Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 12 asks, which choice best describes the overall structure of the passage. 2 So we can go through each of these answer choices. 3 Talk about why the correct one is correct and talk about why all the 4 other ones are incorrect. So if we look at answer choice, 5 a, it says a complex problem is described a failed attempt to resolve that 6 problem is summarize, and then the details of a successful resolution are presented. 7 So we can look back into the past interior and look for elements of 8 are each element described here. So there's three of them. 9 We're looking for evidence of a complex problem being described, 10 a failed resolution to be described, 11 and also then a successful resolution. 12 So if we look back here, we can see in the first paragraph and 13 the introductory paragraph that they outline this there, 14 the complex problem pretty explicitly, 15 right? They say, uh, tunnel providing water to the city has partially collapsed and 16 that's going to trigger a water shortage. 17 70% of the city could be left without water. 18 If the current water use was not reduced. So this is the problem here. 19 And then in the next paragraph, 20 it talks about the first strategy that the kind 21 of administration of the city of Bogota implemented to address this. 22 It says the city strategy was based on the assumption that if individuals were 23 informed of the situation, they would adjust their behavior and reduce water usage. 24 After all, no one wants to be withou...