Entry Exam Category: College Admission Exams
Course: Accuplacer
Exam: Accuplacer Reading Full-Length Practice Test
Practice Question
Extract
The Census Bureau has declared that by the year 2020 Latinos will be the largest minority group in the United States: one of every four Americans will be of Hispanic descent. This population explosion is likely to transform many aspects of American culture and society, and none more profoundly than language. In fact, the verbal metamorphosis is already taking place. Spanish, whose domestic use was once largely confined to the nation's southernmost regions, has now become ubiquitous in the United States.
The claim about the 'metamorphosis' primarily serves to:
Answer Choices
- A: refute a theory
- B: support a prediction
- C: introduce an alternative view
- D: downplay a change
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The passage begins with a prediction: that by 2020, Latinos will become the largest minority group in the U.S., which will have a major cultural impact, particularly on language. The mention of a 'verbal metamorphosis' (a dramatic change in language use) is used to reinforce that prediction—indicating the shift is already underway with the growing prevalence of Spanish. So, the claim supports the predicted transformation, making B the best answer.