Explanation for Question 16 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 16 says, according to the passage of the purpose of the stickers distributed 2 by the Boca tossed city government was to do what? 3 So since this question starts off with the phrase, 4 according to the passage, we know that the answer is going to come pretty 5 directly from text evidence. So we can look back into the passage here at 6 where they discuss these stickers, where the idea is introduced and see kind 7 of what their purpose was. So we find this in the third paragraph, 8 it says stickers featuring a picture of the statue of San Rafael, 9 which was the name of the emergency reservoir. The city was relying on after 10 the tunnel collapse were distributed throughout the city. 11 So that's an instance, just introducing the idea of these stickers. 12 And then it goes on to say, people were asked to place a sticker 13 by the faucet that a particular household office or school used most frequently. 14 So describing how the stickers were used. And then it goes on to say, 15 stickers made the need to conserve water at all times salient. 16 So salient is going to be like very noticeable, 17 very important. And so basically people just go to these faucets, 18 they see the stickers and they're reminded like, 19 Hey, I need to turn this off in while I'm like rubbing the soap 20 on my hands or in between washing dishes. 21 So it's just kind of a reminder that conserving water is important. 22 So if we look at the answer choices here, we can see pretty quickly 23 that the ...