- Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:00 am
#74487
Complete Question Explanation
Specific Reference, Must Be True, Purpose/Function. The correct answer is (C).
This question refers us to specific lines of the passage, so first we need to go back to lines 7-10: "Why should physicians (or indeed all sensible people) resist such efforts to give the practice of medicine a new meaning?" In these lines, the author poses a question. Questions posed by the author usually introduce the author's answer to that question. Here, the author asks why we should resist redefining the practice of medicine as a trade rather than a profession and then spends the rest of the passage discussing the answer to that question. So this question basically introduces the main focus of the entire passage.
Answer choice (A): The author does not believe that it is "futile" (or useless) to resist the trend toward defining the physician's work as a trade. The author does not ask the question to suggest that there is no point to resisting those efforts. The author spends the rest of the passage discussing why medicine should be regarded as a profession rather than a trade.
Answer choice (B): The lines do not introduce the author's dislike of governmental regulation and consumer advocacy. Furthermore, though the author refers to massive governmental regulation and consumer groups in the lines before the question, we do not have enough evidence to prove that the author actually dislikes governmental regulation and consumer advocacy in general.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer. Lines 7-10 introduce the author's discussion about the practice of medicine and why the nature of that practice indicates that it should be thought of as a profession rather than a trade.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is too specific. Throughout the passage, the author argues for why medicine should be considered a profession. But the author is not promoting these arguments as suggestions specifically for rallying sensible people to a concentrated defense of physicians. The author thinks that sensible people will agree with him, but doesn't say "here are the arguments you should use to get sensible people to start launch a concerted defense of physicians." It's also not necessarily about "defending" physicians as much as it is about how we think of the practice of medicine.
Answer choice (E): The author talks about the etymology of specific words that are relevant to his discussion of the nature of the practice of medicine. He is not introducing a general fascination with the origins of words.
Specific Reference, Must Be True, Purpose/Function. The correct answer is (C).
This question refers us to specific lines of the passage, so first we need to go back to lines 7-10: "Why should physicians (or indeed all sensible people) resist such efforts to give the practice of medicine a new meaning?" In these lines, the author poses a question. Questions posed by the author usually introduce the author's answer to that question. Here, the author asks why we should resist redefining the practice of medicine as a trade rather than a profession and then spends the rest of the passage discussing the answer to that question. So this question basically introduces the main focus of the entire passage.
Answer choice (A): The author does not believe that it is "futile" (or useless) to resist the trend toward defining the physician's work as a trade. The author does not ask the question to suggest that there is no point to resisting those efforts. The author spends the rest of the passage discussing why medicine should be regarded as a profession rather than a trade.
Answer choice (B): The lines do not introduce the author's dislike of governmental regulation and consumer advocacy. Furthermore, though the author refers to massive governmental regulation and consumer groups in the lines before the question, we do not have enough evidence to prove that the author actually dislikes governmental regulation and consumer advocacy in general.
Answer choice (C): This is the correct answer. Lines 7-10 introduce the author's discussion about the practice of medicine and why the nature of that practice indicates that it should be thought of as a profession rather than a trade.
Answer choice (D): This answer choice is too specific. Throughout the passage, the author argues for why medicine should be considered a profession. But the author is not promoting these arguments as suggestions specifically for rallying sensible people to a concentrated defense of physicians. The author thinks that sensible people will agree with him, but doesn't say "here are the arguments you should use to get sensible people to start launch a concerted defense of physicians." It's also not necessarily about "defending" physicians as much as it is about how we think of the practice of medicine.
Answer choice (E): The author talks about the etymology of specific words that are relevant to his discussion of the nature of the practice of medicine. He is not introducing a general fascination with the origins of words.