Explanation for Question 34 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 34 asks as Susan line 19 testimony. 2 Most nearly means what? So let's look back at the sentence of the referencing 3 here and see if we can get some context to understand what testimony means 4 more specifically. So this sentence says this must be taken as testimony 5 of our common aspiration, first voice and the charter of the United nations to 6 lift men everywhere to a higher standard of life, 7 into a greater enjoyment of freedom. So just, 8 um, to clarify the word that we're looking here looking at here is testimony. 9 And so maybe the first step to understanding this would be to determine what 10 this is. So we can look back into that sentence before, 11 and we can pretty quickly see that this is going to refer to some 12 level of agreement or cooperation. So cooperation must be taken as testimony 13 of our common aspiration, first voice in the charter of United nations to lift 14 men everywhere, to a higher standard of life and to a greater enjoyment of 15 freedom. 16 So let's talk about each of the answer choices here and see which one 17 would best maintain the meaning of the sentence. 18 So we can start with answer choice a, a public affirmation. 19 So answer choice a might be a good answer here. 20 If we're thinking in terms of like 58 states, 21 nations countries are all agreeing on something, 22 you can take that as a testimony or kind of an affirmation that everyone's 23 committed to raising the level of living. 24 So a public affirmation that these na...