PrepTest 116, Section 1, Question 2
The accumulation of scientific knowledge regarding the environmental(459 more words not shown)
The passage states which one(7 more words not shown)
- AThey are usually(9 more words not shown)
- BThey are generally(5 more words not shown)
- CThey are usually(12 more words not shown)
- DThey are often(6 more words not shown)
- EThey are generally(7 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Picture the layers from the read-through: fresh groundwater near the surface, oil and saline water generally deeper down. The drilling connects them. This asks what is stated about the oil reservoirs, so we'll distinguish that description from other claims that might sound plausible.
Working the answers
- A
One disaster involved poorly understood geology. That doesn't establish that oil reservoirs are usually in poorly understood areas.
- B
The coastal example doesn't compare how common oil is near the coast and elsewhere.
- C
Gas is mentioned in the early regulations, but its geological formations aren't compared with oil's. Mentioning both resources doesn't establish this relationship.
- D
The early rules were meant to protect oil from fresh water. That concern doesn't tell us oil reservoirs are often contaminated by either fresh or saline water.
- ECorrect
Groundwater lies near the surface, while deposits of oil and undrinkable salt water (paragraph 3) are generally at greater depths. Petroleum is the oil we're being asked about. This matches our picture directly.
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