Explanation for Question 42 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 42 asks which paragraph of passage two presents a view of human rights 2 law that is most consistent with Roosevelt's view of human rights in passage one. 3 So the first thing we'll do here is we'll look at Roosevelt's view and 4 then we'll look at kind of the main idea of each paragraph. 5 We're not gonna look at the entirety of each paragraph just because we'd have 6 to reread the entire passage, but we'll look at the main ideas and see 7 which one best matches. So starting off with Roosevelt's view, 8 it's there where it's highlighted. It says it is a declaration of basic principles 9 of human rights and freedoms to be stamped with the approval of the general 10 assembly by formal vote of its members and deserve as a common standard of 11 achievement for all peoples of all nations. 12 It goes on to say, we stand at the threshold of a great event 13 in the life of mankind. 14 It's a significant fact that everyone's agreeing, 15 and this is the desire for peace. 16 This will achieve peace. So very, 17 very positive admirable view of this human rights legislation. 18 It's going to change the lives of all of mankind. 19 It's going to foster more peace, things like that. 20 So if we look at passage two, 21 if we look at the first paragraph here, 22 it's talking about what human rights law does in theory, 23 right? In this case, it stated in the last sentence, 24 it says it provides people with invaluable protections against the power of 25 the state. So that goes along...