PrepTest 157, Section 1, Question 25
Some environmentalists claim that the higher the international(435 more words not shown)
What is the main purpose(8 more words not shown)
- Ato argue that(9 more words not shown)
- Bto examine critically(8 more words not shown)
- Cto propose a(11 more words not shown)
- Dto argue that(13 more words not shown)
- Eto question the(9 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The first paragraph presents the environmentalists' case. The second checks that case: how strong are the export studies, what hasn't been studied, and what happens if reduced spending removes harmful programs instead of helpful ones? Our prediction is a critical examination of the arguments just presented.
Working the answers
- A
A possible benefit from cutting harmful spending is part of the response, but the paragraph's overall purpose isn't to establish that debt improves quality of life. Its conclusion is that the extent of the relationship remains unknown.
- BCorrect
The author evaluates the specific support for both arguments. The export hypothesis faces limited and incomplete evidence; the spending argument overlooks cuts that could prevent harm. Those criticisms explain the conclusion that the environmentalists' claim isn't adequately established.
- C
Missing research is identified, but no study is proposed. Saying an issue hasn't been investigated isn't the same as laying out an investigation.
- D
The paragraph doesn't establish that there is no relationship. That would go beyond its conclusion that the extent of the connection is unknown.
- E
The author questions what the evidence establishes, rather than attacking the sources for being unreliable. The deforestation studies are used in the analysis; we aren't told their investigators or sources are untrustworthy.
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