Answer Choices
examine the role of technology in workers’ lives during the last century.
advocate for better technology to enhance workplace conditions.
argue for changes in how technology is deployed in the workplace.
assess the impact of advancements in technology on overall job growth.
Explanation for Question 11 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 7
Question 11 asks the main purpose of the passage is to do what so 2 we can look at two things in this passage to kind of help us 3 answer this question. The first thing we're going to look at is the title 4 and where this passage was published. 5 And that might help us to determine a little bit about what the passage 6 is about. And then we can also look at the introductory paragraph to see 7 what kind of information they're introducing that will follow in the rest of the 8 passage. So we'll start by looking at the title. 9 It says in that first little blurb part before the passage, 10 it says that the title is how technology is destroying jobs and it's published 11 in the MIT technology review. So this is going to be a scientific academic 12 intellectual assessment of technology, 13 destroying jobs. And now we can look at that last piece of information highlighted 14 there and the introductory paragraph to see what they're introducing. 15 It says even more ominous for workers. 16 They foresee dismal prospects for many types of jobs. 17 As these powerful new technologies are increasingly adopted, 18 not only in manufacturing, clerical and retail work, 19 but in professions such as law, financial services, 20 education and medicine. So basically what that sentence is saying and introducing 21 is that workers might be concerned here about the prospects 22 of the security of their jobs. So like, 23 will their jobs be secure in the future due to the powerful new technologies 24 t...