Self-study
Critic: As modern methods of communication and transportation have continued to improve, the pace of life today has become faster than ever before. ████ █████ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ████████████ ███ ████████████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ██ ██ █████ ████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ █████████ ██ █████ ████ ██ █████ ██ █████
Summary
Modern means of communication and transportation have made the pace of life faster. The faster pace of life gives us a sense of impermanence and instability. These emotions make us feel as if we never have enough time to achieve what we want, or what we think we want.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Technological changes can result in changing the way people feel about life.
16.
The critic's statements most closely ███████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ █████████ ████████████
a
The fast pace ██ ██████ ████ ███ ████ ██ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ███████ █████ ██████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know whether or not it's actually difficult for people to achieve their goals in modern life, just that people feel that it's difficult.
b
The disadvantages of █████████████ ████████ █████ ████████ ███ ███████████
This answer is unsupported. We don’t know from the stimulus what the advantages are from technological progress. It could be that they vastly outweigh the disadvantages.
c
Changes in people's ████████ █████ ████ ███ ██████ ████ █████████████ ████████
This answer is strongly supported. This answer correctly states a causal relationship that the stimulus draws, where improved technology changes the way people feel.
d
The perception of ████████████ ██ ████████████ ████ █████ ██ ████ █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █████
This answer is unsupported. Although the author hints that people may not know what they want, we don't know whether or not this is actually true. We also don't know if people are less able to know what they want than in previous times.
e
Changes in people's ████████ ████ ███ ████ ███ █████████████ ████████████
This answer is unsupported. This answer gets the causal relationship in the stimulus reversed. Rather, it’s technological advancement that fuels the changes in people’s feelings.