Q8

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8. (E)
Question Type: Inference
We are asked how the author of Passage B would feel about the solution proposed in paragraph 3 of Passage A. At this point, we should feel confident in our assessment of Author B’s opinion about A’s solution"”B likes it! (E) captures the agreement between the authors.

(A) is unsupported. The language draws from the description of the ants in Passage B. (51-52.) The author of Passage B would not think that a system of computers would be like a live computer"”that makes no sense.
(B) is a contradiction; Passage B affirms Passage A.
(C) is also a contradiction"”the computing system in A is like the parallel system in B (56-58.)
(D) is unsupported. The author of Passage B doesn’t say or suggest anything about public interest or participation.