LSAT 128 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q3

RC Question 3 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: According to the passage, which one of the following …

DISCUSSION: You can’t prephrase this. Scan the answer choices, narrow it down, and then confirm where this is supported in the passage.

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1. We know strong wool is used mostly for carpets (middle of paragraph 1). That’s not the same as saying that New Zealand has a strong carpet manufacturing industry.
2. There’s no mention of any governing board. This is completely unsupported.
3. In paragraph 4, the author recommends shifting away from processing efficiency to genetic testing. But it never says that the wool industry has recently shifted it toward processing techniques. Maybe it’s been focused on processing techniques for a long time.
4. This is the opposite of what the passage suggests. Paragraph 3 explicitly states that cotton is improving productivity much faster than wool, suggesting that it’s also growing faster.
5. CORRECT. This is explicitly stated towards the middle of paragraph 1.