Consider the statement and assumptions that follow. Which of these assumptions is/are implicit in the statement Statement: ?You won?t get sweets at any cost. I will not let you eat things that are not good for your teeth? ---a mother tells her child Assumption: (i) The mother cares for her child. (ii)Sweets are not good for her child. (iii)The mother has the authority to decide what her child is to eat.
Options
A. (i) & (ii) are implicit
B. (ii) & (iii) are implicit
C. (i) & (iii) are implicit
D. All are implicit
Correct Answer
(i) & (ii) are implicit
Explanation
The assumption that can be made that mother cares for the child and sweet is not good for her child.
Clearly, it is because children consider teachers as their model that they are more influenced by them. So, I is implicit. It is not necessary that the children are influenced by teachers because they spend much time in school. So, II is not implicit.
2. Most Reality TV centers on two common motivators: fame and money. The shows transform waitresses, hairdressers, investment bankers, counselors, and teachers, to name a few, from obscure figures to house-hold names. A lucky few successfully parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity. The luckiest stars of Reality TV also reap huge financial rewards for acts including eating large insects, marrying someone they barely know, and revealing their innermost thoughts to millions of people. This paragraph best supports the statement that
Options
A. the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
B. Reality TV is the best thing that has happened to network television in a long time.
C. for Reality TV stars, fame will last only as long as their particular television show.
D. traditional dramas and sitcoms are being replaced by Reality TV programming at an alarming rate.
E. Reality TV shows represent a new wave of sensationalistic, low quality programming.
Correct Answer: the stars of Reality TV are interested in being rich and famous.
Explanation:
This is expressed in the first sentence. Choices b, d, and e are not supported by the passage. Choice c is incorrect because the paragraph states that some Reality TV stars manage to parlay their fifteen minutes of fame into celebrity.