PrepTest 135, Section 3, Question 27
As part of an international effort to address(467 more words not shown)
Which one of the following(20 more words not shown)
- AA newspaper works(32 more words not shown)
- BA newspaper works(28 more words not shown)
- CA newspaper works(29 more words not shown)
- DA newspaper works(26 more words not shown)
- EA newspaper works(26 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Trace the route from beneficial fungi to fewer thistles. The fungi protect native plants against disease organisms. Healthier native plants can then compete with the thistles. The fungi aren't described as directly attacking the weeds; they help the weeds' competitors withstand another threat.
What we’re looking for
So we need an indirect strategy: prevent one group from dominating by defending its rivals against attacks. Map the roles, not just the number of things being added to the field.
Working the answers
- A
Changing Party A's supporters into supporters of a rival would resemble converting something that helps the weeds into something that helps native plants. We don't have that conversion. The beneficial organisms protect plants; they don't turn the weeds' allies into native plants' allies.
- BCorrect
Party A matches the thistles, and candidates from the rival party match the native plants. The broadcast journalists' attacks match the disease organisms harming those plants. The editorials match the beneficial fungi: they defend the rivals against that separate threat. Protecting those rivals helps prevent Party A from dominating, just as protecting native plants helps curb thistles.
- C
Discouraging Party A's supporters from voting weakens that party directly through its support base. It doesn't defend rival candidates against attacks, which is the relationship we need.
- D
Attacking people who support Party A also works against that party's support. The ecological method protects native plants rather than directly attacking something supporting the weeds.
- E
Creating conflict within Party A tries to make the unwanted group undermine itself. Nothing in the soil explanation says the beneficial organisms make thistles or their supporters fight each other.
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