Self-study
When industries rapidly apply new technology, people who possess the skills and knowledge to master it prosper, while many others lose their jobs. ███ █████ ████ ██████ █████████████ ███████████ ████ ██████████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ █████ ██████████ █████ █████████ ███ ███████████ ██ ███ ██████████ ██ ████████ ████████
Summary
When industries try to use new technology quickly, the people who can master the new technology will have success. Many people who can’t master the new technology will lose their jobs. But if a business tries to resist using new technology, they’ll eventually lose to businesses that do use new technology, and all of their employees will lose their jobs.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
We’re supposed to fill in a blank concerning businesses that resist new technology. One reasonable conclusion is that those businesses are not doing something that will save their employees’ jobs.
1.
Which one of the following ████ █████████ █████████ ███ █████████
a
is less likely ██ █████████ ███████ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██████ ███ ████████ ███ ████
Antisupported. The stimulus indicates that businesses that resist new technology will lose out to other businesses and their employees will lose their jobs.
b
will affect only █████ ███ ███████ █████████ ██████
Antisupported. Businesses that resist new technology will get their employees fired. That’s an effect on all employees, not just those who posses technical skills.
c
cannot prevent job ████ ██ ███ ████ ███
Strongly supported. The stimulus indicates that businesses that resist new technology will lose out to other businesses and thereby lead to job loss for all of their employees.
d
eventually creates more ████ ████ ██ ████████
Unsupported. The stimulus doesn’t discuss or suggest anything concerning what will create new jobs.
e
must take priority ████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████ ███ ██████████
Unsupported. The stimulus discusses a negative consequence to employees by resisting technology. There’s no reason the author would suggest that businesses should prioritize resisting technology above some other activity.