OET Reading, Part C , Lexical Questions

 OET Reading, Part C , Lexical Questions.

Question: 10. The phrase apparently by choice in the third paragraph suggests the writer:

A. believes that health education has failed the people.

B. remains unsure of the motivations of certain people.

C. thinks that people resent interferences with their lifestyles.

D. recognises that the rights of individuals take priority in health issues. 

[Text: CARDIOVASCULAR BENEFITS OF EXERCISE]

Paragraph 3: Several occupational studies have shown adequate physical activity in the workplace also provides benefits. Seat-bound bus drivers in London experienced more coronary heart diseases than mobile conductors working on the same bus, as do office-based postal workers compared to their colleagues delivering mail on foot. The AHA  recommends that all Americans invest in at least 30 minutes a day of physical activity on most days of the week. In the face of such unambiguous evidence, however, most healthy adults, apparently by choice,  it must be assumed, remain sedentary.

How to find out the answer 

Step 1: Identify the keyword (kw) of the question = apparently by choice

Step 2: Go to the Text and locate the kw (phrase) and read that sentence of  the paragraph and understand it.

"In the face of such unambiguous evidence, however, most healthy adults, apparently by choice,  it must be assumed, remain sedentary".

Step 3. Return to the Answer Choices (ac) and underline the keywords of ac in A,B,C,D.

A. believes that health education has failed the people.

B. remains unsure of the motivations of certain people.

C. thinks that people resent interferences with their lifestyles.

D. recognises that the rights of individuals take priority in health issues. 

Step 4. Check each ac against the text.

"However" is a contrasting conjunction and it contrasts two ideas: 

i) There is an unambiguous idea that 

physical activity in the workplace also provides benefits,

ii) most healthy adults, apparently by choice, it must be assumed,  remain sedentary.

Explanation: Refer the second idea, the word "assumes", is synonymous to  the 'suggestion' of the writer.

Therefore, the right answer is B, because the writer remains unsure of the motivations of certain people. i.e., in spite of the unambiguous (= clear) evidence of the benefits of physical activities, some people remain sedentary. So, the writer is unsure of the motivations of certain people who lead a sedentary life.

Step 5: Elimination to confirm the answer.

A. believes that health education has failed the people. 

This answer choice is unacceptable because the opening sentence of the text contradicts it.

C. thinks that people resent interferences with their lifestyles.

The text does not mention, anywhere,  of people being 'resent' (=

dislike, object to, grudge) of the interferences with their lifestyles. Choice is eliminated

D. recognises that the rights of individuals take priority in health issues. 

The text does not mention about the 'rights of individuals...'. Therefore, D is eliminated.

Answer  choice B is confirmed.

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  Question 12

The writer says, short- and long-term CVD benefits derive from

A. long distance walking

B. better cardiac procedure

C. organised physical activities

D. treatment of arterial diseases.

                                             

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