While the average American reads only two books per year, researchers

necessary condition to double the memory is satisfied by Proposition 75. So E.

Man again marked wrong answer as D, it looks like not my day

I went with E.

I decided not to go with the other choices because:
(A) I see no issue with the choice to only adress teen-agers and not 2nd graders and up. The issue I see is that A assumes teen-agers will actually follow the recommendation, which is not given.
(B) This assumes that the memory is linear, which was not stated in the passage.
(C) There was no information about this. Increasing the amount of books read could increase memory even for those who already has a higher than average memory skill.
(D) Here it's assumed that the only way to get a good memory is by reading. There might be several ways to get a good memory, whereas the passage suggests that reading two books a month is one of them.
(E) This is a modest claim which fits nicely into this question asking us to find something implied. IF X passes, responsible(assuming this means they'll follow the recommended reading directive) students can indeed, according to the idea that 2b/w => ^memory, expect their memory to increase.

Did by POE

A-extreme words "all" and "will"
B-comparison of persons who read 4 books with persons who read 2 books per month is not presented in argument
C-extreme wording "will" and also does not pass "Fact test",i.e.out of the passage
D-does not pass fact test,i.e.out of the passage
E-Correct answer

1. Sentence Correction
The sharp contrast in sales of sports memorabilia (underline starts) seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female have (underline ends) demonstrated that women’s sports are still lacking dedicated fans.
A. seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female have
B. seen in sports in which most of the participants are predominately male over those that are predominately female have
C. that favors sports in which most of the participants are male over sports in which most of the participants are female
D. that favors sports in which most of the participants are male over sports in which most of the participants are female has
E. seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female has

2. Sentence Correction
Riddled with bullets, shattered by bombs, and hidden in alleys, (underline starts) the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, traveling (underline ends) instead to more well-known memorial museums.
A. the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, traveling
B. the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, who traveled
C. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, traveling
D. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, and traveled
E. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland; they depended

1.E
2.D

Will explain these if I will be correct.

Please post the sc questions in Sentence correction section

In these 2 questions with their explanations. I need the answers. Thank you sooo much.


1. Sentence Correction
The sharp contrast in sales of sports memorabilia (underline starts) seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female have (underline ends) demonstrated that women’s sports are still lacking dedicated fans.
A. seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female have
B. seen in sports in which most of the participants are predominately male over those that are predominately female have
C. that favors sports in which most of the participants are male over sports in which most of the participants are female
D. that favors sports in which most of the participants are male over sports in which most of the participants are female has
E. seen in sports in which most of the participants are male and such sales in sports in which most of the participants are female has

2. Sentence Correction
Riddled with bullets, shattered by bombs, and hidden in alleys, (underline starts) the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, traveling (underline ends) instead to more well-known memorial museums.
A. the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, traveling
B. the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, were long ignored by tourists, who traveled
C. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, traveling
D. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland, and traveled
E. tourists long ignored the historic buildings in Lodz, Poland; they dependedgaurav22nitj

1.The subject of the sentence is contrast...so it has to be singular...so 'has' is needed instead of 'have'..A and B out
Now contrast is in 'sales in'....and 'such sales' so option E is left.
In C and D contrast in "sales .....and Sports"...wrong comparison so C and D are out

2.Opening modifier "Riddled with..." should modify tourists instead of buildings..so A and B out
Among C,D and E...C is incorrect as -ing indicates that work is still going on...E is incorrect construction..
D is correct answer and a correct parallel construction

thank you gaurav22nitj

Hi,
you have taken wrong modifier in Q 2...
what is riddled with bullets, its not tourists but the building, so only A and B are valid answers..
out of these two choices , who travelled is correct so answer should be B
hope it helps

but modifier also includes hidden in alleys...tourists will be hidden in alleys..

Got it....after close look found my mistake...

B is the answer

Cleverly hidden option A & E.One small visual error could be a big mistake.

I can only find one site that attributes this question to a source, and, not surprisingly, it is not from "GMAC Paper Tests", which is what the source tag currently says:

https://gmatclub.com/blog/2014/03/gmat- ... planation/

The question doesn't make sense. Some "responsible high school students" will already read more than two books per month, naturally, so there's no reason this Proposition 75 would have any effect on their memory, and E is not a valid inference here.

Thank you IanStewart for that comment. It looks like an easy question answered correctly by so many people, but I rejected E because what's exactly "responsible"? Its subjective, since its nowhere mentioned in the argument. Being responsible doesn't directly correlate to following the Proposition 75. Maybe they are responsible in some other sense of their respective behaviors.

Even if we were to take a jump and say "responsible" is about following rules, it can't be a valid inference like you explained.

Understanding the argument -
While the average American reads only two books per year, researchers have recently concluded that by reading two books per month, people can expect their memorizing capacity to double. - Fact
The most effective way for Americans to begin to read two books per month – thus increasing their memory capacity – is to support Proposition 75, which will require students to read at least two books per month beginning in 2nd grade and through their senior year of high school. - Fact

Option Elimination - Inference

(A) If Proposition 75 passes, all teenagers will see a significant increase in their ability to memorize for tests. - It's hyperbolic as the argument doesn't support this.

(B) Individuals who read 4 books per month are going to be twice as likely to remember long lists of information as those who only read 2 books per month. - This comparison is out of scope.

(C) If one already has an above-average memory but only reads 2 books per year, their ability to remember information will not be influenced by increasing their reading to 2 books per month. - May or may not be true. Not ok as we can't say this 100% based on the argument above.

(D) The kids with the best memories in high schools are those who read the most books. - It's hyperbolic as the argument doesn't support this.

(E) If Proposition 75 passes, responsible high school students can expect their memories to increase. - ok