PT142.S3.P1.Q3

PrepTest 142 - Section 3 - Passage 1 - Question 3

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P1

Given the amount of time and effort that curators, collectors, dealers, scholars, and critics spend on formulating judgments of taste in relation to oil paintings, it seems odd that so few are prepared to apply some of the same skills in exploring works of art that stimulate another sense altogether: that of smell. ███ ██ █████ ███████ ███ █████ ████ ██████████ █████ ███ █████████████ ███ ████ ███████ █████ ████ ████████ ██ ███████████ █████████████ ███ ██████ █ ████ ███ ██ ████ █ ██████████ █████████ ███ █████████ █████ █ ████ ██ ███ █████████ ███████ ██ ██████ ███ ████ ███ ███████ ███ ████ ███████████ ██ █████ █████████

Author's position · Perfume should be considered as art
Possibly the main point; this sounds like a conclusion that the author will the spend the rest of the passage supporting
P2

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Support author's position · Analogy between perfume and painting
Compares paint ingredients to perfume ingredients
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Describe process · Painting
Built up in layers, with end product changing over time. The author began this paragraph with a discussion of analogy, so expect the next paragraph to show how the process of perfume-making is analogous to this.
P3

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Support author's position · Further analogy
Perfume-makers ("noses") choose different scent combinations (like different paints) to create certain moods; end product changes over time
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Support author's position · More analogy
Perfumes have similar effects to paintings or music: they all create imaginary worlds and evoke memories
P4

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Hypothesis · Why others don't consider perfume as art
Commercialization of perfume undermines its quality
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Author's perspective · Disapproves of commercialization of perfume
Passage Style
Phenomenon-hypothesis (RC)
Single position
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The word " noses " ██████ ████████ ██ ███ █████ ██████████ ██████ ██

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perfumers

This is the meaning of “noses” in context. The author begins P2 by referring to “parallels” between perfume-making and painting. The rest of P2 describes what painters do. But P2 hasn’t yet discussed how perfume-making is similar to painting. So the “noses” refer to perfume-makers — in P3 the author makes the point that what perfume-makers do is similar to what painters do. The author even refers to “perfumers” in the middle of P3.

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perfume collectors

This isn’t the meaning, because the author is trying to draw a parallel between people who make perfume and painters in P2 and P3. A perfume collector is not a perfume maker, and the references to “perfumer” and combining different scents wouldn’t make sense if “noses” means perfume collector.

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particular perfumes

This isn’t the meaning, because the author is trying to draw a parallel between people who make perfume and painters in P2 and P3. The references to perfumers and the practice of combining scents wouldn’t make sense if “noses” refers to perfumes rather than people who make perfumes.

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people with expertise ██ █████████ ████████

This isn’t the meaning, because the author is trying to draw a parallel between people who make perfume and painters in P2 and P3. Marketing perfumes isn’t brought up in P2 and P3.

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people with expertise ██ ███████ ████████

This isn’t the meaning, because the author is trying to draw a parallel between people who make perfume and painters in P2 and P3. Pricing perfumes isn’t brought up in P2 and P3.

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