PrepTest 128, Section 4, Question 2
The 50 million sheep of New Zealand outnumber(429 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(18 more words not shown)
- Afarmers' switching their(4 more words not shown)
- Bmarket competition from(2 more words not shown)
- Cmarket competition from(3 more words not shown)
- Dcompetition from cotton(4 more words not shown)
- Ethe deep division(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
What pushed the price of strong wool down? The first paragraph gives a direct answer: competition from synthetics. We need that cause, not something farmers did in response.
Working the answers
- A
This reverses the sequence. Farmers switched land to other uses after wool prices fell; the switch is presented as a result.
- BCorrect
The first paragraph says “competition from synthetics” drove down the price of clean strong wool.
- C
Australia's greater total wool production is mentioned, but competition from Australian growers isn't given as the cause.
- D
No competition with cotton growers for land is described.
- E
The division among farms helps explain differences in profitability. It isn't identified as the cause of the falling wool price.
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