PrepTest 147, Section 3, Question 9
The government of Mali passed a law against(427 more words not shown)
The author asks the reader(22 more words not shown)
- Adraw attention to(8 more words not shown)
- Bpraise one of(8 more words not shown)
- Cpresent one part(12 more words not shown)
- Dsuggest a means(12 more words not shown)
- Ehighlight a flaw(4 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The tax is part of the author's imagined alternative, alongside licensed excavation, records and registration. Its stated purpose is to fund museum purchases of important pieces. Why include it in the argument? It helps show a more practical way Mali could have managed the artifacts than the failed ban.
Working the answers
- A
The national museum benefits from the proposed revenue, but explaining museums' general role isn't the reason for this paragraph. The author is developing a different regulatory approach for Mali.
- B
The repeated word “Suppose” marks a policy that might have been adopted. We aren't being told Mali actually imposed this tax, much less being invited to praise it for doing so.
- CCorrect
The tax supplies one component of the more pragmatic system. Exported objects could generate funds for acquiring significant pieces locally, while the other measures would preserve excavation records. C identifies the example's role in that broader proposal.
- D
The tax funds museum acquisitions. The author doesn't explain it as a reward for keeping records or tie the tax obligation to the quality of those records. Other parts of the proposal address documentation more directly.
- E
Earlier discussion exposes an unintended effect of protective regulations. Here the tax belongs to the proposed improvement. It is not introduced as another flaw in the doctrine.
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