PrepTest 157, Section 1, Question 23
Some environmentalists claim that the higher the international(435 more words not shown)
The exports promotion hypothesis, as(18 more words not shown)
- Ainternational debt(1 more words not shown)
- Bmore goods are(1 more words not shown)
- Ctimber must be(1 more words not shown)
- Dgoods are produced(2 more words not shown)
- Ehigher quality goods(2 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
This asks what the exports promotion hypothesis claims, not whether the author ultimately accepts it. Look at the stated link between a shift toward exports and environmental damage: the larger scale of production partly explains the harm (paragraph 1). Greater volume means more goods are being produced.
Working the answers
- A
The hypothesis treats debt pressure as a reason for promoting exports. Increased debt is not presented as the result of making export goods.
- BCorrect
The account explicitly identifies greater production volume as part of the reason exports create more environmental damage than production for domestic consumption. B states that component of the hypothesis.
- C
Clearing forests is one possible scenario, not something that must happen whenever exports increase. A country could export other resources without destroying timber. The example illustrates a route to environmental harm; it doesn't limit the whole hypothesis to that route.
- D
No comparison of production costs is given. Greater output doesn't by itself tell us that each good is cheaper to produce.
- E
Quality isn't compared either. The claimed difference concerns production volume and environmental effects, not whether the goods themselves are better.
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