LR Drill Set 3, Question 4
Francesca: It is clear where the convention should(58 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- AThe coverage of(10 more words not shown)
- BRockland has a(8 more words not shown)
- CThe association's top(11 more words not shown)
- DThe association should(6 more words not shown)
- EThe powerful group(12 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Francesca wants the convention in Rockland. The discounts, the association's history, and the scenery are her reasons.
I can see the appeal. I would still want to know whether Rockland has drawbacks, such as being difficult to reach in winter. Attractive hills and a discount don't automatically make it the best place. But we can identify the recommendation even while wondering whether it is fully supported.
Then Francesca brings up a competing view: the newsletter prefers Langhorne. Her final sentence tries to take the force out of that objection. A “coterie” is a small, closely connected group; she says the group controlling the association's leadership also influences the newsletter. That is meant to give us a reason to discount the newsletter's preference.
What we’re looking for
Where is all this going? Back to Rockland. The main-conclusion question wants that location recommendation, not one of its supporting reasons or the criticism of the newsletter.
Working the answers
- A
Francesca casts doubt on the newsletter's independence when she discusses the group influencing it. That is part of her response to the rival recommendation. Her overall purpose is to promote Rockland as the convention site, not simply to establish that coverage has been biased.
- B
Rockland's history of support is evidence for choosing it. The answer also adds “funding,” which the passage doesn't explicitly identify as part of that history. Even leaving that addition aside, a reason for holding the convention there is not the recommendation itself.
- C
The leadership's relationship with a small group enters the argument only to undermine the newsletter's preference. Francesca doesn't develop a separate argument about whether that influence is undue. The convention's location remains the decision she wants to settle.
- DCorrect
Hold the convention in Rockland. Francesca supplies favorable reasons for that choice, acknowledges a competing preference, and tries to discount it. Both the positive case and the response to the newsletter serve this recommendation.
- E
Francesca doesn't call for a campaign against the group controlling the leadership. Criticizing its influence on the newsletter is not the same as recommending that it be resisted generally. E invents a broader course of action instead of identifying the specific choice she advocates.
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