Question 52 Answer and Explanation _ACT 1996 Form ST1 English Section

Passage IV

My Most Memorable Meal

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Recently I came across a series of magazine articles which various people described their most memorable eating experiences. Out of all those people who were interviewed many of those people raved about the perfect seven-course meal they had once been served in a grand and expensive restaurant. Some reminisced about romantic picnics. Meals made memorable by the diner's companions; rather than by the food consumed. (52)

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While reading these entertaining memoirs, I was myself moved to rummage through old memories in search of remarkable meals. My first meal at the college dormitory came to mind, (the name of it was Goodhue) but it was hardly memorable for its excellence. I considered the string of Thanksgiving dinners I've enjoyed, but, and perhaps by design, no one of them stand out as unusual. (55)

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Then I remembered the night I tasted the Sri Lankan holiday dish called lampries. Served in a rough cottage in the Sri Lankan jungle, with lizards climbing the whitewashed walls and the innkeeper's dog leaping affectionately into my lap, the meal was certainly not remarkable for its formal elegance. It was, however, the more complex, elaborate, and delicious concoction I've ever eaten.

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It took the innkeeper and the cook all day to prepare the spicy rice and four fiery curries that compose lampries. They began grinding the spices while we guests were having breakfast, and it wasn't until late afternoon that the innkeeper began cooking the curries.Then the cook layered them onto huge, green banana leaves, which she bundled up and tied into packets for the final baking.

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All four rooms of the cottage were filled with the rich curry aromas of cinnamon, saffron, and mystery. The innkeeper brought out cold drinks and split a fresh pineapple. With two strokes of her machete, we took our places, and with great ceremony the cook brought in the lampries—one fat packet for each of us. Inside was a mixture so unforgettably hot and exotic it shocked us, but we kept eating.

52. Some interviewees in the magazine articles spoke about home cooking; some about gorging themselves on desserts when they were children; and some about picnic food. The writer wishes to add another example at the end of Paragraph 1 in order to show the range of experience covered. Which of the following sentences would best further the writer's purpose of capturing the diversity of the experiences described?

F. Others recalled childhood feasts on ice cream or cake.

G. When eating a seven-course meal, most diners must take care not to overindulge in appetizers.

H. Grand restaurants make any meal memorable.

J. Picnics—whether romantic or merely expedient—usually are composed of the same predictable dishes: bread, wine, cheese, pickles.

Answer and Explanation

Your Answer is

Correct Answer is F

Explanation

The stem asks for choices that capture the diversity of experiences. The contents given in the stem are all people's memories of food. Item F is also people's memories of food, correct.