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Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 119 · Section 1 · 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
Inference
The one idea it tests
Follow the paragraph's own reasoning one step further, no more.
The basic logic
The paragraph says a trait brings nothing today because the threat it guards against is gone. The inference restates that consequence: dropping the trait would not make things noticeably worse now. Reject absolute claims and invented conditions.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “since”
  • “thus”
  • “nothing”

Playground logic

Priya says packing gains the band nothing today because no parade rushes them. So if they stopped packing tight, they would not be noticeably worse off in today's parades.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 3 (Questions 16–21). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Band That Plays Too Fast →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which claim gets the most backing from paragraph three of the kid passage?

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 119, Section 1, 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.

Find the sentence that says a present trait yields no benefit and the reason given. Restate it as a conditional about what would happen without the trait. Pick the choice that matches. Eliminate choices that turn some into all, add conditions the paragraph never sets, or contradict its premise.