I pick D, but C is a close second. A, B and E are out because the linking statement should contain info about both instances (when one should feel pity or gratitude).
I chose D over C because the "unreasonable"-ness of anger is already discussed in the opening sentence.
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Insults
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IMO C
Here is my analysis:
results
insult ---------> Anger
insult = assertion of bad character
if assertion = false
==> pity/ignorance
if assertion = true
==> grateful/useful info
so either one should be pitiful or grateful for insult...
Hence C
Hope my analysis is correct
Here is my analysis:
results
insult ---------> Anger
insult = assertion of bad character
if assertion = false
==> pity/ignorance
if assertion = true
==> grateful/useful info
so either one should be pitiful or grateful for insult...
Hence C
Hope my analysis is correct
it certainly is...well donegmatv09 wrote:IMO C
Here is my analysis:
results
insult ---------> Anger
insult = assertion of bad character
if assertion = false
==> pity/ignorance
if assertion = true
==> grateful/useful info
so either one should be pitiful or grateful for insult...
Hence C
Hope my analysis is correct :-)
OA C
Last edited by avenus on Fri Aug 14, 2009 5:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I think these questions are unnecassarily harder I did not see any question in OA or somewhere these are 800 + and for natives
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