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#108440
Hi sxzhao,
The short answer is that you have to read everything on the LSAT more carefully that you've ever had to read in your life. The test makers are trying to trick you with the language. The challenge of course is reading everything very carefully but still reasonably quickly/efficiently so as to get through the section.
It is very common for test takers to read a tempting wrong answer and think that it says what they want it to say rather than what it actually says. This often happens with opposite and reverse wrong answers, for example.
The possibility of misreading an answer is also why it is important to always read all five answers (time permitting) and to separate them into contenders and losers.
In this question, if you thought Answer A didn't help explain the results in the stimulus, then you should just leave it as a contender. Then, if you are able to realize that Answer D also doesn't help explain the results in the stimulus when you read it, then you'd leave this answer as a contender as well.
Assuming that you've correctly eliminated B, C, and E as losers, you can then spend some time really comparing A and D in more detail to hopefully determine why D is correct.
If you just read Answer A and select it without reading the other answers, then you miss the opportunity to double check your answer by comparing it to the actual right answer.
Many difficult LR questions often come down to 2 answers for most people, the correct answer and the very tempting wrong answer. These situations are when you want to slow down a bit (again time permitting) and really focus on the difference between them.
The short answer is that you have to read everything on the LSAT more carefully that you've ever had to read in your life. The test makers are trying to trick you with the language. The challenge of course is reading everything very carefully but still reasonably quickly/efficiently so as to get through the section.
It is very common for test takers to read a tempting wrong answer and think that it says what they want it to say rather than what it actually says. This often happens with opposite and reverse wrong answers, for example.
The possibility of misreading an answer is also why it is important to always read all five answers (time permitting) and to separate them into contenders and losers.
In this question, if you thought Answer A didn't help explain the results in the stimulus, then you should just leave it as a contender. Then, if you are able to realize that Answer D also doesn't help explain the results in the stimulus when you read it, then you'd leave this answer as a contender as well.
Assuming that you've correctly eliminated B, C, and E as losers, you can then spend some time really comparing A and D in more detail to hopefully determine why D is correct.
If you just read Answer A and select it without reading the other answers, then you miss the opportunity to double check your answer by comparing it to the actual right answer.
Many difficult LR questions often come down to 2 answers for most people, the correct answer and the very tempting wrong answer. These situations are when you want to slow down a bit (again time permitting) and really focus on the difference between them.