Explanation for Question 45 From the Reading Section on the 2019 March Sat
For question number 45, we are looking for evidence pertaining to 2 question number 44. And if you remember, 3 44 is asking about how come the idea that the moon was completely 4 arid was so reinforced. 5 So when we look at these answer choices, 6 we will be looking for lines that speak to the reinforcement 7 of the idea that the moon was completely aired, 8 um, and sort of perpetuated that idea. 9 So looking at our answer choices, we'll start off with choice a lines eight 10 through 11. So this part of the text says, 11 um, the finding of unrested iron metal after 4 billion years on the lunar surface 12 would seem to preclude even a trace of corrosive water. 13 So this is actually evidence against the idea that the 14 moon wasn't completely arid. So this is not a case where evidence 15 was perhaps overlooked, but it actually goes so far as to suggest the opposite. 16 Um, it suggests that the moon was completely arid. 17 So that's why this answer doesn't quite work. Um, 18 our answer choice B is lines 12 to 15. 19 Uh, eventually something, someone will challenge what everyone else knows to be true. 20 And once in a while, something really interesting will be found while this idea 21 is definitely essential to what the author tries to suggest about 22 conventional wisdom. It doesn't really speak to the specific case of evidence for 23 and against the idea that the moon is arid. 24 So we can eliminate choice B as well. And so choice C is lines 25 15 to 17 in 1994, 26 a single f...