Explanation for Question 42 From the Reading Section on the 2019 October Sat
Question 42 says the author most likely mentioned several commonplace objects in the first 2 paragraph in order to do what. So let's look back at this first paragraph 3 here to get some context about what they're talking about to help us decide 4 which answer is correct. So if we look at this first paragraph, 5 we can kind of read the first two sentences. It says a car's bumper 6 is usually made of a multiple thermoplastic polymer called AB S shorthand 7 for its acrylonitrile butadiene and styrene components. 8 And this is the part that they're referencing in the question. 9 It says light strong and tough. It is also the stuff of ventilation pipes, 10 protective headgear, kitchen, appliances, Lego bricks, 11 and many other consumer products. And then it starts, 12 the next sentence was then useful as it is and goes into drawbacks. 13 So what this paragraph is doing with mentioning these other kinds 14 of products, ventilation pipes, headgear appliances, 15 it's basically just showing like, 16 Hey, this is something that we're going to be talking about. 17 Abs being used for as the car bumper, but these are other uses that 18 it has as well. So it's kind of more common than you might think. 19 So let's see which answer choice kind of goes along with this idea of 20 just showing that it's maybe a versatile product. 21 So if we start with answer choice, a, it says to give a sense 22 of the range of uses to which abs can be put. 23 So this goes along with that versatility that we...