Question

would you prefer cockroaches, horse, or pork for dinner? depending on the culture you grew up in, any or all of these suggestions might make you feel disgusted. disgust is a powerful feeling that helps us decide what to eat and what to avoid. it plays a big role in food taboos, which are rules about what not to eat. different cultures have different food taboos, and what seems disgusting to one person might be tasty to another. this is because our feelings of disgust ______.

which logical inference best completes the last sentence of the passage?

choose 1 answer:

a are based on whether we prefer cockroaches, horses, or pork
b are challenging to change, no matter how hard we try
c are something we are born with and are unlikely to change during our lifetimes
d are based on our cultural upbringing and personal experiences

Explanation:

Analyze the passage context

The passage discusses how food preferences and feelings of disgust vary. It states: "Depending on the culture you grew up in, any or all of these suggestions might make you feel disgusted." It also mentions that "Different cultures have different food taboos, and what seems disgusting to one person might be tasty to another." This directly links feelings of disgust to cultural background.

Evaluate the final sentence structure

The final sentence is: "This is because our feelings of disgust _______."
The phrase "This is because" indicates we need a cause or explanation for why different cultures have different taboos and why disgust varies from person to person based on their culture.

Assess the options using Reading Comprehension

• (A) suggests disgust is based on specific foods mentioned, which is too narrow and circular.
• (B) and (C) discuss the difficulty of changing these feelings, which is not discussed in the text.
• (D) states they "are based on our cultural upbringing and personal experiences." This perfectly aligns with Textual Inference from the first sentence: "Depending on the culture you grew up in..."

Formulate the final conclusion

Using Textual Inference, option (D) logically completes the passage by connecting the variation in disgust back to its cultural and experiential roots.

Answer:

• (A) are based on whether we prefer cockroaches, horses, or pork
• (B) are challenging to change, no matter how hard we try
• (C) are something we are born with and are unlikely to change during our lifetimes
• (D) are based on our cultural upbringing and personal experiences (Correct answer)