passage. While Cable himself brings up legal technicalities in lines 59–67, there is no
indication that his opponents also cite legal technicalities; therefore, (D) is not supported
by the passage and is incorrect.
A Choice (A) refers to those who oppose Cable’s position as believing that civil rights are
equivalent to social equality. This supports (C) in question 22, which is the correct answer
to that question. Choice (B) states that nothing in Cable’s paper actually suggests anything
about social privileges. While this answer may seem to support (A) from question 22,
Cable never asserts that people refused to read his article carefully, only that his article
was misinterpreted. Eliminate (B). Choice (C) refers to the fact that no laws can bring
about social equality, which may seem to connect to (D) from question 22. But this sentence
does not support the argument of those who oppose civil equality; it supports Cable’s
argument. Eliminate (C) as well. Choice (D) argues that the people who oppose civil rights
are actually the ones who are bringing about greater social equality, though unwittingly.
This does not connect to any choices from the previous question, so it cannot be correct.
The answer is (A).
A Cable says in lines 19–23 that the misconstruction has occurred only among those whose
thinking still runs in the grooves of the old traditions. Cable’s use of the word still
indicates that the individuals he refers to as those hold thinking that is old, or that matches
the previous mentalities of their group. Since their thinking is old, it must match the old
traditions, so the phrase runs in the grooves of must mean “matches.” Therefore, the
correct answer will mean “matches.” Choice (A) means the same as “matches,” so it is the
correct answer. Choice (B) hints that the current thinking moves into alignment with the old
traditions, not that it has matched the old traditions all along; thus, (B) is incorrect. Choices
(C) and (D) both indicate that the thinking does not match the old traditions, so (C) and (D)
are incorrect.
C Cable states in lines 29–33 that the North, West, and East want the same things that the
South wants. The discontent that the South is feeling is therefore not unique to an individual
region, so (A) is not correct. Cable does not state that the other regions have accepted his
view, so (B) is incorrect. Cable groups all four regions together to indicate that all regions
agree on this particular issue; in fact, he claims that the rest of the intelligent world agrees
as well, suggesting that all people agree on this matter. Therefore, (C) is supported by the
passage. Cable does not suggest that any region is more intelligent than another, so (D) is
incorrect.
A Cable describes the distinctions made by his detractors as arbitrary, cheap, and artificial
in lines 39–46, indicating that their efforts are ill-advised and do not improve upon the
natural system. He goes on to state that these efforts are absolutely needless because the
social order will regulate itself. This means that (A) is supported by the passage. Cable
states that the delicate machinery is being tampered with, so he does not praise the current
state of affairs. Thus, (B) is not correct. While Cable does describe society’s features in
figurative terms, his purpose in describing them is not for the sake of using figurative
language, but rather for the sake of better explaining why his detractors are wrong.
Therefore, (C) is incorrect. Cable describes the features of a social system, but not a