 30 says the author most likely includes the quotation in 2 the last sentence of the passage too. 3 So we're talking about an author's purpose here pertaining to the quotation in 4 the last sentence of the passage. 5 So in our last sentence here, 6 um, we're talking about the scientist's speculation that cats 7 were not selected for a purpose like dogs and other domestic kits. 8 So at the end, we were seeing sort of this comparison taking place between 9 cats and the domestication of other animals. 10 So this quote is maybe giving us a sense of maybe 11 one reason why that might be the case they weren't selected for purpose 12 as in the case of other domestic ads. 13 Um, so it's not really a claim that's substantiated or investigated 14 further, but it's just put out there as a potential reasoning for that contrast 15 that the passage chooses to conclude on would be at our answer choices. 16 It says offer an alternative to generally accepted beliefs. 17 That's not really the case. We haven't seen what these generally accepted beliefs might 18 be. Um, choice basis suggest a potential explanation for the distinct 19 way they developed. This is correct. 20 It fits right into that concluding comparison of the domestication of cats 21 versus other animals. Choice theory says provide a possible reason for the continual 22 changes, the cat genome. Um, 23 again, we're not really focusing at the end of the paragraph on continual changes. 24 We're not focusing on compari...