Question

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which of these statements is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 9)?
now my generation is disillusionized, and, i think, to a certain extent, brutalized, by the cataclysm which their complacent folly engendered. the acceleration of life for us has been so great that into the last few years have been crowded the experiences and the ideas of a normal lifetime. we have in our unregenerate youth learned the practicality and the cynicism that is safe only in unregenerate old age. we have been forced to become realists overnight, instead of idealists, as was our birthright.
a. due to nobody’s fault, a crisis took place that shaped the writer’s generation.
b. the elders purposefully poisoned the idealism of the youth.
c. the writer believes that by the time the next generation takes the reigns, the world will be completely destroyed.
d. the previous generation’s mistake caused the writer’s generation to become realists.
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Explanation:

• Para la opción A: El pasaje dice "the cataclysm which their complacent folly engendered", lo que implica que la crisis fue debida a la "folly" (tontería) de la generación anterior, no que no fuera de culpa de nadie. Así que A no es correcta.
• Para la opción B: El pasaje no menciona que los ancianos hayan envenenado la idealismo de los jóvenes de forma purposiva. No hay evidencia de eso.
• Para la opción C: El pasaje no habla sobre la destrucción del mundo cuando la próxima generación asuma el control. Eso es una suposición sin base en el texto.
• Para la opción D: El texto dice "the cataclysm which their complacent folly engendered" (la catástrofe engendrada por su tontería complaciente, refiriéndose a la generación anterior) y luego "We have been forced to become realists overnight, instead of idealists". Entonces, los errores (folly) de la generación anterior causaron que la generación del escritor se convirtiera en realistas. Esta opción está soportada por el pasaje.

Answer:

D. The previous generation’s mistake caused the writer’s generation to become realists.