Which of the following best expresses the role of the third paragraph in the overall structure of the passage？
A. It redirects the theme of the passage from presenting a problem to explaining the reasons for the problem's severity.
B. It introduces a new concept that defines the rest of the passage.
C. It provides an answer to a question posed in the first two paragraphs.
D. It refutes the central hypothesis of the second paragraph and poses a question that is answered in the following paragraphs.
E. It narrows the focus of the passage from the general themes of the first two paragraphs to the more specific themes of the last two paragraphs.
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According to the passage, what can we infer to be the central message of Fredric Wertham's
Adults reading violent comic books were as likely to be corrupted by them as young people were.
B. The horror comic books of the late 1940s were inferior to the superhero comic books that gained popularity during World War Ⅱ.
Comic books were leading the nation's youth into crime, violence, and drug abuse.
D. Creating a regulatory board to censor the comic book industry would drive the worst offenders out of the business.
E. Comic books would never be able to convey stories of any serious literary merit.
The stock market collapse of 1929 had far-reaching consequences for the national economy,
A. and by erasing
B. and erasing
C. and having erased
D. and erased
E. by erasing
Some people say that the answer to crime is to build more prisons, but more sensitive observers argue that instead we should address the sources of crime through reduced poverty, a cut off supply of illicit drugs, and by focusing on keeping kids in school.
A. through reduced poverty, a cut off supply of illicit drugs, and by focusing on keeping kids in school
B. by the reduction of poverty, cutting off the supply of illicit drugs, and to focus on keeping kids in school
C. by reducing poverty, cutting off the supply of illicit drugs, and focusing on keeping kids in school
D. by means of reducing poverty, cutting off the supply of illicit drugs, and through focusing on keeping kids in school
E. to reduce poverty, cut off the supply of illicit drugs, and to focus on keeping kids in school
No less remarkable than the invention of nuclear power has been the way the technology has
A. No less remarkable than the invention of nuclear power
B. What was as remarkable as the invention of nuclear power
C. Inventing nuclear power has been none the less remarkable than
D. The invention of nuclear power has been no less remarkable as
E. The thing that was as remarkable as inventing nuclear power
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