Explanation for Question 25 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 25 says as used in line 24 capture most nearly means what? 2 So let's go back into the passage and look for some context here, 3 starting in line 22, 4 it says using a technique called micro neurography in which a fine filament is 5 inserted into a single nerve to capture its electrical impulses. 6 The scientists were able to measure how quickly or slowly the nerves fired. 7 So if we take into context, 8 take into account the context of the word capture, 9 we can find some other words in our vocabulary that we could use to 10 exchange it with. So words that come to my mind right off the bat 11 are to maybe measure its electrical impulses, 12 just because it says measured later in the sentence, 13 or maybe something like observed, 14 you can observe the electrical impulses. 15 So let's go to the answer choices and see which one, 16 which one best matches those two. 17 So if we look at answer choice 18 a, it says to occupy. So if you were to replace that, 19 it would say in which you find the filament is inserted into a single 20 nerve to occupy its electrical impulses. 21 So that would change the meaning of the sentence here. 22 That would imply something like you're engaging the electrical 23 impulses to reroute them or something like that in this case. 24 They're just trying to say that they're measuring them and how they fire. 25 So that would be incorrect. The same goes for answer choice B it's incorrect. 26 If you're trying to seize the electrical impulses to eng...