According to the passage, what real - world tasks can benefit from skills…

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According to the passage, what real - world tasks can benefit from skills developed in dance?

Answer: B. Navigating the kitchen or walking to the bus stopCONCEPTAn "according to the passage" question is a locating question: the answer is fixed by what the text itself states, never by what sounds plausible in…

  1. A.

    Playing a musical instrument

  2. B.

    Navigating the kitchen or walking to the bus stop

  3. C.

    Solving Puzzles

  4. D.

    Driving a car

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

CONCEPT

An "according to the passage" question is a locating question: the answer is fixed by what the text itself states, never by what sounds plausible in general life. Real-world likelihood carries no weight here; only the words on the page do.

The method follows from that. Turn the question into a search phrase, find that phrase in the passage, and read the answer off the sentence that carries it.

APPLICATION

The question asks which real-world tasks benefit from skills developed in dance, so the search phrase is "real world", which occurs in the final paragraph.

  1. That paragraph first lists the skills dance builds: learning patterns, thinking symmetrically and asymmetrically, and remembering sequences.

  2. The next sentence states the transfer: "The effect extends beyond dance class to the real world."

  3. The sentence immediately after names the tasks: "Tasks like navigating the kitchen or walking to the bus stop can become more attainable if they are regarded as choreography."

  4. Reading the answer off that sentence, the real-world tasks the passage credits to dance-trained skill are navigating the kitchen and walking to the bus stop.

CROSS-CHECK

Now test each of the other listed activities against the text, by value:

  • Music enters the passage only as swaying to a favourite song — that is listening and moving to music, a mood effect, and the passage never turns it into performing on an instrument.

  • Learning patterns and remembering sequences are named as mental demands made by dance itself; the passage stops at everyday movement and never extends them to puzzle work.

  • Operating a vehicle is nowhere in the three paragraphs; the writer stays with unaided, on-foot movement such as crossing a kitchen or heading for a bus.

The passage therefore supports exactly what its own closing sentence says: navigating the kitchen and walking to the bus stop are the real-world tasks that become more attainable when treated as choreography.

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