[Video] Q44: No change or acting as the lead predator in the museum’s ecosystem, or hunting down and killing all the mice and rats one by one, or protecting the museum’s priceless artworks from destructive rodents,

Explanation for Question 44 From the Writing Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 3

Now hearing question number 44. If we see that we're talking about some may 2 find it peculiar to observe cats, 3 uh, portrayed in the formal court poses. But these felines by mastering the art 4 of killing mice and rats are benefactors of the museum as important as any 5 human. Right? So the question is really, 6 what should we put in this a positive phrase? 7 And it should have something to do with why the cats are important to 8 the museum. Now, the cat's killing mice and killing rats, 9 mastering that art has really nothing to do with the museum, 10 right? So a is off topic. Now, 11 if we look at B, it says acting as a lead predator in the 12 media, in the museums ecosystem, we haven't really talked about the museum as an 13 ecosystem throughout this passage. We also haven't talked about cats as lead predators. 14 So B is a little bit extreme. 15 It makes it a little too biological for the passage at hand, 16 by, by talking about predators and ecosystems. 17 Now, see, he says hunting down and killing all mice and rats one by 18 one. Um, again, we're talking about just the focus is on the mice and 19 rats, which has really nothing to do with the museum and with art directly. 20 But if we look at, see, it says, protecting the museums from rodents, 21 and this is what we want, right? Because this connects the museum and the 22 artworks to what the cats were capable of doing right, 23 getting rid of the Ronin rodents. So even though it's true, 24 they kill mice and rats D is the best answer because it actually connects 25 that action to why the museum would find it useful. 26 And so then our best answer is answer choice D.