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Reading Comprehension · Main Point

PrepTest 108 · Section 4 · Question 21

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Main Point
The one idea it tests
Old view versus new evidence: the main point names both sides and says which way the new method points.
The basic logic
Find the arc: a view long held, why it stuck, a new method, and a revised picture. The right answer contains the contrast and the new support, at the right strength.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “although”
  • “long”
  • “suggests”

Playground logic

The kid passage starts with the long-held bold-reporter picture and ends with page science pointing to shy gatherers. Old view, new method, new picture: that arc is the top bun.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 21–27). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Paper Detectives →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which one best states the central point of the kid passage?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 108, Section 4, Question 21 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 21 in your official copy and answer it first.

Sketch the passage arc in a few words: old view, why it lasted, new method, new picture. Look for the choice that has both the old view and the newer evidence pointing to a different view, without overclaiming proof. Drop choices that cover only the first paragraph's history, that shift the topic to a different group, or that make the method itself the point.