Question

This is why race cars have manual transmissions. Which organizational pattern is used in the passage?

A) Surprising the unsuspecting club members and causing them to become shocked.
B) When everything was said and done, the board made a surprising and shocking decision.
C) At the end of the day, the final decision of the board was found to be shocking to the members.
D) The board's final decision surprised many of the club members.

Answer 1

The passage provides information about hybrid cars, focusing on their environmental benefits and performance compared to gas-fueled cars. None of the provided organizational patterns match the content of the passage, which does not state why race cars have manual transmissions.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage provided discusses the attributes and considerations surrounding hybrid cars, touching upon environmental benefits, performance issues, aesthetics, capacity, acceleration, and cost differences compared to gasoline-only vehicles. It does not, however, offer any clear reason to conclude that race cars have manual transmissions. To answer the organizational pattern of the passage, one must analyze how information is structured within it. None of the provided options A) through D) effectively describe the organization of this passage, as they mostly pertain to decisions made by a board or shock value, which are unrelated to the content about hybrid cars.

Upon careful reading, none of the answers directly relate to the material about hybrid cars. Options such as 'Hybrid cars are more dangerous' or 'Toyota is making a lot of money' cannot be inferred without additional information and are thus incorrect. The correct approach would be to look at the details concerning hybrid cars' pros and cons presented in the passage to determine the most logical inference that can be drawn.