Direction: In this section you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First read the passage and then answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passa

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Direction: In this section you have a short passage. After the passage, you will find some items based on the passage. First read the passage and then answer the items based on it. You are required to select your answers based on the contents of the passage and opinion of the author only. Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned. To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament, is affectation; to make judgement wholly by their rules, is the humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience: for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning, by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. According to the author, one should read to

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Science

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NDA-II

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The correct answer is option 3: evaluate and understand.

According to the passage, the author suggests that one should read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. This means that the purpose of reading should be to critically evaluate and understand the information presented, rather than blindly accepting or rejecting it. The author emphasizes the importance of using studies for ability, which involves judgment and the disposition of business. This suggests that reading should be done with the intention of gaining knowledge and skills that can be applied in practical situations. Furthermore, the passage mentions that studies are perfected by experience, indicating that reading should be complemented by real-world observation and application. Therefore, the author`s viewpoint encourages a thoughtful and analytical approach to reading, focused on evaluating and understanding the material.