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Stenka25 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Problem of finding the right sequence of a passage

The passage below is from the following website.

http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/sport-mechanics-offer-a-performance-edge-for-athletes

You can see the sentence as follows:

Apart from minor differences, all top-class athletes, no matter
what their sport, use superior technique based on the best use of
the mechanical principles that control human movement.

And after this sentence, the test demands for students to make a right connection between the jumbled passages, which respectively start with...

(A) Today’s top athletes get help from knowledgeable coaches
who critically observe their performances and tell them what
is efficient movement and what is not....

(B) Likewise, it’s virtually impossible nowadays for an athlete to
reach world-class status without the assistance of coaches
and sport scientists who know why it’s better to perform
movements one way rather than another.

(C) But it’s important to remember that the refined, polished
movements you see in the technique of an elite athlete seldom
occur by chance...

(I omitted two additional sentences after passage (A) and (B) each according to the prescription that we should use four or less sentences when questioning.)

And the correct answer presented is (C)-(B)-(A).

This is my question. The first time I read this question, I thought (C)-(A)-(B) is also OK. And after reading the original passage several times, I still think so. This question somehow seems to be wrong. (I’m not say the test answer is wrong. I’m saying there’s the possibility of another choice.)

Do you agree with me? If not, can you tell me the reason for where I go wrong in my line of thought?
  

Top answer

My answer is CAB. I don't like CBA because the 'likewise' does not seem to fit well. Clive

  • My answer is CAB.
  • I don't like CBA because the 'likewise' does not seem to fit well.
  • Clive
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My answer is CAB.

I don't like CBA because the 'likewise' does not seem to fit well.

Clive
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Thanks for your immediate answre as always, Clive.

But have you checked out the original passage?

In the original text, the sequence is (C)-(B)-(A) of course. But what I'm suggesting is even though we change the sequence of the original text (C)-(B)-(A) for (C)-(A)-(B), is it still OK and does it still make sense?

Sorry to troub
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No, I didn't click on your link because I prefer not to go off into other sites. And you had quoted the text that you were asking about

. . . is it still OK and does it still make sense?
Which sequence are you now asking about? CAB or CBA?

Clive
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Sorry to disturb you, Clive.
But through the total fault of my own I couldn’t get the satisfactory answer.
So I made the whole question again in a completely different way.
Can you give me a reply for that post, thanks.
stenka25
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Which sequence are you now asking about? CAB or CBA?

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