PT137.S2.Q3

PrepTest 137 - Section 2 - Question 3

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Support A person reading a new book for pleasure is like a tourist traveling to a new place. ███ ██████ ██████ ████ ██ ███ ███████ ████████ ██ ███████ █████████████ ██████ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ████████████ █████ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ████ █████ █████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████ ██ ██ ██ ██████ ██ ██████ ██ █████ ██████ ███ █████ ████ ████ ██ ████ ██████ ████ ██ █████ █ █████ ██████ ██ ████ ██ ████ █████████ ███████

Summarize Argument

The author concludes that it’s better to read fewer books and spend more time on each, rather than reading as many as possible. As support, she draws an analogy, saying that it’s better to travel to fewer places and spend more time in each, rather than spending a little time in many places. She notes that reading, like traveling, is about deepening understanding, instead of just gaining new information.

Notable Assumptions

In order to draw an analogy between reading and traveling, the author assumes that there are no relevant differences between the two. She also assumes that spending more time in one place leads to a better understanding of that place than spending less time there does.

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3.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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