PrepTest 128, Section 4, Question 1
The 50 million sheep of New Zealand outnumber(429 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(9 more words not shown)
- ANew Zealand wool(13 more words not shown)
- BWool growing in(21 more words not shown)
- CNew Zealand's wool(12 more words not shown)
- DSuperior farm management(14 more words not shown)
- EThe wool industry(25 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
We've already predicted that better sheep could help solve the wool growers' profitability problem. That's a useful starting point, but it emphasizes the final proposal. As we check the choices, we should make room for the broader solution developed earlier: better farm management, including breeding practices.
Working the answers
- A
Switching to other products was a possible reaction while reading the opening. But the author recommends improving wool production, not leaving it for other exports.
- B
The split between professional operations and family farms is described. It helps explain why there is room to improve productivity; describing that split isn't the overall point.
- C
This states the problem. The author goes on to recommend how growers should respond to it, and a main-point answer needs that solution.
- DCorrect
This captures the broader recommendation. Better sheep fit within better management and breeding practices, which the author presents as a way to restore profitability. D improves on our rough prediction by covering more than the final paragraph.
- E
The proposed shift away from processing efficiency is real, but dwindling breeding stocks aren't the problem described. The final paragraph concerns the quality of the sheep used for breeding, not a shrinking number of them.
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