PSAT Reading Question 477: Answer and Explanation

Question: 477

As used in line 13, the phrase "take up" most closely means

• A. seize.
• B. engage in.
• C. study for.
• D. invent.

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

(B) Here, the veterans are encouraged to participate in farming. Choice (B) sounds most like that. Choice (A) inaccurately implies that the veterans should grab farming. Choice (C) is wrong because no evidence is given that the veterans had to study farming first; instead, they are involved in actual farming. Of course, the veterans were not inventing or creating farming for the first time, making choice (D) incorrect.