QUESTION TEXT: Veterinarian: A disease of purebred racehorses that…
QUESTION TYPE: Identify the Conclusion
CONCLUSION: We should not ban the breeding of horses with this defect.
REASONING: The disease can be controlled by diet and medicine, and the defect sometimes produces very beautiful and valuable horses.
ANALYSIS: The veterinarian makes a good argument. The defective horses are useful, even if they’re no good for racing.
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- The veterinarian admits (in the first sentence) that the defective horses shouldn’t race.
- CORRECT. This is it. The veterinarian doesn’t think we should ban the horses. We can prevent most of the disease’s harmful effects, and the defect often produces beautiful horses.
- The veterinarian didn’t say this. We only know that diet can control the disease “in most cases”.
- The veterinarian didn’t say that this defect was the only way to produce beautiful horses.
- The veterinarian didn’t say anything about other diseases.
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