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16 Mar 2020, 01:52
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Colleges boast about the great sizes of their libraries. They quote figures in the hundreds of thousands of volumes, but how many books can a student read in four years—a thousand? What good, then, are all the rest?
Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the author’s main point?
(A) College librarians do not have anything about which they can boast.
(B) No student can read more than a thousand books in four years.
(C) It is silly to boast about a library’s size, regardless of whether the library is large or small.
(D) Unused books are a waste of taxpayers’ money.
(E) College libraries are unnecessarily large.
16 Mar 2020, 04:47
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Colleges boast about the great sizes of their libraries. They quote figures in the hundreds of thousands of volumes, but how many books can a student read in four years—a thousand? What good, then, are all the rest?
Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the author’s main point?
(A) College librarians do not have anything about which they can boast.
Out of scope
(B) No student can read more than a thousand books in four years.
Superlative
(C) It is silly to boast about a library’s size, regardless of whether the library is large or small.
Out of scope- argument is about college libraries
(D) Unused books are a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Out of scope
(E) College libraries are unnecessarily large.
Correct
IMO E
Which one of the following statements most accurately expresses the author’s main point?
(A) College librarians do not have anything about which they can boast.
Out of scope
(B) No student can read more than a thousand books in four years.
Superlative
(C) It is silly to boast about a library’s size, regardless of whether the library is large or small.
Out of scope- argument is about college libraries
(D) Unused books are a waste of taxpayers’ money.
Out of scope
(E) College libraries are unnecessarily large.
Correct
IMO E
16 Mar 2020, 06:07
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[p] they quote large figures in hundreds of thousands;
[p] students can read a total average of one thousand;
[c] the difference between books read vs available is enormous;
[as] that number of books library is unecessary.
Ans (E)
