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answer explanations section 1: reading test question 1 choice b is the best answer. in the passage, a young man (akira) asks a mother (chie) for permission to marry her daughter (naomi). the request was certainly surprising to the mother, as can be seen from line 47, which states that prior to akira’s question chie “had no idea” the request was coming. choice a is incorrect because the passage depicts two characters engaged in a civil conversation, with chie being impressed with is incorrect because the passage is focused on the idea of akira’s and naomi’s present lives and possible futures. choice d is incorrect because the interactions between chie and akira are polite, not critical; for example, chie views akira with “amusement,” not animosity. question 2 choice b is the best answer. the passage centers on a night when a young man tries to get approval to marry a …
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se he did not follow traditional when akira says to chie “please don’t judge my candidacy by the unseemliness of this proposal.” choice b is incorrect because there is no evidence in the passage that akira worries that chie will mistake his earnestness for immaturity. choice c is incorrect because while akira recognizes that his unscheduled visit is a nuisance, his larger concern is that chie will reject him due to the inappropriateness of his proposal. choice d is incorrect because there is no evidence in the passage that akira worries chie will underestimate the sincerity of his emotions. question 5 choice c is the best answer. “please don’t judge my candidacy by the unseemliness of this proposal.” this reveals akira’s concern that chie may say no to the proposal simply because akira did not follow traditional practices. choices a, b, and d do not provide the best evidence for …
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culture (marriage proposals) but not the culture a criticism of akira’s individual marriage proposal but not the entire tradition of japanese marriage proposals. choice c is incorrect because the narrator does not question a suggestion. question 8 choice b is the best answer. in line 1, the narrator suggests that akira’s direct approach broke “all tradition.” the narrator then wonders if akira had “followed form,” or the tradition expected of him, would chie have been more receptive to his proposal. in this context, following “form” thus means following a certain tradition or custom. choices a, c, and d are incorrect because in this context “form” does not mean the way something looks (appearance), the way it is built (structure), or its essence (nature). question 9 choice c is the best answer. akira states that his unexpected meeting with chie occurred only because of a “matter of urgency,” which he explains …
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ple shop (“millions of shoppers”), how much money they spend and the many occasions that lead to shopping for gifts (“including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, and baby showers.”). combined, these examples show how frequently people in the us shop for gifts. choice b is incorrect because even though the authors mention that is never discussed as an increase (or a decrease). choice c is incorrect because lines 1-9 provide a context for the amount of shopping that occurs in the us, but the anxiety (or “dread”) it might cause is not introduced until later in the passage. choice d is incorrect because lead to gift-giving. question 12 choice b is the best answer. of gift-giving can engender ambivalent feelings in gift-givers.” in the subsequent sentences, those “ambivalent” feelings are further choices a, c, and d are incorrect because in this context, “ambivalent” does not mean feelings that are unrealistic, apprehensive, …
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stion 15 choice a is the best answer. the “deadweight loss” mentioned in the a gift-giver would pay for something and what a gift-recipient would psychologists, whose research “has found that people often struggle to take account of others’ perspectives — their insights are subject to egocentrism, social projection, and multiple attribution errors” that social psychologists would expect a disconnect between gift- givers and gift-recipients, not that they would question it, be disturbed question 16 choice c is the best answer. lines 41-44 suggest that gift-givers assume a correlation between the cost of a gift and how well-received it will be: “. . . gift-givers equate how much they spend with how much recipients will appreciate the gift (the more expensive the gift, the stronger a gift-recipient’s feelings of appreciation).” however, the authors suggest this assumption may be incorrect or “unfounded” (line 47), as gift-recipients “may not construe smaller and …

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answer explanations section 1: reading test question 1 choice b is the best answer. in the passage, a young man (akira) asks a mother (chie) for permission to marry her daughter (naomi). the request was certainly surprising to the mother, as can be seen from line 47, which states that prior to akira’s question chie “had no idea” the request was coming. choice a is incorrect because the passage depicts two characters engaged in a civil conversation, with chie being impressed with is incorrect because the passage is focused on the idea of akira’s and naomi’s present lives and possible futures. choice d is incorrect because the interactions between chie and akira are polite, not critical; for example, chie views …

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