Explanation for Question 15 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 15 says based on the passage, 2 how would the author most likely characterize many attempts to improve traffic? 3 So since this question starts with, based on the passage, 4 we know that it's going to come directly from text evidence. 5 So if we scroll up in the passage, 6 back to the passage, we can see starting in line 29, 7 that it says, or inline 31. 8 It says if in a misguided effort to do something of environmental value, 9 municipalities take steps that make long distance car commuting faster or more convenient. 10 So their intentions here are to do something of environmental value and to make 11 driving more convenient. It goes on to say by adding lanes, 12 building bypasses, employing traffic control measures that make it possible for existing roads to 13 accommodate more cars with fewer delays, replacing tollbooths with radio based systems that don't 14 require drivers even to slow down. 15 So these are all methods that they're employing to make driving more convenient and 16 also reduce environmental damage. 17 And then it goes on to say, we actually make the sprawl problem worse. 18 So it's having the unintended effect, the opposite effect of what is intended. 19 And then it goes on to say by indirectly encouraging people to live still 20 farther from their jobs stores, schools and doctor's offices. 21 And by forcing municipalities to further extend road networks, 22 power grids, water lines, and other civic infrastructure. 23 So those are all the ways th...