PrepTest 122, Section 4, Question 5
Most veterinarians, and especially those at university veterinary(44 more words not shown)
If all of the statements(11 more words not shown)
- ASome veterinarians have(10 more words not shown)
- BMost veterinarians love(8 more words not shown)
- CProminent veterinarians at(20 more words not shown)
- DFew veterinarians at(11 more words not shown)
- EMost veterinarians who(20 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Loving biology and loving animals can go together. But they're not the same interest.
Most veterinarians are interested in biological science, and most chose the profession mainly because they love animals. I can imagine the interests reinforcing one another: caring about animals might draw someone toward biology, or studying biology might deepen that interest. The passage doesn't need us to choose a causal explanation.
Its last statement gives a sharper restriction. Among people who are seriously interested in biology but have no special love for animals, there are no prominent veterinarians. They might be veterinarians; they just can't be prominent ones under the stated rule.
What we’re looking for
This question asks what cannot be true. We're looking for a direct conflict, not merely an answer the passage fails to prove. Keep track of the combination the last sentence rules out: prominent veterinarian, serious interest in biology, and no special love for animals.
Working the answers
- A
Preferring biology to individual animals doesn't mean having no special love for animals. Someone could love both and simply care more about biology. Also, the answer doesn't require these veterinarians to be prominent. A can fit the passage.
- B
This could be true, but it doesn't have to be. Two majorities must overlap somewhat; they needn't overlap in a majority. Imagine 100 veterinarians, with 60 in each group. The groups could share only 20 people, or they could share all 60. The second arrangement would make B true, and nothing in the passage forbids it. We need something impossible.
- CCorrect
These veterinarians are prominent and intensely interested in biology, yet have no pronounced affection for animals. That is the exact combination the last sentence excludes. Working at a research center doesn't create an exception to the rule. C therefore cannot be true alongside the passage.
- D
A subgroup can differ from the larger group. Most veterinarians overall could have chosen their work mainly from love of animals even if few at university research centers did. We aren't told that the research-center group makes up most veterinarians, so this could be true.
- E
The passage doesn't tell us what nonprominent veterinarians consider the most important quality for professional success. They could think biological knowledge matters most while still having chosen the profession mainly from love of animals. A belief about what makes someone successful and a motive for entering the profession aren't the same thing. E doesn't conflict with any stated fact.
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