Reading Comprehension · Function

PrepTest 148 · Section 2 · Question 9

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

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type

Function

The one idea it tests

Ask what job a chunk of paragraphs does for the whole passage.

The basic logic

If an earlier paragraph ends with a puzzle, the next paragraphs usually answer it.

Tiny words that decide it

“less clear”
“we propose”
“why”

Playground logic

Paragraph two ends with a puzzle: why did switching keep speeding up? Paragraphs three and four give Nadia and Owen's answer and the notebook evidence. They solve the puzzle.

Step 2 · The kid passage

This question belongs to Passage 2 (Questions 7–13). Read its kid passage and structure guide first: The Great Chess Switch →

Step 3 · Try the model question

What job do paragraphs three and four of the chess passage mainly do?

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 148, Section 2, Question 9 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Open Question 9 in your official copy and answer it first.

Reread the closing sentence of paragraph two and name the question it raises. Then check whether the later paragraphs propose something and back it up. Pick the choice that ties them to that question. Reject choices that say they doubt, merely add evidence for, or trace consequences of earlier claims.