Sueño de Familia is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explores the artistic heritage of US-based artist Yolanda...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Sueño de Familia is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explores the artistic heritage of US-based artist Yolanda González. The exhibition ________ five generations, featuring works by González's great-grandfather, grandmother, mother, and niece as well as González herself.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
borrows
spans
judges
neglects
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| Sueño de Familia is an exhibition of drawings, paintings, and ceramics that explores the artistic heritage of US-based artist Yolanda González. |
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| The exhibition _____ five generations, |
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| featuring works by González's great-grandfather, grandmother, mother, and niece as well as González herself. |
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Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Main Point: Sueño de Familia is an exhibition that showcases artistic heritage across multiple generations of the González family.
Argument Flow: The passage introduces an art exhibition focused on one artist's family heritage, then indicates a relationship between the exhibition and five generations, before listing the specific family members whose work is featured.
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
- The word must logically connect the exhibition with five generations
- Based on the context, we know the exhibition features works from five specific family members across different generations
- The relationship should indicate that the exhibition covers or encompasses these five generations
- So the right answer should indicate that the exhibition covers or extends across five generations
borrows
- Borrows suggests taking something temporarily or using something that belongs to someone else
- This doesn't make logical sense - an exhibition doesn't borrow generations
spans
- Spans means to extend across or cover a range
- This perfectly describes how the exhibition covers five different generations
- Makes logical sense: the exhibition spans five generations
judges
- Judges means to evaluate or make decisions about something
- This doesn't fit the context - the exhibition isn't evaluating the generations
neglects
- Neglects means to ignore or fail to give proper attention to
- This is the opposite of what the exhibition is doing - it's specifically featuring works from these generations