[Urgent] CR Passage Help

Test Preparation
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The question is:

In line 55, “divergent” experiences emphasizes that which of the following is particularly important for a developing child?
A) Character
B) Heritage
C) Intelligence
D) Environment
E) Personality

(Lines 46-59):
Some argue that the existence of clones would undermine the uniqueness of each human being. “Can individuality, identity, and dignity be severed from genetic distinctiveness, and from belief in a person’s open future?” asks 50 political thinker George Will. Will and others have fallen under the sway of what one might call “genetic essentialism,” the belief that genes almost completely determine who a person is. But a person who is a clone would live in a very different world from that of his or her genetic predecessor. With greatly [divergent experiences], their brains would be wireddifferently. After all, even twins who grow up together are separate people-distinct individuals with differentpersonalities and certainly no lack of Will’s “individuality, identity, and dignity.”

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D) Environment

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Actually, the answer key says C. Someone please explain?

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Um are you sure? I have practiced with this test version before it’s the 2007-2008 SAT released by collegeboard as a practice test.

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@HappinessXOX Oops. It is D. I must have been looking at the wrong question. Can you please explain?

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It’s the environment because, common sense really, how else is one able to attain divergent experiences in life? The environment that one is in can affect them in the process of growth and the environment that one is placed in is not permanent. We encounter many different environments in life such as from home, to school, work, and on vacation. Th other choices don’t really reflect that.

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Yes, of course it’s (D)–the previous line says “live in a very different world,” an easy clue.