Reading Comprehension · Inference

PrepTest 135 · 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

Inference

The one idea it tests

When the author says choices 'should' rest on value and gives past survival stories, the author thinks today's picks will shape what later people get.

The basic logic

Connect the 'ideally' sentence to the history examples. Past survival decided what we know now; today's sorting will do the same for later.

Tiny words that decide it

“ideally”
“should”
“survived”

Playground logic

The seed passage says keeping choices should be based on value, and shows how past saving (or luck) decided which seeds lived. So what keepers choose now will shape what future gardeners can grow.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 8–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Seed Room Race →

Step 3 · Try the model question

Which view would the author of the kid passage most likely agree with?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 135, 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 sentence where the author says what decisions should be based on. Then reread the history examples that follow and ask what lesson they teach about the future. Pick the choice that links present choices to later results. Cross out claims about predictions, blame, or storage that go beyond what the author says.