PrepTest 140, Section 2, Question 5
Sharita: Anyone who owns a cat should have(73 more words not shown)
Sharita's and Chad's statements provide(15 more words not shown)
- AIt is usually(5 more words not shown)
- BThere are more(6 more words not shown)
- CStray cats are(10 more words not shown)
- DStray cats spread(4 more words not shown)
- EIt is mainly(8 more words not shown)
Reading the argument
Sharita wants owners to take responsibility for the kittens their cats could have. If they won't care for those kittens, they should have the cat spayed or neutered. Otherwise, Sharita says, we end up with too many strays.
That could contribute to the problem. What about cats that are already strays and have kittens themselves? There may be more to the explanation, but we don't need to settle every cause to understand Sharita's concern.
Chad focuses on a different human action: feeding strays without capturing and adopting them. He recognizes the kindness behind it, but thinks the result makes a harmful situation worse. Good intentions, in his view, don't guarantee a good outcome.
What we’re looking for
The question asks where they agree. Both see the number of stray cats as a problem, and both think people contribute to it. They don't have to recommend the same solution or give the same reason for concern. We need a claim supported by each speaker.
Working the answers
- A
Sharita never discusses feeding strays. Chad criticizes feeding them without subsequent capture and adoption, but that doesn't supply Sharita's position. We also shouldn't quietly replace Chad's warning about consequences with an unrestricted rule against feeding cats.
- BCorrect
Both think there are too many stray cats. Sharita explains why there are “so many” and recommends a way owners can avoid adding to that number. Chad calls the strays a nuisance, describes their harms, and objects to behavior that exacerbates the problem. Their different proposed responses share the view that the present situation includes more strays than there should be.
- C
Chad identifies risks to humans. Sharita doesn't say why the number of strays bothers her. She could be worried about the cats' own welfare, for example. Agreeing that there is a problem doesn't mean agreeing about every reason it is a problem.
- D
Again, this comes from Chad alone. He says stray cats spread diseases to other cats; Sharita says nothing about disease. Her silence isn't disagreement, but it also isn't support for agreement on this particular claim.
- E
Chad says people feed strays out of kindness. Sharita doesn't discuss feeding or the motives behind it, so we cannot assign her that view. The fact that one speaker clearly supports an answer doesn't make it common ground between the two.
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