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#33747
Complete Question Explanation
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (B)
The municipal legislator discusses the mayor’s proposal to accept a gift of several high-tech streetlights from a lighting company. The legislator does not think that there is any problem with accepting the streetlights as a gift, even though there are those who are afraid that the reason the company is giving the gift is to influence the city’s decision concerning park lighting contracts. In support of this view, the legislator offers two reasons. First, the legislator considers the company’s only potential ulterior motive to be gaining visibility for its products. Second, even if there is some other ulterior motive, the city’s competitive-bidding procedure precludes favoritism from influencing city contracts. For these two reasons, the legislator concludes that there is no problem with the city accepting the lighting company’s gift.
This is a Main Point question. Our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will contain a restatement of the legislator’s conclusion, that there is no problem with the city accepting the lighting company’s gift.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the legislator does not conclude that the company has no desire to influence the city’s decision regarding lighting contracts. Rather, the legislator thinks that there is no problem with accepting the gift, regardless of the company’s motives in offering it.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice because it contains a restatement of the legislator’s main point, as discussed above.
Answer choice (C): The legislator did not discuss the propriety of a company having a unique opportunity to display its products, so this answer choice is inconsistent with the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): Here, the answer choice restates a premise of the argument.
Answer choice (E): As with answer choice (D), this answer choice restates a premise of the legislator’s argument.
Main Point. The correct answer choice is (B)
The municipal legislator discusses the mayor’s proposal to accept a gift of several high-tech streetlights from a lighting company. The legislator does not think that there is any problem with accepting the streetlights as a gift, even though there are those who are afraid that the reason the company is giving the gift is to influence the city’s decision concerning park lighting contracts. In support of this view, the legislator offers two reasons. First, the legislator considers the company’s only potential ulterior motive to be gaining visibility for its products. Second, even if there is some other ulterior motive, the city’s competitive-bidding procedure precludes favoritism from influencing city contracts. For these two reasons, the legislator concludes that there is no problem with the city accepting the lighting company’s gift.
This is a Main Point question. Our prephrase is that the correct answer choice will contain a restatement of the legislator’s conclusion, that there is no problem with the city accepting the lighting company’s gift.
Answer choice (A): This answer choice is incorrect because the legislator does not conclude that the company has no desire to influence the city’s decision regarding lighting contracts. Rather, the legislator thinks that there is no problem with accepting the gift, regardless of the company’s motives in offering it.
Answer choice (B): This is the correct answer choice because it contains a restatement of the legislator’s main point, as discussed above.
Answer choice (C): The legislator did not discuss the propriety of a company having a unique opportunity to display its products, so this answer choice is inconsistent with the stimulus.
Answer choice (D): Here, the answer choice restates a premise of the argument.
Answer choice (E): As with answer choice (D), this answer choice restates a premise of the legislator’s argument.