Explanation for Question 9 From the Reading Section on the 2018 May Sat
Question number nine says, according to the passage as Carrie views, 2 the play she envies which aspect of the character's lives. 3 So Carrie clearly is establishing this admiration of a lot of aspects of their 4 lives, but what does she particularly envy? 5 What is she most jealous of? So if 6 we take a look at the passage and the answer choices, 7 these answer choices are talking about everyday problems, 8 how they deal with everyday problems, what environments they bear, 9 these everyday problems. And, um, 10 so let's take a look at sort of those themes as they occur in 11 the passage. 12 So in the passage, we see that, 13 especially in this second column, 14 grief under such circumstances becomes an enticing thing. 15 Um, Carrie longs to take her sufferings whenever they were in such 16 a world. Um, she talks about the charming conditions under 17 which they are expressed on the stage. 18 Um, and generally she feels now that, 19 um, although there are some smaller problems that are being experienced by 20 these elegant rich women, 21 um, there are at least sort of bearing these difficulties in a very luxurious 22 environment. And that's something that Carrie is desperate to have herself. 23 So that idea matches up really nicely with answer 24 choice C their opportunity to 25 bear their sufferings in unfortunate circumstances, 26 or excuse me, in fortunate circumstances. So that line that I underlined really highlights 27 how these characters bear their problems in a very ...