In 1986, McDonald’s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome’s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; specifically, those who prized regional foods and Italy’s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life.

To counter the rise of fast food and fast life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment.

25. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following sentence. The group’s philosophy was connected to the tale of the hare and the tortoise, in which the tortoise wins the race. Should the writer make this addition here?

In 1986, McDonald’s caused a stir in Italy when it opened a restaurant next to Rome’s historic Spanish Steps. Young, on-the-go eaters were thrilled; however, those who prized regional foods and Italy’s convivial culture built on cooking and long meals feared that the restaurant signaled the death of a way of life. To counter the rise of fast food and fast life, a cohort of chefs, journalists, and sociologists spearheaded a Slow Food movement, declaring loyalty to unhurried enjoyment. 25

From its beginning, the movement had opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald’s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing.

A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental

factors such as altitude and weather shapes the cheese’s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, we would have meals that are not very flavorful.

Which choice most effectively supports the central point of the paragraph?

From its beginning, the movement has opposed the standardization of taste that fast food chains promote. For example, a McDonald’s hamburger made in Boston tastes more or less the same as one made in Beijing. This consistency is made possible by industrial mass production. Slow Food supporters, by contrast, back methods of growing and preparing food based on regional culinary traditions. When produced using traditional methods, goat cheese made in France tastes different from goat cheese made in Vermont. A goat ingests the vegetation particular to the meadow in which it grazes, which, along with other environmental factors, such as altitude and weather, shapes the cheese’s taste and texture. If all foods were produced under the industrial model, [28] we would have meals that are not very flavorful.

During their early years, the movement also focused on the value of spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals.

During their early years, the movement also focused on the value of spending lots of time with friends and family during long meals.

As the movement grew beyond Italy’s borders—today Slow Food International boasts more than 100,000 members in 150 countries—this emphasis on pleasure [31]pictured criticism for being elitist.

Critics have also asked if growing food using traditional methods, as opposed to mass production, can adequately and affordably feed the world?

A. Over time, Slow Food has broadened its mission to focus on food that is good, clean, and fair for all. ...it should be raised using environmentally sustainable practices that preserve biodiversity; and it should be accessible to all without exploiting the labors of those who produced it. In short, Slow Food runs programs that support small-scale producers in marketing regional foods in a world where food corporations threaten to drive them out of the marketplace and homogenize food choices.

They were performing a radio play adapted from The War of the Worlds, a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. The next day, a front-page headline in the New York Times declared, “Radio Listeners in Panic, Taking War Drama as Fact.”

The writer wants to add a supporting detail to indicate that the story was widely reported. Which choice best accomplishes this goal?

This version of events persisted, and the legend became that Welles’s broadcast had as many as twelve million people who feared that Martians had invaded Earth.

Recently, however, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this legend, suggesting the degree of public hysteria has been grossly exaggerated. The authors of an article published in October 2013 go so far to assign blame for the distortion to the newspaper industry.

At this time, Jefferson Pooley and Michael Socolow, both professors of communication studies, argue that the newspaper industry sought to discredit the newly emerging technology of radio, which was cutting into newspapers’ profits.

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

Which choice best establishes the main idea of the paragraph?

[1] Proof of ulterior motives is scarce,

consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow’s

argument. [2] For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. [3] Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. [4] Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn’t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. [5] According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been “frightened” by the broadcast. [6] Ratings, however, reveal that fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. [7] Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey “conflated being ‘frightened,’ ‘disturbed,’ or ‘excited’ by the program with being ‘panicked.’”

Ratings, however, reveal that far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast.

To make this paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed

[1] Proof of ulterior motives is scarce,

consequently weakening Pooley and Socolow’s

argument. [2] For instance, the C. E. Hooper ratings indicate that a mere 2 percent of households had tuned in to the broadcast. [3] Pooley and Socolow also call into question the validity of an oft-cited report that was based on a survey conducted six weeks after the broadcast. [4] Just because some people found the broadcast unsettling, the authors contend, doesn’t mean they believed it and reacted with real terror. [5] According to this report, one million people indicated that they had been “frightened” by the broadcast. [6] Ratings, however, reveal that fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. [7] Furthermore, Pooley and Socolow note that this survey “conflated being ‘frightened,’ ‘disturbed,’ or ‘excited’ by the program with being ‘panicked.’”

Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario: most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later “remembered” being more afraid than they had been.