[Video] Q6: Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Answer Choices

  • Lines 20-21 (“Nobody . . . died”)

  • Lines 25-27 (“All . . . out”)

  • Lines 31-34 (“The . . . newspaper”)

  • Lines 51-53 (“Behind . . . bedsteads”)

Explanation for Question 6 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 4

Question six says which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. So the answer to question five determined in an earlier 3 video is that the narrative indicates that many previous explorers seeking the north pole 4 have perished in the attempt. So let's look 5 through the evidence that they provide us in question six and see which one 6 talks about previous explorers. Perishing. 7 If we look at answer choice a lines 20 through 21, 8 they say nobody has succeeded in this thing in many have died. 9 So that this thing that is being referred to here is the expedition to 10 the north pole. So pretty quickly you can see that answer choice a is 11 going to be a really good answer choice. It's very directly saying that earlier 12 explorers have died and their attempt to reach the north pole. 13 So if we look at answer choice B, 14 then see if we can't get it on here, 15 it says all this. 16 I understand, as I understand each detail of the technique by which this is 17 carried out. So this is going to be incorrect. 18 You can see right off the bat, that is going to be a more 19 direct answer to question six. 20 And also the bee isn't talking about previous explorers or previous explorers dying or 21 anything like that. So that's why B would be incorrect here. 22 If we look at answer choice C, it says the Danish ministers have 23 declared from their pulpits. That participation in polar expeditions is beneficial to the soul's 24 eternal wellbeing. Or ...

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