Explanation for Question 17 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 6
Question 17 says which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the 2 previous question. So we determined the correct answer for question 16 is 3 that the authors indicate that the public is coming to believe that journalists should 4 avoid personal judgements about the events reported. 5 So let's look at the lines of evidence given to us as the answer 6 choices in question 17 and see which one best supports this idea. 7 So we're looking for two elements in the lines of evidence. 8 We're looking for something about a reference to the public and a reference to 9 journalists avoiding personal judgment. So let's start with answer choice a, 10 it says thus in contrast to personal or private knowledge, 11 which is generally left to individuals to pursue or ignore public knowledge is promoted 12 even to those who might not think it matters to them. 13 So answer choice a doesn't contain anything about personal judgment 14 or anything in direct reference to journalists 15 and their role in avoiding personal judgements, 16 you might be able to infer this idea of personal or private knowledge would 17 be personal judgements and public knowledge could be related with journalists. 18 But again, those are going to be inferences and not directly coming from this 19 evidence. So it's not going to prove our answer here. 20 If we look at answer choice B lines, 31 through or lines 30 through 21 33, it says they embody the Oxford English dictionary, 22 his definition of authority as ...