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Which one of the following is most analogous to the idea presented in the last paragraph?
*This question is included in Nova Reading - THE THREE-STEP METHOD:, question #2
| (A) | Buying a television at a discount house |
| (B) | ... |
| (C) | ... |
| (D) | ... |
| (E) | ... |
| (F) | ... |
The solution is
Posted: 05/22/2012 18:53
This does not make sense. The idea of the paragraph is that placebos should be less expensive, but people won't use them if they think the medicine is cheap. How does that equate to you get what you pay for? In addition, I scoured the paragraph and did not see "even though" anywhere. Please explain.
Posted: 05/24/2012 16:30
Matthew, you are right that the paragraph only has "though", not "even though". Still, that's what the explanation author meant.
As you said, the main idea is "placebos should be less expensive, but people won't use them if they think the medicine is cheap". Turned into a generalization, the idea becomes "people will only use things that they have spent a lot of money for".
As you said, the main idea is "placebos should be less expensive, but people won't use them if they think the medicine is cheap". Turned into a generalization, the idea becomes "people will only use things that they have spent a lot of money for".
Posted: 05/24/2012 21:25
Thanks. It still does not appear completely analogous but that helps.