On a select-in-passage question, a candidate sentence partially matches the description in the question. Per ETS guidance, the test taker should
Aselect it, because partial match is roughly the most that ETS expects on these questions
Breject it, because a correct select-in-passage answer must accurately match the description
Cselect it only when no other sentence in the relevant paragraph matches even partially
Dreject it only when the question stem explicitly contains the word 'best' or 'exactly'
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. reject it, because a correct select-in-passage answer must accurately match the description
ETS verbatim: a correct answer choice must accurately match the description given in the question; do not select a sentence if the description only partially applies. The rule applies whether or not 'best' appears in the stem.
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