Question: Directions for Summary: A paragraph is followed by four options which have summarized the passage in their own way. Pick the option that best summarizes the passage:
Brazil's growth rate has been low, yet most Brazilians say their financial situation has improved, and they expect it to get even better. This is because most incomes are rising fast, with higher minimum wages and very low unemployment. The result is falling inequality and a growing middle class - the result of economic stabilization, improved social security and universal primary education. But despite recent improvements the Brazilian economy is still painfully unequal, with poor Brazilians paying the biggest share of their income in taxes and getting the least back in government services.
Option (a) can be eliminated as no where the passage suggests that the economy is destabilizing.
Option (b) is not correct as the passage suggests that the inequality is falling but still has a long way to go.
Option (d) can also be eliminated as it says that Brazilians are being misled which is not the case.
Option (c) is the best summary of the passage which talks about two ideas. One about Brazil's economic growth, falling inequality, and economic stabilization. Other about the still huge income gap and over taxation of poor.
Hence, option (c).