Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 112 · Section 2 · Question 22

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function (RC)

The one idea it tests

Count to the exact sentences, then ask what job they do together.

The basic logic

Look for a before-and-after pair: one sentence says how things worked in the past, the next says how they will work now. Their job is to contrast, not to praise or attack either side.

Tiny words that decide it

“in the past”
“however”
“now”

Playground logic

The two sentences about Marcus canceling calls and the new three-kid panel are a before-and-after pair. Their job is to show how the old way and the new way differ.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 4 (Questions 21–26). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Fair Play Card →

Step 3 · Try the model question

In the kid passage, the sentences about Marcus canceling the ump's calls and about the new panel mainly serve to

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 112, Section 2, Question 22 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 22 in your official copy and answer it first.

Count sentences carefully to find the ones the stem names. Read them as a pair and spot the time words that split past from future. Ask what the pair does for the paragraph. Pick the choice that names that job, and drop choices that take a side the author never takes.