Explanation for Question 11 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 11 asks what is the main purpose of the passage? 2 So let's look back at the introductory paragraph to this passage and see what 3 is, or what kind of information we can find there. 4 And typically we can use what's in that first paragraph by itself, 5 to answer this question since the introductory paragraph of a passage is going to 6 be setting up all the information to follow. 7 So if we look here that second sentence says, 8 although it's long, it says when a tunnel providing water to the city of 9 Bogota, Colombia partially collapsed in 1997, 10 triggering a water shortage. The city government declared a public emergency and initiated a 11 communication program to warn inhabitants of the threat of a crisis. 12 70% of the city would be left without water. 13 If current water use was not reduced. 14 So basically what you can see here in this sentence is a problem and 15 then a solution, right? 16 They outlined the problem of the tunnel collapsing and the impending, 17 um, water shortages. 18 And then they also talk about the fact that they initiated a communication program 19 with the people of the city, 20 with the citizens. And that is kind of how they went about addressing this 21 problem. So if we look at the answer choices, 22 we're simply looking for something that says a problem is outlined in the solution 23 to that is also outlined. So we can look through each of these ACEs 24 to analyze the underlying reasons for a city's environmental challenges and thei...