Question

The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.

Part A
Read the interviewer’s remarks in paragraph 9.

Rich Press: That brings me to my next question. We spoke about what we’re doing with our international partners to protect leatherbacks on their nesting beaches. We also spoke a bit about how regulations on U.S. fisheries have reduced their impact on leatherbacks. But what can consumers do? What can I do that might have a positive impact on the leatherback population, if anything?

Which option best describes the structure of these remarks?
A. The interviewer restates previous points before posing a follow-up question.
B. The interviewer clarifies previous points before posing an initial question.
C. The interviewer restates previous points before requesting a clarification.
D. The interviewer clarifies previous points before requesting a restatement.
Part B
How does the structure identified in Part A help develop ideas in the interview?
A. It summarizes key points, leading to a question that will resolve listeners’ confusion about the significance of the issue.
B. It simplifies key points, ensuring that listeners are interested in the discussion, before changing the topic.
C. It simplifies key points, ensuring that listeners are following the discussion, before changing the topic.
D. It summarizes key points, leading to a question that will connect the topic to listeners’ lives.

Answer 1

Part A: A

The interviewer briefly restates earlier points about international efforts and U.S. fisheries, then asks a follow-up question about what consumers can do.

Part B: D

Summarizing the prior points sets context and leads directly into a question that connects the issue to listeners’ lives (“What can I do…?”).