tion of the passage?

nologically.

suasively defended.

examples are provided.

dismissed.

solution suggested.

This question asks you to analyze the way in which the author has organized information. Choice A cannot be correct, because the passage is concerned with examining an issue from different sides rather than with narrating specific events. Nor Is there any sense of chronology (sequence) in the passage. Choice B attributes a one-sided approach to the author, who actually presents different points of view; furthermore, although the passage implies that there may be disagreement about the usefulness of the windmills, it does not anywhere indicate that the issue is controversial. In addition, the passage focuses more on concrete aspects of a problem than on a theory. Choice C is wrong because there is no evidence in the passage that the problems discussed in the second paragraph were unforeseen and because it does not take into account the positive statements made in the first paragraph. Similar reasoning can be used to eliminate D: the passage does not summarize, evaluate, or dismiss the criticisms that are mentioned, nor does the entire passage deal with criticisms. Choice E is the only accurate description. “A problematical issue is discussed” summarizes the first two paragraphs, In which both the pros and cons of a complicated situation are examined. They are followed, in the third paragraph, by the suggestion of “a partial solution,” which partially remedies some of the problems of using windmills to generate electricity.

pupil, was once asked by a visitor why he played one of Chopin’s compositions so differently from his teacher. His reply delighted Chopin: “I can’t play with someone else’s feelings:’

The statement above suggests that Chopin would

have agreed with which of the following ideas about

musical performance?

mance Is fidelity to the composer’s Intentions.

the composer of the piece performed.

different musicians should sound different.

the notes In a composition but also their emotional interpretation.

compositions is not as profound as another musician’s Interpretation.

This question asks you to predict which of five statements an artist described in the passage would agree with, based on the information given in the passage. The passage indicates that Chopin was pleased to hear his student say that the student’s rendition of a musical composition differed from Chopin’s because the student could play only with his own feelings and not with those of his teacher. Chopin’s delight in this reply suggests that he would agree that each individual’s rendition of a musical composition should sound different because each individual brings his or her own feelings to the piece. Thus, choic~s the best answer. Choice A can be eliminated because’The passage Indicates that Chopin feels that each musician should play a piece with regard to his or her own feelings rather than the composer’s intentions. Choice B can be eliminated because the passage does not provide information from which to deduce Chopin’s views on how a piece should be judged. Choice 0 can be eliminated because Chopin’s response to his student’s remark suggests that Chopin believes that it is up to each individual to bring his or her own emotional interpretation to a piece. Choice E can be eliminated because Chopin’s response to the student’s remark suggests that Chopin would not necessarily agree that a composer’s interpretation of a piece is more profound than another musician’s interpretation.

I recently took my daughter to the Virgin

Islands on vacation.

That part of the world is surely one of

the most beautiful.

perature was 82 degrees.

only 5 years old, has ever been more excited.

to the ocean for a swim.

If the writer is not intending to deceive his or her audience, which of the following descriptions of these sentences is accurate?

in this question ou ar asked to analyze the information presented and deca e whet e 111 trlces 1~fè~1àct, opinion, or both. Sentence 1 states fact; there is nothing in the sentence that represents the writer’s feeling or belief about the event described. Sentence 2 expresses opinion:the writer’s opinion about the beauty of the Virgin Islands. Sentence 3 states fact: a description of the weather. Sentence 4 states both fact and opinion: the tact that the writer’s daughter is only 5 years old, and the writer’s belief that she had never been more excited. Sentence 5 states fact:

the writer’s report of something the little girl said. Looking at the choices, we see that only D is a completely accurate description.

Sentence 2:

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