Usually I am pretty good with these kind of questions, but in this case I was really confused as to what the question was asking me. Is it asking which one is an assumption that the people who endorse the educational approach in immigrant processing centers have?
If that is the case, then I'm assuming C D and E can be eliminated quite quickly since it is either anti-processing centers or irrelevant. Then we are between A and B, and B is not exactly supported by the passage and so we can arrive safely at A?
I literally guessed correctly on this answer because the question itself seemed to be worded kind of cryptically for me.
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Re: Q25
I think your understanding of this problem is strong, though I certainly understand your desire to confirm your work.
A question like this is really asking you to think about the underlying reasoning behind a particular argument or opinion.
If I said a statement like "I will wear a suit to the interview in order to appear more professional" -- I am assuming that wearing a suit makes me appear more professional (an assumption that is quickly proving to be false in many professions in modern society, btw).
What are the processing centers thinking in setting up their educational approach? I agree with you that (A) and (B) are the only viable options -- (B) is a tempting but screwy mashing together of a few things discussed in the passage, whereas (A) is a very accurate representation of what the author suggests is the thinking behind the way these centers work, and (A) matches up fairly well with the first sentence of the second paragraph.
Notice that (C), (D) and (E) all actually fall closer to the opposite side of the imagined debate -- not only are they wrong, they are, for the most part, the reverse of what we need. This is very very common. Keep in mind that many of these types of questions are testing two things -- your ability to keep straight the key sides of the debate (hence wrong answers on the wrong side) and your ability to pay attention to the function of details (the most tempting wrong answer is a mismatch of elements in the passage).
Good work and I hope the above is helpful! Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
A question like this is really asking you to think about the underlying reasoning behind a particular argument or opinion.
If I said a statement like "I will wear a suit to the interview in order to appear more professional" -- I am assuming that wearing a suit makes me appear more professional (an assumption that is quickly proving to be false in many professions in modern society, btw).
What are the processing centers thinking in setting up their educational approach? I agree with you that (A) and (B) are the only viable options -- (B) is a tempting but screwy mashing together of a few things discussed in the passage, whereas (A) is a very accurate representation of what the author suggests is the thinking behind the way these centers work, and (A) matches up fairly well with the first sentence of the second paragraph.
Notice that (C), (D) and (E) all actually fall closer to the opposite side of the imagined debate -- not only are they wrong, they are, for the most part, the reverse of what we need. This is very very common. Keep in mind that many of these types of questions are testing two things -- your ability to keep straight the key sides of the debate (hence wrong answers on the wrong side) and your ability to pay attention to the function of details (the most tempting wrong answer is a mismatch of elements in the passage).
Good work and I hope the above is helpful! Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions.
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