Sul wrote:Below is an excerpt from a letter that was sent by the chairman of a corporation to the stockholders.

A number of charges have been raised against me, some serious, some trivial. Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation. Remember that no court of law in any state has found me guilty of any criminal offense whatsoever. In the American tradition, as you know, an individual is considered innocent until proven guilty. Furthermore, as the corporation's unbroken six-year record of growth will show, my conduct of my official duties as chairman has only helped enhance the success of the corporation, and so benefited every stockholder.

Which of the following can be properly inferred from the excerpt?

(A) The chairman believes that all those who have demanded his resignation are motivated by desire to control the corporation for their own purposes.
(B) Any misdeeds that the chairman may have committed were motivated by his desire to enhance the success of the corporation.
(C) The chairman is innocent of any criminal offense.
(D) The corporation has expanded steadily over the past six years.
(E) Any legal proceedings against the chairman have resulted in his acquittal.

OA D

A: The answer choice only seems to be the best answer because it corresponds to the main subject under discussion and the passage mentions that "Individuals seeking to control the corporation for their own purposes have demanded my resignation": however, although the desire to control the corp is mentioned in the passage, it is one of many factors mentions and cannot be presumed to be the primary[/i] purpose or motivation for the removal of the chairman from his position.

B: The conclusion is well outside the scope of the passage.

C: Just because the chairman has not been found guilty does not mean he is innocent or cannot be found guilty at a later point.

D: CORRECT. This is the only point that can be inferred because the passage states that "the corporations unbroken six-year record of growth will show...," which implies that the company has been growing over the last six years.

E:Just because no court has found him guilty does not mean that he has been acquitted: he may never have been tried to begin with and so would not have been acquitted of any crime.


Albert

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