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Inference Test- 1 - Question 1

Adaptations to cold temperatures have high metabolic costs. It is expensive, in terms of energy use, for land plants and animals to withstand very cold temperatures, and it gets more expensive the colder it gets, which means that the lower the air temperature, the fewer species have evolved to survive it. This factor, in conjunction with the decline in air temperature with increasing elevation, explains the distribution of species diversity in mountain ecosystems: you find fewer species high up a mountain than at the mountain's base because ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Detailed Solution for Inference Test- 1 - Question 1

We should start by paraphrasing the information provided in the passage:

Cold temperatures are costly for organisms to survive in.

Few species have evolved to survive cold weather.

The temperature is colder at higher elevation.

Fewer species live at the top of a mountain than at the base of the mountain.

In order to logically complete the text, we need to connect the dots between these ideas. Which choice does that?

Choice A has a different focus than the provided information. It focuses on the number of environments instead of the number of species. We can eliminate this choice.

Choice C has a different focus than the provided information. It focuses on rocky environments instead of high elevations or cold temperatures. We can eliminate this choice.

Choice D doesn't explain the claim we want to focus on. Instead, it makes a new claim about elevation and species diversity. We can eliminate this choice.

Only choice B connects all the ideas provided in the passage. It uses the first few bullets we identified to explain the final bullet:

Few species can survive cold weather.

Weather is cold at high elevation.

So...

Few species can survive at high elevation.

Choice B is the answer.

Inference Test- 1 - Question 2

Companies whose products are similar to competing products often pursue a marketing strategy of brand differentiation, trying to get consumers to associate their brand with unique attributes (e.g., to think of their brand of rice as the healthy brand, when in fact there is little difference among brands of the same type of rice). Jaywant Singh and Francesca Dall'Olmo Riley investigated consumer perceptions of such products, finding that consumers view competing brands as having largely the same attributes and that any differences in the strength of consumers' associations of brands with attributes are explained by differences in market share—the more popular a brand is, the stronger people's associations with it are—suggesting that ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Detailed Solution for Inference Test- 1 - Question 2

We should start by paraphrasing the information provided in the passage:

Companies try to associate their products with unique attributes.

However, consumers view competing brands as largely similar.

Differences in consumer opinion of competing brands can be explained by brand popularity.

In order to logically complete the text, we need to connect the dots between these ideas. Let's think through the argument that's being made:

Companies try to make their products seem different

BUT, consumers don't see products as different

This argument is presenting a discrepancy. The companies are trying to pursue a marketing strategy, but it's not working. Consumers just pay attention to the popularity of a product.

The conclusion of this argument is becoming clear: companies are wasting their time on brand differentiation.

Do any of the choices match that conclusion?

Choice (C) matches our prediction and is the answer.

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Inference Test- 1 - Question 3

Arthur Conan Doyle's stories about detective Sherlock Holmes were published between 1887 and 1927. They have inspired countless successful adaptations, including comic strips, movies, and a television series Sherlock Hound, directed by Hayao Miyazaki, who is celebrated for his animated movies. Until 2014, these stories were copyrighted. The right to adapt was only available to those who could afford the copyright fee and gain approval from the strict copyright holders of Doyle's estate. Some journalists predict that the number of Sherlock Holmes adaptations is likely to increase since the end of copyright means that ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Detailed Solution for Inference Test- 1 - Question 3

Choice A. This is the best choice. The text tells us that because of the copyright, adapting Sherlock Holmes stories used to be expensive and difficult. This suggests that after the copyright ends, it will be less expensive and less difficult to adapt these stories.

Choice B. This inference isn't supported. The text never discusses people's interest in detective stories, so there is no basis to make this inference.

Choice C. This inference isn't supported. The text never suggests that copyright fees from the past are returned after a copyright ends, so there is no basis to make this inference.

Choice D. This inference isn't supported. The text never suggests that the copyright ending will make Sherlock Holmes stories harder to find. Instead, it suggests that adaptations of these stories will be easier and less expensive to make.

Inference Test- 1 - Question 4

In her 2021 article "Throwaway History: Towards a Historiography of Ephemera," scholar Anne Garner discusses John Johnson (1882–1956), a devoted collector of items intended to be discarded, including bus tickets and campaign pamphlets. Johnson recognized that scholarly institutions considered his expansive collection of ephemera to be worthless—indeed, it wasn't until 1968, after Johnson's death, that Oxford University's Bodleian Library acquired the collection, having grasped the items' potential value to historians and other researchers. Hence, the example of Johnson serves to ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Detailed Solution for Inference Test- 1 - Question 4

Choice A. This inference isn't supported. The text tells us that "Oxford University's Bodleian Library acquired the collection", but it never suggests that it was a challenge to do so.

Choice B. This is the best choice. Johnson collected "ephemera", or things that are meant to be thrown away. Scholars thought his collection was worthless to them, then later realized that it was potentially valuable. This suggests that scholars went from disregarding ephemera to recognizing their usefulness.

Choice C. This inference isn't supported. The text actually suggests the opposite: the example of Johnson's collection lends support to arguments that ephemera does hold value for scholars.

Choice D. This inference isn't supported. The text tells us that the Bodleian Library acquired Johnson's large collection of ephemera back in 1968, so we can assume that contemporary historians conducting research there do have access to that collection.

Inference Test- 1 - Question 5

Many animals, including humans, must sleep, and sleep is known to have a role in everything from healing injuries to encoding information in long-term memory. But some scientists claim that, from an evolutionary standpoint, deep sleep for hours at a time leaves an animal so vulnerable that the known benefits of sleeping seem insufficient to explain why it became so widespread in the animal kingdom. These scientists therefore imply that ______

Which choice most logically completes the text?

Detailed Solution for Inference Test- 1 - Question 5

We should start by paraphrasing the information provided in the passage:

All animals sleep, and sleep has known benefits

However, deep sleep for hours at a time leaves animals vulnerable

Some scientists think the danger of this vulnerability outweighs the known benefits of sleep

In order to logically complete the text, we need to connect the dots between these ideas. Let's think through the argument that's being made:

All animals sleep, so sleep must be beneficial, or animals wouldn't have evolved that way.

The known dangers of prolonged sleep outweigh the known benefits.

This argument is presenting a discrepancy. From what we know, animals shouldn't have evolved to sleep for hours at a time, but they did evolve that way.

The conclusion of this argument is becoming clear: there must be something good about deep sleep that we don't know.

Do any of the choices match that conclusion?

Choice (B) matches our prediction and is the answer.

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