SAT #15 Reading (Question 28)

Question

The sentence in lines 40-42 (“But … mystifying”) serves mainly to [...]?

Answer 1

Answer Choice D is the correct answer because Lines 40-42, which read, “But why exactly humans might have such fibers, which respond only to a narrow range of rather subtle stimuli, was initially mystifying,” present us with a question that Olausson and his colleagues wanted to solve. This most closely matches Answer Choice D which says that the lines serve to “show a problem from the perspective of Olausson’s team.” Answer Choice A is incorrect because the Lines only present a question, not a set of factors that Olausson had failed to consider. Answer Choice B is incorrect because the Lines present a question and not a solution to Olausson’s dilemma. Answer Choice C is incorrect because the Lines don’t anticipate any potential criticism. 

How to solve this? The Question asks, “The sentence in lines 40-42 (“But … mystifying”) serves mainly to [...]?” To solve this, we should go back to the lines mentioned to identify how they function in the Text in terms of both content and structure. Lines 40-42 read [...].