PrepTest 119, Section 1, Question 6
Economists have long defined prosperity in terms of(440 more words not shown)
In the passage, the author(7 more words not shown)
- Athat hats, sunglasses,(10 more words not shown)
- Bthat environmental protection(8 more words not shown)
- Cthat the value(13 more words not shown)
- Dthat timber harvest(10 more words not shown)
- Ethat most nations(10 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This asks which claim the writer cites. I don't have to predict one particular sentence in advance; I'll check the choices against what was actually stated. Be careful about answers that turn the one timber example into a general rule about communities everywhere.
Working the answers
- A
More sales of hats, sunglasses, and sunscreen don't establish that these products adequately replace the ozone layer's protection. Buying a product and solving the problem are different claims.
- B
One community protested these limits. That doesn't establish that environmental measures are often rejected by communities generally.
- C
The critics compare residents' current incomes with what they could earn elsewhere and infer value from their decision to stay. That's different from saying the value of a local environment can be measured by residents' incomes alone.
- DCorrect
The critics say that without the harvest limits, the land “would be seriously damaged.” D keeps the claim attached to that one area, just as the example does.
- E
The writer favors a broader understanding of prosperity. We aren't told that most nations already use one. A recommendation isn't a report of current practice.
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