Reading Comprehension

PT159 · S4 · P3 · Q18 Indigenous Rights In Belize

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The following passage was adapted from an article published in 1998.

Your task

Pin down exactly what the question asks about the passage — a detail, the author's view, the structure, or the main point — before looking at the choices.

Common trap

Answers that restate a true detail from the passage but don't answer the specific question being asked.

Winning move

Anticipate the answer in your own words from the passage, then find the choice that matches that prediction.

18.

In the last sentence of the second paragraph, the author uses the phrase "is consistent with" primarily to suggest that

  1. Australia, Canada, and the United

    Trap

    14% picked this

  2. Belize already recognizes certain types

    Trap

    1% picked this

  3. there are in fact underlying

    Trap

    1% picked this

  4. Correct

    the courts of Belize have

    Why this is right

    Answer D is correct.

    Skill tested: Meaning in Context · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

    83% picked this

  5. the courts of Belize have

    Trap

    1% picked this

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