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SAT Reading 3.1 Long Passages 176 Views
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SAT Reading: Long Passages Drill 3, Problem 1
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- 00:15
If you'd like to read the passage again... ...you really gotta get a life. So just scoot down here.
- 00:40
The main purpose of the passage is to...what?
- 00:43
And here are the potential answers...
- 00:48
Okay, so we're looking for the answer choice
- 00:50
that gives us the best general idea of what this passage is about...
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- 00:54
...which means that even though (B) references something that the article does touch upon...
- 00:58
it isn't correct.
- 00:59
The passage is concerned with a bit more than Muir's<<Mew-er>> prior articles.
- 01:03
(C) is wrong for the same reason.
- 01:05
Muir's disagreement with Hutchings is only mentioned once in the passage, making it a
- 01:09
minor detail in the grand scheme of things.
- 01:12
The passage never directly says that Muir's youth had little to do with the passion for
- 01:16
nature he developed later in life.
- 01:18
We can toss (A) off the cliff pretty easily.
- 01:21
The article does mention some of Muir's frustrations in his career, like his battle
- 01:25
to protect the High Sierra from ecosystem-munching livestock.
- 01:29
Choice (D) can go over the cliff as well, though. The passage doesn't go into any
- 01:33
real failures that Muir experienced.
- 01:35
(E) is the correct answer because the article wants to explore Muir's relationship with
- 01:40
Yosemite in general. All the other choices are far too specific.
- 01:44
Sometimes it's a bad idea to focus on the little things...
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