52 LR Two Question 25
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"The origin of our solar system" sounds like a study of the distant past, not the present. That's why crossed out A and moved on
Well, yes. It is.
In fact, that the origin of our solar system lies in the distant past is precisely the reason that (A) conforms to the principle.
Did you maybe misread the passage?
If it's distant then it's not useful for present, So A conforms to the contrapositive of this right? I didn't consider the contrapositive being an answer.
So here's the deal:
The principle is that while the study of the present is useful for understanding the past, it's less useful for the distant past.
(A) conforms—recent data help us understsand the early years of the solar system, but are less useful in understanding its origin.
Clearer?
Dear Dave,
Not clearer for me. The structural reading of the stimulus says, we can learn distant past from the present geography. But understanding distant past makes it less useful to understand the present (which totally confused me because it did not make sense - there should be a ton of assumptions). The answer choice A was my first choice but then the conclusion said about the origin of our solar system which is not the present. Could you please explain it in some other way?
It appears to me that you have misunderstood the passage. The principle contained in the passage is that while the study of the present is useful for understanding the past, it's less useful for the distant past.
If you apply that principle to answer choices, I believe you'll understand them.
Let me know if you are still struggling.
I actually thought that this was an inference question but treated it like a parallel question and tried to diagram the passage's structure and some of the answer choices. I've read your explanations above and I don't understand how trying to find a principle used in the same light is different from structural reading. I was trying to go about this question from a structural point of view so I never even considered A or the difference between the past and the distant past. I'm pretty sure I also misunderstood the passage and what the question was looking for.
1. This is a Parallel question.
2. Identifying the principle by describing the passage is absolutely structural reading!
3. A good structural reading of this passage looks like what I did in the video—something like Using the present, we can learn about the past, but the farther back we go, the less useful the present is.
4. It's going to be very difficult to get any question right in which you did not understand the passage that you read. So give yourself the time and mental space to read the material before making any attempt at a solution.
After leaving it alone for a couple of days I understand why A is correct and why C or the remaining answers aren't correct. I will have to review structural reading and practice it more. Thanks!