PrepTest 126, Section 2, Question 11
The following passages concern a plant called purple(503 more words not shown)
Passage A(238 more words not shown)
Passage B(264 more words not shown)
It can be inferred that(18 more words not shown)
- AAs it increases(9 more words not shown)
- BIts establishment in(16 more words not shown)
- CIt is very(6 more words not shown)
- DIts introduction into(7 more words not shown)
- EWhen it is(14 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Disagreeing about the campaign doesn't mean disagreeing about every effect of the weed. A describes wildlife reductions, and even B acknowledges the canvasback's endangerment. I'd look for a limited shared claim about harm, without turning B's acknowledgment into an endorsement of A's whole argument.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
A reports reductions in waterfowl and aquatic furbearer productivity. B acknowledges that the canvasback has been identified as endangered by the weed and refers to declining production of the wetland resource. That's enough for some wildlife populations tending to decrease; it doesn't require both writers to call the overall impact disastrous.
- B
A explicitly describes disastrous effects on native vegetation. B doesn't endorse that assessment. We need both writers' support, not one writer's exact wording.
- C
B doesn't discuss herbicides. A actually says glyphosate has been used successfully, while identifying uncertainty about its other effects; that isn't the same as calling effective control very difficult.
- D
B doesn't label the introduction a great ecological blunder. Its acknowledgment of some harm doesn't supply that broad judgment.
- E
Neither states how quickly the weed returns after elimination. A's reference to temporarily halting its spread doesn't establish this particular return pattern.
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