Can anyone help me out with number 34 of reading section of ACT 74C?
The question says as follows: Which of the following opinions regarding weeds adapting to rather than causing a changing habitat is mosty clearly implied by the passage?
The answer is as follows: Weeds have wrongly been blamed for contributing to certain kinds of deterioration in urban areas.
Why is this answer related to adapting to changing habitat? I don’t understand how getting blame can mean adapting to changing habitat…
I thought the answer is J: City vegetation reflects that the life cycle of weeds is simpler than that of cultivated plants
The answer is basically saying that weeds are adatpting to condition of a city.
Anybody has any ideas? Thanks!
Anyone has any ideas?
The last part of the question says “causing a changing habitat”. This is the part you need to focus on. The correct answer choice explicitly states that weeds are wrongly blamed for changing the habitat (so implicitly stating that weeds don’t change the habitat), and that’s why its the correct answer choice. Choice J has something to do with adapting, but only vaguely. The correct answer choice lines much better with the question because it directly addresses the “changing habitat” part of the question.
Lines 28 – 31:
“Their pervasiveness in the urban environment is simply a reflection of the continual disruption that characterizes that habitat – they are not its cause.”
It is not the weeds that cause deterioration in urban areas. Quite the opposite, it’s the deterioration in urban areas that cause the pervasiveness of weeds.
The complete answer explanations for the reading section of Form 74C can be read here:
http://acthelper.com/act-form-74c-reading-answer-explanations/