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SAT Reading: Passage Comparison Drill 5, Problem 6

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And here is your Shmoop du jour brought to you grudgingly

00:06

by the US Congress it took them about three weeks to vote it through however.

00:28

And we're done. Passage 2's attitude toward the government

00:33

is one of ...what?

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Here are the potential answers. Pause waiver and let's go.

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Alright here's the thing the author of passage 2 is not what anyone would call

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the government's number one fan this makes choice

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E a cinch to cross off the list the guy doesn't show any kinda

00:49

enthusiasm or excitement for governmental environmental regulations

00:54

support and cooperation are two words that go hand in hand

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like that, either option were correct then the author would be hand in hand

01:03

with the government

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definitely not the case however so both A and D are a

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no go. If the author were outright afraid of the government

01:11

he'd probably be too paranoid to have written this article so Choice C is a

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definite no.

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B is the best answer sent wariness means to feel cautious about something

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and author 2 does nothing but urge extreme caution when it comes to

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governmental controls.

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Though he probably have to admit that some governmental controls

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are a good idea.

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