Standard environmental impact assessments overlook the _______ of metropolitan ecological rehabilitation, encompassing relocated animal communities, c...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Standard environmental impact assessments overlook the _______ of metropolitan ecological rehabilitation, encompassing relocated animal communities, changing earth composition, and structural alterations that influence water flow dynamics throughout complete river systems.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
cost
complexity
duration
importance
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Part A: Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| Standard environmental impact assessments overlook the |
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| _______ of metropolitan ecological rehabilitation, |
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| encompassing relocated animal communities, changing earth composition, and structural alterations that influence water flow dynamics throughout complete river systems. |
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Part B: Provide Passage Architecture and Core Elements
Visual Structure Map: CLAIM Standard assessments overlook blank followed by EXAMPLES What rehabilitation actually includes including Relocated animal communities and Changing earth composition and Structural alterations leading to water flow changes
Main Point: Current environmental impact assessments fail to account for some important aspect of metropolitan ecological rehabilitation projects.
Argument Flow: The sentence presents a criticism of standard assessments then supports this by listing multiple interconnected elements involved in ecological rehabilitation that demonstrate the scope of what is being overlooked.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
This is a fill-in-the-blank question asking us to choose the best logical connector. The answer must create the right relationship between what comes before and after the blank.
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- Looking at our analysis we see the sentence lists multiple interconnected elements relocated animals changing soil and structural changes affecting entire river systems
- These examples are not just random they show how rehabilitation involves many different interwoven factors that all affect each other
- The right word should capture this multi-layered interconnected nature of what assessments are missing
- So the right answer should describe the intricate multi-faceted nature of these rehabilitation projects
cost
cost
✗ Incorrect
- While cost might be overlooked the examples do not focus on financial aspects
- The listed elements emphasize interconnected processes not monetary concerns
complexity
complexity
✓ Correct
- Perfectly matches the intricate multi-layered examples provided
- The interconnected elements demonstrate how complicated rehabilitation really is
- Aligns with our prethinking about the multi-faceted nature being overlooked
duration
duration
✗ Incorrect
- The examples do not emphasize time-related aspects
- While rehabilitation takes time the sentence focuses on the scope and interconnectedness of elements involved not timeline
importance
importance
✗ Incorrect
- The sentence assumes rehabilitation is already considered important
- The examples show what is being missed about rehabilitation itself not arguments for why it matters