[Video] Q5: The narrator indicates that many previous explorers seeking the north pole have

Explanation for Question 5 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Five says the narrator and the kids that many previous explorers seeking the north 2 pole have done. What? So since this question says, 3 it's something that the narrator indicates. We know the answer is going to come 4 pretty directly from text evidence. 5 So let's look back in the passage and see what the narrator says about 6 previous explorers. We find that one of 7 the only places that the narrator talks about previous explorers and their expedition to 8 the north pole is in line 20. 9 It says nobody has succeeded in this thing and many have died. 10 So this thing that's being referenced in these lines is going to be the 11 expedition to the north pole. And we can see that there's a pretty direct 12 correlation or connection between these lines and answer choice 13 a and question five. So that's going to make answer choice a correct 14 here saying that the narrative indicates that many previous explorers 15 seeking the north pole have perished in the attempt. 16 If we look at some of the other answer choices, like B made surprising 17 discoveries, that's not going to go along with this text evidence 18 that they have provided. If we look at answer choice C, 19 it says failed to determine its exact location. 20 So that might be something that you can infer or assume based on the 21 lines. If nobody has succeeded and many have died, 22 obviously failing to determine the exact location of the north pole would result 23 in failure. So that would go along with the nobody has ...