Original Problem
26 - Which conclusion is best supported by
the findings of Olausson’s 1993 experiment?
A) Stimulation at bodily extremities can be
sensed as rapidly as stimulation closer to
the skin.
B) The presence of hairs in human skin
lessens the speed with which nerves
conduct signals.
C) Gentle pressure is sensed not only by
fast fibers but also by slow fibers.
D) The speed at which a nerve fires is
dependent on the strength of pressure
applied to the nerve.
27 - Which choice provides the best
evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
A) Lines 20-23 (“Using...fired”)
B) Lines 23-25 (“They...delayed”)
C) Lines 25-27 (“The delay...later”)
D) Lines 34-35 (“Then...fibers”)
34 - In the second paragraph of Passage 1
(lines 24-37), the commands are given by
Beveridge mainly serves to
A) Remind the audience of its civic
responsibilities.
B) anticipate the benefits of a proposed
policy.
C) emphasize the urgency of a national
problem.
D) refute arguments that opponents have
advanced.
47 - The passage suggests that if Seydel
had planted wheat or corn on the two
Corrections
The correct answer is C because
according to the passage, different types
of nerve fibers carry signals at different
speeds, both fast and slow. The second
paragraph states that gentle stroking
prompted two different signals, one
immediate and one delayed.
The correct answer is B because the lines
“They showed that soft stroking prompted
two different signals, one immediate and
one delayed.” support the main idea of the
passage which is gentle pressure is
sensed not only by fast fibers but also
slow fibers.
The correct answer is B because
Beveridge urges his audience to think of a
future where American laws and customs
will be expanded to foreign nations, which
can be interpreted to anticipate the
benefits of America expanding its empire.
The correct answer is A because when the
passage states that no other plants were
Comments/Explanation
I chose B because I didn’t read the
passage close enough to realize that
both nerve fibers are capable of carrying
signals, and I thought that meant that
pressure was not able to be felt by slow
fibers, as stated in paragraph 2. So I came
to the conclusion that human hairs less
the speed because slow conduction
nerve fibers were situated were human
hairs was.
I chose C because my answer to the
previous question was incorrect, which
correlates with this question.
I chose A because I interpreted
Beveridge’s speech with a Manifest
Destiny type of motivation and that it
was in the nature of America to expand
to other nations which is a civic duty of
the country.
I chose C because using the same
statement from the paragraph that
agricultural strips in Hartmann’s planted with the weeds so that the applied for the correct answer, the strip, if
experiment, the percentage of the surface number of weeds would be able to be mixed with both plants and weeds, would
of each strip covered with weeds would quantified, so if the strips were covered be impossible for Hartmann to determine
likely have been with other plants, then the weeds would because the competition would be high
A) lower than the percentage that not be able to be approximated correctly and the percentage would be harder to
Hartmann found. and the percentage would be lower. determine.
B) higher than the percentage that
Hartmann had predicted.
C) nearly impossible for Hartmann to
determine.
D) comparable to Hartmann’s original
projection.