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 Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 6:07 am Post subject: DS - 1000 CR |
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No nation can long survive unless its people are united by a common tongue. For proof, we need only consider Canada, which is being torn asunder by conflicts between French-speaking Quebec and the other provinces, which are dominated by English speakers.
Which of the following, if true, most effectively challenges the author’s conclusion?
(A) Conflicts over language have led to violent clashes between the Basque-speaking minority in Spain and the Spanish-speaking majority.
(B) Proposals to declare English the official language of the United States have met with resistance from members of Hispanic and other minority groups.
(C) Economic and political differences, along with linguistic ones, have contributed to the provincial conflicts in Canada.
(D) The public of India, in existence sine 1948, has a population that speaks hundreds of different, though related, languages.
(E) Switzerland has survived for nearly a thousand years as a home for speakers of three different languages
I got this one right...but I thought some choices were close! |
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 9:35 am Post subject: Re: DS - 1000 CR |
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| Cybermusings wrote: | No nation can long survive unless its people are united by a common tongue. For proof, we need only consider Canada, which is being torn asunder by conflicts between French-speaking Quebec and the other provinces, which are dominated by English speakers.
Which of the following, if true, most effectively challenges the author’s conclusion?
(A) Conflicts over language have led to violent clashes between the Basque-speaking minority in Spain and the Spanish-speaking majority.
(B) Proposals to declare English the official language of the United States have met with resistance from members of Hispanic and other minority groups.
(C) Economic and political differences, along with linguistic ones, have contributed to the provincial conflicts in Canada.
(D) The public of India, in existence sine 1948, has a population that speaks hundreds of different, though related, languages.
(E) Switzerland has survived for nearly a thousand years as a home for speakers of three different languages
I got this one right...but I thought some choices were close! |
I'll go with E
I guess this one is tricky because of the prior context we have in our
heads 
A and B strengthen the argument
C tells us why Canada had problems but it doesn't directly attack the
main conclusion i.e. no country can survive unless people have a
common tongue
D tells us that the languages are related. So it doesn't weaken the
conclusion
E gives evidence to directly attack the main conclusion. |
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:45 am Post subject: Re: DS - 1000 CR |
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| Cybermusings wrote: | No nation can long survive unless its people are united by a common tongue. For proof, we need only consider Canada, which is being torn asunder by conflicts between French-speaking Quebec and the other provinces, which are dominated by English speakers.
Which of the following, if true, most effectively challenges the author’s conclusion?
(A) Conflicts over language have led to violent clashes between the Basque-speaking minority in Spain and the Spanish-speaking majority.
(B) Proposals to declare English the official language of the United States have met with resistance from members of Hispanic and other minority groups.
(C) Economic and political differences, along with linguistic ones, have contributed to the provincial conflicts in Canada.
(D) The public of India, in existence sine 1948, has a population that speaks hundreds of different, though related, languages.
(E) Switzerland has survived for nearly a thousand years as a home for speakers of three different languages
I got this one right...but I thought some choices were close! |
Yep, C is a close one, but slightly out of scope. A strengthens author's argument. B implies that it would be difficult to execute author's assertion; not relevant. D is a weak possibility--the explicit use of "in existence since 1948" implies that India's unity of multiple languages is rather nascent. E is best. |
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