Explanation for Question 22 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 22 says the main purpose of the passage is to do what? 2 So to answer this question, we're going to look at the introductory paragraph of 3 the passage, but we're also going to look at some things throughout the passage 4 to determine the correct answer here. 5 So we'll start with the introductory paragraph. 6 It says in 1909, the prevailing leaf was belief was that animals had themselves 7 by matching their surroundings. Then the painter and naturalist Abbott Henderson 8 there suggested a different mechanism was at work, 9 highly conspicuous marketing, such as the zebra stripes and the oyster catchers and black 10 and white plumage are actually disguises. 11 So we can see here that they're kind of introducing this idea of some 12 kind of camouflage, and they go on to call that later, 13 the idea of disruptive coloring. 14 So they're introducing in that introductory paragraph disruptive coloring. 15 And then you can see throughout the rest of the passage, 16 the different scientists and their work study research is mentioned. 17 It says without this and other ideas about animal markings or with this and 18 other ideas about animal marking, stair earned himself, 19 the title of father of camouflage. 20 And then it goes on to detail. 21 The studies done by Cuthill and Stephens on this idea, 22 the studies done by Richard Webster and Canada on this idea. 23 And then it also talks about in that next column, 24 another study done by Stevens to kind of determined more info...