Question

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the second and third paragraphs of the passage?

• A. The second paragraph presents arguments in support of a new theory and the third paragraph presents arguments against that same theory.
• B. The second paragraph describes a traditional view and the third paragraph describes the view that has replaced it on the basis of recent investigations.
• C. The third paragraph describes a specific case of a phenomenon that is described generally in the second paragraph.
• D. The third paragraph describes an investigation that was undertaken to resolve problems raised by phenomena described in the second paragraph.
• E. Both paragraphs describe in detail specific examples of the phenomenon that is introduced in the first paragraph

Answer 1

The correct option is C The third paragraph describes a specific case of a phenomenon that is described generally in the second paragraph.

The third passage starts by ‘An important example of this phenomenon’. The ‘this’ implies that something was mentioned in the previous paragraph that was carried to the third paragraph. In the second paragraph it is mentioned the case of ‘concentrations of most mRNA’s correlate best, not with their synthesis rate, but rather with the equally variable rates’. This is given with an example phenomenon in third paragraph. Hence option(C) is the answer.