sarphant123
Official Explanations are too bad.
Can some expert please put the solutions to 4,6,7?
GMATNinjaI am not an expert but I can present my reasoning .
Q4 The passage provides information to answer which of the following questions?
A. Would most book review editors prefer to have books reviewed without regard to the probable commercial success of the books?
B. Are publishers' efforts to persuade bookstores to order certain books generally effective?
C. On what basis do literary experts decide that a book is or is not important?(irrelevant, passage indicates that enthusiastic reviews have power but it also says the efforts to make a book important are mixed ones and the intention is set in very beginning , which means that deciding wether book is imp or not is not a factor .the passage is more about on how reviews are made (the inside story). )
D. What criteria are used to determine the length of a particular book review?(irrelevant)
E. Have book review practices in general changed significantly since a generation ago? (only mentioned in one line not entire passage)
SOLUTION -C,D,E are a direct NO.
B VS A
the passage gives info about how the inside part works . What happens and how things are influenced .INFLUENCE IS A STRONG & crispy word .
A says about preference of MOST (means more than 50%) editors . We haven't come across any line which shows EDITORS concerened about preference of books getting reviewed without regard to commercial success)
B - the persuade word gives us little clue. The passage is also about publishers putting best efforts to get their books published .They try to make strategy and plan how they can promote a certain book . The example of a generation ago method is also given .So YES the passage does answer this question .
REFER LINES - signifying that the
⠀⠀⠀ publishers will make special efforts to promote these
⠀⠀⠀ books. They will be heavily advertised and probably
(this word indicates that if publishers are successful in their efforts then they might be able to make those particular books one which bookstores order in QUANTITY)be among the books that most bookstores order in
⠀⠀⠀ quantity.
6. Which of the following words, if substituted for “brilliant”(CLEVER) in line 26, would LEAST change the meaning of the sentence?
A. showy
B. articulate (fluent writing)
C. literate
D. stingy (ungenerous)
E. absurd (illogical)
SOLUTION - We need to replace the word brilliant without changing context of those lines.A,B,C are easy to eliminate .D cannot replace the clever move because we are not measuring generosity of newspaper.NOW E, We know this was a clever(brilliant) move by that newspaper and at the same time it was not reasonable move . There was no logical strategy .The unenthu and enthu both kinds of reviewers were getting paid . There was no real value adding strategy for the reviews . This method was very clever and hence we can call it illogical on basis of the comments made he reasoned that the book was not important enough to be discussed immediately. Absurd means illogical .
REFER LINES - A generation ago, a newspaper used
⠀⠀⠀ a brilliant system of choosing which books to feature.
⠀⠀⠀ The book review editor sent out a greater number of
⠀⠀⠀ books than reviews he actually intended to publish.
⠀⠀⠀ If a review was unenthusiastic, he reasoned that the
(30)⠀⠀book was not important enough to be discussed
⠀⠀⠀ immediately, and if good reviews of enough other
⠀⠀⠀ books came in, the unenthusiastic review might never
⠀⠀⠀ be printed. The unenthusiastic reviewers were paid
⠀⠀⠀ promptly anyway, but they learned that if they wanted
(35)⠀⠀their material to be printed, it was advisable to be
⠀⠀⠀ kind.
7. Which of the following is an assumption made by the book review editor referred to in line 27?
A. A book of great worth will receive only good reviews.
B. An important book will endure despite possible bad reviews.
C. Reviewers might hide their true opinions in order to have their reviews published.
D. Book review editors should select reviewers whose opinions can be guessed in advance.
E. Book review editors have an obligation to print extensive reviews of apparently important books.
SOLUTION - this is the easy assumption question . The intention of sending books greater in number and upon receiving unenthusiastic review act as if that book is not important is clearly on basis that a good book will receive good reviews only . That is the purpose of sending books in great numbers.