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Reading Comprehension · Meaning in Context

PrepTest 122 · Section 3 · Question 13

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Meaning in Context
The one idea it tests
A phrase means what the surrounding sentences say it means, not what it sounds like.
The basic logic
Read the lines before and after the phrase. Then read the example that follows, since it shows the phrase in action. Your definition must fit both.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “rather”
  • “instead”
  • “thus”

Playground logic

In the kid passage, busy baking hubs are kitchens that send look-alike treats, each with a small room touch, to many different rooms. Aunt Rosa's kitchen is the example.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: Who Frosted This Cupcake? →

Step 3 · Try the model question

In the kid passage, "busy baking hubs" most nearly means

Choices

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 122, Section 3, Question 13 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 13 in your official copy and answer it first.

Find the phrase and read two sentences on either side, plus the example paragraph that illustrates it. Write your own short definition covering who makes the work, how similar it is, and where it goes. Pick the choice matching all three parts, and drop literal readings of the phrase.