PrepTest 135, Section 3, Question 24
As part of an international effort to address(467 more words not shown)
The author's reference to the(21 more words not shown)
- Aintroduce a long-held(9 more words not shown)
- Bcite the justification(8 more words not shown)
- Csuggest that the(12 more words not shown)
- Dpresent the most(8 more words not shown)
- Edescribe the circumstances(6 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Why mention slow natural recovery just before introducing the Netherlands study? It explains why researchers want to intervene. Waiting might eventually restore diversity, but they are investigating whether we can make that process happen faster.
Working the answers
- A
The study isn't trying to show that natural recovery never happens. It accepts that recovery is gradual and investigates how to accelerate it. Speeding up a process doesn't discredit its existence.
- B
Nobody is cited as using this belief to defend intensive farming. The surrounding discussion concerns restoring land being taken out of production.
- C
Eventual recovery doesn't mean the damage is less serious than people believe. Its slowness is one reason an active restoration method would be useful.
- D
The sentence doesn't identify the most common explanation for why overproduction is a problem. It tells us what happens during recovery after the damage.
- ECorrect
Slow natural restoration is part of the situation motivating the study. Replacing all the topsoil is impractical, and simply waiting takes time. Researchers therefore investigate whether adding plants and organisms can make recovery faster. That is how this reference sets up their work.
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