Explanation for Question 26 From the Writing Section on the 2018 May Sat
Okay. Question number 26. Um, 2 the question asks us which choice most effectively addresses the theories presented in 3 the previous sentence. So we want to go back and refer to the theories 4 presented in the previous sentence. Before we select an answer choice here, 5 theories in the previous sentence, um, 6 suggest, uh, let's see, observers speculated. 7 So this word speculate, it suggests that these are the theories that we're talking 8 about. They, 9 they speculate that the direction in which the wind blows the rhythm of the 10 performances, the properties of the actors masks, 11 or maybe, um, potential causes of this, 12 this good acoustic situation. 13 Um, so we want something that sort of relates to those causes 14 in the pre in the sentence that we're looking at in 26, 15 but then it's, we're looking at 26 says, but while these factors may have 16 had some effect, the Greek soprano Maria Kayas performed at 17 theater in 1960, and actors have performed there without special enunciation or augmentation. 18 Um, this detail about this particular Greek soprano performing there isn't really 19 necessary. The main point here is that in the modern 20 environment, these factors haven't been in, 21 in play, um, which suggests that they are not the reason for the acoustic 22 properties of the amphitheater, the detail of specifically that, 23 oh, it was, it was, you know, 24 necessarily this one Greek soprano isn't really relevant. 25 We're just talking about modern plays, 26 w...