Explanation for Question 13 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 13 asks which choice best supports the claim that creative tactics were employed 2 to encourage people to conserve water. So let's look at the lines of evidence 3 given to us as answer choices here and see which one best supports this 4 idea. So we're looking for really any element of creativity here and the conservation 5 of water. So we'll start with answer choice a lines two 6 through nine. They say when a tunnel providing water 7 to the city of Bogota, Colombia partially collapsed in 1997, 8 triggering a water shortage. The city government declared a public emergency and initiated a 9 communication program to warn inhabitants of the threat of a crisis. 10 70% of the city would be left without water. 11 If current water use was not reduced. 12 So in this answer choice, we see elements of conservation of water, 13 right? And that last piece there saying that pretty much the conservation of water 14 is necessary unless you want to lose water altogether, 15 but we don't really see any elements of creativity here. 16 We do see a mention of a communication program, 17 but there's no real description of what that is. 18 So it's, you can't really infer that it's creative based on what's given here. 19 So answer choice a would be incorrect. 20 If you look at answer choice B, it says the city strategy was based 21 on the assumption that if individuals were informed of the situation, 22 they would adjust their behavior and reduce usage after all, 23 no one wants to be witho...