Explanation for Question 21 From the Reading Section on the 2021 March Sat
Okay. All right. Now looking at our third passage of this 2021 2 March sat exam, let's take a look at question number 21. 3 This question asks us for the main idea of the passage. 4 So what we'll need to do here is just go back, 5 remind ourselves what's going on quick, skim, 6 and then take a look at our answer choices. So the passage overall 7 goes into some depth about different experiments that were done to assess the cognitive 8 abilities of bees. So we see right from the start that bees have impressive 9 cognitive capacities. We'd hear about the complex cognitive tasks they can perform 10 as well as see how they do in this experiment. 11 Um, and the finding of that is that they weren't simply copying what they 12 saw. They were improving on tasks. So ultimately even with a small 13 number of neurons, they can do quite a while. 14 Um, so looking at our answer choice, the choice that best matches up with 15 that is going to be choice D because can learn unfamiliar tasks and then 16 execute them efficiently. So this encapsulates a lot of the passage, 17 right? This concept of unfamiliar tasks was kind of touched on, 18 um, here, when they talk about asking bumblebees 19 to do something far removed from their normal activities. 20 And then this part about executing them efficiently is kind of visible at 21 the end when they talk about actually improving on the task that was set 22 for them. So choice days are correct answer. 23 Um, answer choice, a learn by mimicking demons...