PrepTest 147, Section 3, Question 10
The government of Mali passed a law against(427 more words not shown)
The author of the passage(15 more words not shown)
- AIt can play(15 more words not shown)
- BIts stance on(17 more words not shown)
- CIt is more(13 more words not shown)
- DIt pays too(9 more words not shown)
- EIts effectiveness in(12 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The author criticizes a failed system but still imagines UNESCO helping Mali license excavations and educate people about careful removal and records. That leaves room for a positive view of UNESCO's potential role. We should distinguish what it could help achieve from a claim that it has already solved the problem.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
UNESCO's proposed assistance would help replace destructive, poorly documented excavation with a better process. That supports an important role in curbing abuses. “Can play” is a claim about potential usefulness, not proof of a successful program already completed.
- B
The doctrine is discussed alongside Mali's losses, but we aren't told those losses were its primary cause. A relevant example doesn't establish the history of an international organization's policy.
- C
There is no comparison showing that UNESCO works better on initiatives involving one state than on those involving several. The focus on Mali supplies no such ranking.
- D
The author would like UNESCO to help, but doesn't accuse it of paying too little attention to a particular category of countries. That criticism isn't established.
- E
Mali cannot afford thousands of excavations. That is information about Mali's resources, not UNESCO's funding. E transfers a limitation from one organization to another.
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