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kaplan GMAT 800 Frist part 8

Tham khảo tài liệu 'kaplan gmat 800 frist part 8', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Generated by Foxit PDF Creator Foxit Software http www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. D is incorrect because the first sentence of paragraph 4 states that the basic plate tectonic theory remains unchanged in the light of microplate tectonics it s the details that are radically changed not the basic theory. 2. E This is an unusually worded detail question but it does force us to focus on the details nonetheless. The question in each wrong choice is one that can be answered by the information in the passage while the right answer is one that goes unanswered by the author. Let s check the choices. A is covered in the first paragraph which describes the growth of passive margins. There the author says that passive margins grow in part through the accumulation of the carbonate skeletons of marine organisms. B is the subject of the paragraph 3 the continental margin of the west coast of North America grew at first as a passive margin and then as an active margin. C is answered in the last sentence of paragraph 1 miogeoclinal deposits are associated with passive margins and are generally not associated with mountain building. D We have to search a bit for the answer to the question posed in choice D the last sentence of the second paragraph says that the west coast of South America is an active margin. E That leaves E which must be correct. In fact if you had full confidence eliminating the other four choices you could choose E without much fanfare and move on. An 800 test taker has confidence in her work and uses that confidence to save time whenever possible. Indeed the question in E cannot be answered by information contained in the passage. Microplate tectonics has revealed that much more crust was added to North America in the Mesozoic period than was added from volcanism and the accretion of sediments but that doesn t tell us precisely how much crust the accretion of sediments accounts for in the grand scheme of things. 3. A The Coast Ranges of California .