After all, how could one prove one had flown an airline without one of those bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-strain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies? How convince [sic] a country populated with disbelieving skeptics that those claims, indeed, were true? French chocolate was always good, a solid chunk of bitter foreign material melting into your tongue and signifying distance, travel, adventure, truth. But even chocolate, these days, could be bought at some shop, and was no longer a reliable indicator of long and distant travel. The only sure proof, these days, was cheese.

Which of the following most effectively condenses the underlined sentence by using deletion and substitution?




A.

After all, how could one prove one had flown an airline without one of those bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-strain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies?


B.

A bag of airline goodies is necessary to prove that one flew an airline.


C.

One needs socks, eye masks, orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, and little mint candies.


D.

One needs something special to prove he or she has flew an airline.

Respuesta :

The answer is B.
A isn't entirely simplified.
C does not have the subject.
And D does not capture what was said.

Hope its right!

Answer: The option that most effectively condenses the sentence "After all, how could one prove one had flown an airline without one of those bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-strain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies? is B. A bag of airline goodies is necessary to prove that one flew an airline.

Explanation: Option B condenses the first sentence in an effective way by resorting to deletion, that is to say by deleting some words or phrases, and substitution, which means replacing some words with others. Moreover, option B is shorter but it includes all the relevant information provided in the first sentence: it condenses the idea "bags filled with mustard yellow socks, black eye-strain masks, little plastic containers of orange marmalade, plastic spoons and knives, little mint candies" by means of the phrase "a bag of airline goodies".  In contrast, option A does not condense the first sentence, option C. does not include a relevant idea and option D. has not been able to condense the information effectively by using "something special".  

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