Questions 7-8

　　The fishing industry cannot currently be relied upon to help the government count the seabirds killed by net fishing, since an accurate count might result in restriction¹ of net fishing. The goveernment should therefore institute a program under which tissue samples from the dead birds are examined to determine the amount of toxins² in the fish eaten by the birds. The industry would then have a reason to turn in the bird carcasses, since the industry needs to know whether the fish it catches are contaminated with toxins.

7. Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the argument?

(A) The seabirds that are killed by net fishing do not eat all of the species of fish 　　caught by the fishing industry
(B) The government has not in the past sought to determine whether fish were 　　contaminated with toxins by examining tissue samples of seabirds
(C) The government cannot gain an accurate count of the number of seabirds 　　killed by net fishing unless the fishing industry cooperates
(D) If the government knew that fish caught by the fishing industry were 　　contaminated by toxins, the government would restrict net fishing
(E) If net fishing were restricted by the government, then the fishing industry 　　would become more inclined to reveal the number of seabirds killed by net 　　fishing.

8. Which one of the following, if true, most strongly indicates that the government program would not by itself provide an accurate count of the seabirds killed by net fishing?

(A) The seabirds killed by net fishing might be contaminated with several 　　different toxins even if the birds eat only one kind of fish
(B) The fishing industry could learn whether the fish it catches are contaminated 　　with toxins if only a few of the seabirds killed by the nets were examined
(C) The government could gain valuable information about the source of toxins 　　by examining tissue samples of the seabirds caught in the nets.
(D) The fish caught in a particular net might be contaminated with the same 　　toxins as those in the seabirds caught in that net.
(E) The government would be willing to certify³ that the fish caught by the 　　industry are not contaminated with toxins if tests done on the seabirds 　　showed no contamination

9. Some people claim that elected officials must avoid even the appearance of impropriety in office. Yet since actions that give the appearance of impropriety are not necessarily improper⁴, the only reason for an elected official to avoid the appearance of impropriety is to maintain publie approval and popularity. No one however, not even a publicc official, has an obligation to be popular or to maintain public approval.

　　The argument is structured so as to lead to which one of the following conclusions?

(A) No elected official has an obligation to avold the appearance of impropriety
(B) All elected officials have a vested interest in mainatining a high public 　　approval rating.
(C) Elected official who have beeen scrupulous⁵ in satisfying the obligations of 　　their office should ensure that the public is aware of this fact.
(D) The public never approves of an elected official who appears to have behaved 　　improperly⁶ in office
(E) Elected officials who abuse the power of their office have an obligation at 　　least to appear to be fulfilling the obligations of their office.

10. Cafereria patron The apples sold in this cafeteria are greasy⁷. The cashier told me that the apples are in that condition when they are delivered to the cafeteria and that the cafeteria does not wash the apples it sells. Most fruit is sprayed with dangerous pesticides⁸ before it is harvested, and is dangerous until it is washed. Clearly, the cafeteria is selling pesticide-covered fruit thereby⁹ endangering its patrons.

　　Which one of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
(A) The apples that the cafeteria sells are not thoroughly¹⁰ washed after harvest 　　but before reaching the cafeteria
(B) Most pesticides that are sprayed on fruit before harvest leave a greasy 　　residue¹¹ on the fruit
(C) Many of the cafeteria s patrons are unaware¹² that the cafeteria does not 　　wash the apples it sells.
(D) Only pesticides that leave a greasy residue on fruit can be washed off
(E) Fruits other than apples also arrive at the cafeteria in a greasy condition

11. P: Because an elected official needs the support of a political party to be effective, the independent candidate for the legislature cannot possibly be an effective legislator if she wins.

　　Q: I disagree By your reasoning, our current legislator, who has the support of a political party, ought to have been effective, but he has hot been.

　　Which one of the following is the best criticism of Q s statement?

(A) It simply contradicts P s claim without offering evidence against it.
(B) It does not consider the possibility that a political party might decide to 　　support an elected legislator even though he or she ran as an independent.
(C) It fails to provide a precise definition for a key term—the wore "effective".
(D) It presupposes what is to be proved—that a legislator must have the support 　　of a political party in order to be "effective"
(E) It mistakenly interprets P to be claiming that a factor assures rather than is 　　necessary for a legislator s effectiveness

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