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Question 8

There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option 1, 2, 3, or 4) the following sentence would best fit.

Sentence: The brain isn't organized the way you might set up your home office or bathroom medicine cabinet.

Paragraph: ___(1)___. You can't just put things anywhere you want to. The evolved architecture of the brain is haphazard and disjointed, and incorporates multiple systems, each of which has a mind of its own. ___(2)___. Evolution doesn't design things and it doesn't build systems—it settles on systems that, historically, conveyed a survival benefit. There is no overarching, grand planner engineering the systems so that they work harmoniously together. ___(3)___. The brain is more like a big, old house with piecemeal renovations done on every floor, and less like new construction. ___(4)___.

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Explanatory Answer

Easy question. The missing sentence says the brain is not organized on the lines of a home office or bathroom medicine cabinet. The line that follows blank 1 explains why the analogy does not work. Unlike a home office or cabinet, in the brain, you can't put things anywhere you want to. Blank 1 is a good fit for the missing sentence.
Further, we see that the paragraph cannot begin with the line 'You can’t just put things anywhere you want to' as it is about the brain and not about organizing things. So, blank 1 is the correct choice; there is no need to rule out other options.

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Hence, the answer is 'Option 1'

Choice A is the correct answer.

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