Verbal Review 2nd ed, Q 64

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Verbal Review 2nd ed, Q 64

by achieve_dream » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:20 pm
High levels of fertilizer and pesticides, needed when farmers try to produce high yield of the same crop year after year, pollute water supplies. Experts therefore urge farmers to diversify their crops and to rotate their plantings yearly.

To receive governmental price-support benefits for a crop, farmers must have produced that same crop for the past several years.

The statements above, if true, best support which of the following conclusions?

(A) The rules for governmental support of farm prices work against efforts to reduce water pollution.

(B) The only solution to the problem of water pollution from fertilizers and pesticides is to take farmland out of production.

(C) Farmers can continue to make a profit by rotating diverse crops, thus reducing costs for chemicals, but not by planting the same crop each year.

(D) New farming techniques will be developed to make it possible for farmers to reduce the application of fertilizers and pesticides.

(E) Governmental price supports for farm products are set at levels that are not high enough to allow farmers to get out of debt.

My question is : The argument talks about "governmental price-support benefits for a crop

"To receive governmental price-support benefits for a crop, farmers must have produced that same crop for the past several years."

But the correct answer talks about "farm prices" not about crop.
"The rules for governmental support of farm prices"

Am I missing something here?

Help is much appreciated.
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by VivianKerr » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:21 pm
Evidence:
- F + P pollute water, but needed for same crop
- Diversify + rotate recommended
- Gov't $$ given for same crop

Conclusion:
- will likely tie the Gov't $$ to F + P.

If $$ is given for the same crop, it basically encourages the farmers to use F + P.

It's the logic here that is the most important, not the specific vocabulary.
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by sohrabkalra » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:00 am
Agree with vivian! The change in vocab is very tricky to catch.
Sometimes it makes a difference, sometimes it doesnot
Personally i use elimination technique in these cases to see if there are other probable better solutions (in which case the change might be intentional) or is this is the only answer fitting( ignore the change in that case)

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by mankey » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:47 am
IMO: A. What is the OA?

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by achieve_dream » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:16 am
OA is A