<p>One day I became one of those real Asians on TV.
In 1972, I visited China as one of the first Americans
to get into the country after President Nixon’s historic
visit. The TV game show To Tell the Truth asked me
to be a contestant on the show, which had celebrities
guess the real contestant from imposters after receiving
clues about the real person. The show would cover my
train fare to New York from New Jersey. I wouldn’t
get paid, but for every celebrity panelist who guessed
wrong, I’d win $50.00. That was enough to entice me,
the struggling student, and I hopped the train to New
York. [On the set, I met the two Asian American actors
hired to play me: not only were they older than I, they
were Miss World material. The available selection of
Asian American actors must have been as sparse as
the roles available for them to play]. When it came time
to pick the real Asian American college student who
went to China, somehow all the panelists picked me. </p>
<p>Lines 39-43 (“On the . . . play”) imply that the actors
(A) had a good deal of professional experience
(B) made the author question her own identity
(C) would be unlikely to fool the panelists
(D) needed money more than the author did
(E) were unlike other Asian American performers </p>
<p>The answer is C, but I can’t understand the part " not only were they older than I, they were Miss World material. The available selection of Asian American actors must have been as sparse as the roles available for them to play". Could you explain that please?</p>
<p>The answer is C, you can easily eliminate E, D, A, and are stuck between B and C. E,D,A aren’t mentioned in the passage, or during those lines.</p>
<p>Next, break up the lines. The after hired to play me: older than I … Miss World material.</p>
<p>Typically if someone is older than you, they don’t fit in your age group and don’t look like you, and then miss world material, well not everyone is miss world material ( meaning tall pretty, skinny – most likely ) Therefore they won’t look like each other. The actors are there to make it hard to figure out who is who, thus the answer is C because they won’t be able to fool the crowd</p>
<p>Ok, now I see the point of the author. Could you explain this line “The available selection of Asian American actors must have been as sparse as the roles available for them to play”? It’s still confusing to me.</p>
<p>"The actors are there to make it hard to figure out who is who, thus the answer is C because they won’t be able to fool the crowd " What do you mean? The actors make it hard to figure out but they can’t fool the crowd?</p>
<p>Anyway, thank ivykid96!</p>
<p>The actors look nothing like the actual person. The amount of Asian American actors available must have been sparse because the show picked actors who were very easy to differentiate from the real person. If there had been more choices, the show would have gotten people very similar to the actual girl.</p>
<p>Sparse means scattered or " small number ". The available selection of asian american actors must have been a small number as the roles availiable for them to play.</p>
<p>Thus the number of roles for them to play are small, meaning they cant really compare to the actual asian american chick in the story thats on the show. Dont read too into it .</p>
<p>I understand it clearly now. Thank you, withoutausername and ivykid96.</p>
<p>Hi guys! I have some questions in Writing section.
1/ My parents instilled their moral values (for) my sister and (me), (enabling us), by the time we reached (our) teen years, to know right from wrong. (No error)</p>
<p>The answer is A, but how can we fix it?</p>
<p>2/ I agree with (him) and Ms. Harrison that without (sufficient funds and time) the schools (will be) unable (to teach) every child to read at grade level. (No error)</p>
<p>The answer is E. But I think it has to be C (“would be” in conditional clause type 2)</p>
<p>3/ The experience of taking a car on the road with a driving teacher (fosters) learning far more useful than (that which) results (as) students (sit through) a dull lecture. (No error)</p>
<p>The answer is C</p>
<p>4/ (When Beethoven’s music was introduced to the public for the first time, they found it) difficult to understand and unpleasant to listen to.
A. When Beethoven’s music was introduced to the public for the first time, they found it
B. When it was introduced to the public for the first time, they found Beethoven’s music
C. When the music of Beethoven was introduced, the public found it
D. When they were introduced to Beethoven’s music, the public had found it
E. Introducing Beethoven’s music for the first time, they public found it</p>
<p>The answer is C, why not B?</p>
<p>5/ Nursing homes that violate regulations have become (an important statewide problem, and it has become) a hot political issue.
D. an important statewide problem is
E. an important statewide problem, which they have become</p>
<p>The answer is D.</p>
<p>And are the practice tests in the Blue book a little bit easier than the real tests?</p>
<p>1/ instill + IN
2/ “without (sufficient funds and time)” simply means “if the school has no sufficient funds and time”, so using “will be” to form a first condition clause is fine. “Would be” is also fine, but it does not necessarily have to be “would”.
3/ I think result only goes with “from” or “in”.
4/ “public” is not plural, so “they” is wrong. Hence C, not B.</p>
<p>^^ ursawarrior is pretty much all right.</p>
<p>But I believe the idiom is instill on.</p>
<p>Nope, it’s “instill in.”</p>