PT117.S3.Q13

PrepTest 117 - Section 3 - Question 13

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City council member: Despite the city's desperate need to exploit any available source of revenue, the mayor has repeatedly blocked council members' attempts to pass legislation imposing real estate development fees. ██ ██ █████ ████ ██ █████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████████ ███ █████ █████ ███████ ██ ████ █████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ████ ████████ █████ █████████████ ██████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████ ██████ ███ █████ ██ ████████ ██████ ██ █ ███████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ███ ███ █████████ █████ ██ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ██ ███████ ████████ ██ ████ ██████ ███████████ ███ ████ ███ █ ██████ █████████ ████████ ██ ███ ███████

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position

The mayor is choosing personal interests over the city’s interests. Why? Because she’s blocking real estate development fees that would provide much-needed revenue for the city, and the motive is her family’s involvement in real estate.

Identify Conclusion

The conclusion is a denouncement of the mayor: “the mayor is sacrificing the city’s interests to personal interests.”

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13.

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a

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b

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c

In blocking council ████████ ████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ ███████████ █████ ███ █████ ██ ███████████ ███ ██████ █████████ ██ ████████ ██████████

d

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e

The mayor's family ███ █ ██████ █████████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ███ ███████ ██ ███████████ ████ █████ ██████ ████ ██████ ███████████ █████

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