Explanation for Question 31 From the Reading Section on the 2021 March Sat
Question 31 assay us in line 69 limited. 2 Most nearly means what? So let's return back to that context 3 to see exactly how limited is being used. 4 That's going to be right here. What's more neurobiology and modeling research suggests that 5 a very limited number of neurons, even just a few can accomplish some rather 6 complex cognitive tasks. So here limited number of neurons really just means 7 small. Um, this finding is kind of unexpected even without a lot of neurons, 8 a lot of complex tasks can be accomplished. 9 So here limited is meant to mean small, 10 um, or just, uh, generally a lower amount, 11 fewer. So here answer twice, 12 be small is going to be our correct answer. 13 We wouldn't want to say reduced because that would kind of imply comparison 14 reduced would mean like lowered, but compared to what is kind of the question 15 that it would back. 16 Um, we wouldn't want to say reduced without saying what we're kind of comparing 17 to, um, and C and D restricted and exclusive kind of have a similar 18 meaning to limited, but they're not really the appropriate context. 19 Um, we wouldn't want to say restricted or exclusive because that implies that we're 20 kind of leaving neurons out, 21 but in this case, it's not like we're isolating a small group of neurons. 22 That's just the number of neurons that bees have. 23 So there's nothing extra restricted or exclusive about this. 24 So for that reason, we are going to stick with answer choice B for 25 this question.