Q24

[ganbayou]

I'm not sure why B is wrong.
Wouldn't it make scientists glad if their work is accepted?

[ohthatpatrick]

Question Type:
Infer Information

Answer expected in lines/paragraph:
Based on the line ref and keywords, we should get this from 7-17. Although we should be hearing all those details under the umbrella claim provived in 1-5, since the story about Meitner and theoretical physicists is a "case in point" for illustrating line 1-5.

Any prephrase?
Why would theoretical physicists have been pleased about Meitner's insight? We know that they had predited that IN PRINCIPLE you could break atoms apart. Meitner's insight was connecting ACTUAL breaking apart of atoms in Fermi's lab with the theoretical stuff. We can probably infer that the theoretical physicists in line 16 were happy to find out they were right. What they had calculated in principle had apparently been demonstrated in reality.

Correct answer:
D

Answer choice analysis:

(A) "dependent" is strong. Can we justify that?

(B) "more acceptable abroad" is weird. Can we justify that?

(C) "proved" is strong. Can we justify that?

(D) Sure! This is just restating what lines 7-17 have told us.

(E) Factually true, perhaps, but why would that PLEASE these theoretical physicists? Why would they be happy that the insight took her years of analyzing 1934-1938 data?

Takeaway/Pattern: The "most likely reason" indicates we're into somewhat speculative territory, but it should still be a very conservative, common sense answer. Why would these theorists be pleased with Meitner's insight? Because they can finally say, "Told you so!"

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