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Example

Title: Cross-Text Connections

Grade: 1400-a Lesson: S3-L2

Explanation: Let us discuss an example of an SAT Reading comprehension question.

Examples:

Short Passage:

Industrial activity is often assumed to be a threat to wildlife, but that isn’t always so. Consider the silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus): as forest growth has reduced grasslands in northern Germany, many of these butterflies have left meadow habitats and are now thriving in active limestone quarries. In a survey of multiple active quarries and patches of maintained grassland, an ecologist found silver-studded blue butterflies in 100% of the quarries but only 57% of the grassland patches. Moreover, butterfly populations in the quarries were four times larger than those in the meadows.

Question:

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

A) It challenges a common assumption about the species under investigation in the research referred to in the text.

B) It introduces discussion of a specific example that supports the general claim made in the previous sentence.

C) It suggests that a certain species should be included in additional studies like the one mentioned later in the text.

D) It provides a definition for an unfamiliar term that is central to the main argument in the text.

Answer:

B) It introduces discussion of a specific example that supports the general claim made in the previous sentence.

Tip :

Choice B is the best answer because it most accurately describes how the underlined portion functions in the text as awhole. The fi rst sentence presents the general claim that industrial activity is not always a threat to wildlife. The underlinedportion of the sentence that follows suggests that the silver-studded blue butterfl y is an example of wildlife thriving in areasof industrial activity: active limestone quarries. Thus, the function of the underlined portion is to introduce a specifi c examplein support of the general claim in the previous sentence.