Explanation for Question 51 From the Reading Section on the 2019 May Sat
Question 51 says as used in line 82, 2 mildly most nearly means what? So let's look back at the sentence that they're 3 referencing here to get some context and see if we can answer this question. 4 So the sentence that they're talking about starts there in line 78, 5 it says in that research knots in colleague Andreas Lorch, 6 also of Koblenz land out study the effects of large crowds of aquatic creatures 7 called Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas as they migrated up and down in 8 a tank of mildly stratified water. 9 So again, the word that we're looking at here is mildly, 10 and we can be, we can see that it's being used to describe the 11 degree of stratification or separation in the water here. 12 So let's look at the answer choices and see which one best goes along 13 with that idea of describing the degree of separation of the water. 14 So answer choice a says pleasantly. 15 So pleasantly stratified water. 16 That's not going to indicate any degree of stratification 17 that might indicate the condition of stratification, 18 but not the degree. So answer choice a would be incorrect answer choice B 19 says, humbly stratified water. Again, 20 that's going to indicate maybe condition, 21 but not degree. It's also kind of a strange thing to describe water as 22 humble, but that's just my personal opinion. 23 Um, answer choice C says vaguely. So vaguely stratified water again, 24 indicating condition and not degree, 25 right? If you're saying vaguely stratified water, that's indicating some level of confusion 26 or ambiguity and the stratification of the water. 27 And so answer choice D moderate, 28 moderately stratified water would be the one out of these answer choices to indicate 29 the degree of stratification. And it goes along or is synonymous with mildly in 30 this context. 31 So with all that being said, answer choice D is going to be the 32 correct answer to question 51 here.