PrepTest 118 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 21

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The following passage was written in the late 1980s.

Problem · Legal recognition and preservation of aboriginal rights

Partial solution · Constitutional protection of aboriginal rights

Preserves those rights already legally recognized

New problem · Inconsistent recognition and establishment of constitutional aboriginal rights by provincial (lower) courts

Provincial courts responsible to interpret Constitution

Define · Aboriginal rights

Ownership of land and resources, self-government, legal recognition of customs

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Example · Of obstacles to recognition of rights by provincial courts

Provincial courts interpret the right to recognition of customs as applying only to customs held prior to colonization; but aboriginal societies lack legal documentation from that time

Revisit problem · Difficult to establish aboriginal rights in practice

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Example · Of difficulty establishing rights in practice

Provincial court interpreted “ownership” of land in very limited sense

Author’s perspective · On land ownership ruling

Provincial court’s interpretation was too limited, outcome is regrettable and unsatisfactory

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The author’s purpose in this sentence is to describe why it’s been difficult to consistently recognize and enforce aboriginal rights — the language of the constitution must be written in a general way, which requires the courts to interpret and translate the language into rulings.

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Not supported, because the author doesn’t suggest that decisions “rarely” meet the goals of constitutional reforms. The decisions may be inconsistent, but that doesn’t imply that they usually don’t conform to the constitutional reforms’ goals. Because (A) isn’t supported, it can’t be the purpose of the line.

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This best capture the author’s purpose in the sentence, which is to describe why it’s been difficult to consistently recognize and enforce aboriginal rights.

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The constitutional reforms were already enacted in 1982. The problem relates to interpreting the constitutional reforms, not in getting the reforms enacted.

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The sentence doesn’t have anything to do with the process of enacting reforms.

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The author doesn’t criticize the use of general language. Notice that she says the language is “necessarily” general; that means it must be general. So, although the author does believe the general language creates problems, that doesn’t imply the author thinks the general language should be changed or should be made more specific.

PrepTest 118 - Section 2 - Passage 4 - Question 21

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