Explanation for Question 44 From the Writing Section on the 2020 October Sat
So question number 44 is telling us that the writer wants to interpret the 2 results of the experiment. 3 Instead of the statement of the researchers, conclusion by provide provided 4 at the beginning of the next paragraph. Okay. 5 So whatever, since we choose, we want it to be consistent with the 6 beginning sentence of this paragraph here, 7 right? And if we look at that beginning sentence, 8 it says through this experiment, Calvin and Benson were able to conclude that light 9 was not directly responsible for breaking CO2 spots. 10 So basically light does not equal bonds breaking. 11 So if we look at our sentence, as it are, 12 I guess we don't have a sense there. We can just look at our 13 options. Are we talking about the papers that they published and what the title 14 is? No. Right. This doesn't even mention light. 15 So a can't be right now, 16 B says, although the experiments is experiment, 17 yield, some answers, questions still remain. 18 Now we didn't talk about questions. We simply talked about the conclusions. 19 And so even though B might be true, 20 there might still be questions. We're not actually talking about the results or the 21 conclusions and B. So B is no good. 22 Now see, says this experiment in conjunction with many others, 23 advanced our understanding of photosynthesis. 24 This is likely true. But again, we don't talk about light. 25 Where's the main result here. So since we don't talk about the light, 26 see you can't be right. And finally D now this looks good, 27 right? D says a light light did not have to shine on the plant 28 while these chemical reactions took place. So again, 29 this is just another way of saying that light was not responsible for the 30 chemical reactions, which is again what we see here, 31 right? The breaking of the bonds, that's the chemical reaction. 32 And so our best answer is going to be D.