Self-study
Researcher: It is widely believed that, given its northerly latitude, England's mild winters must be due to the Gulf Stream, which brings warm water flowing northeastward across the Atlantic Ocean. ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████████ █████ ██ ██ ████ ████ ███ ████ ██████ ██████ ████████ █████ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ █████ ███ █████████ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████████ █████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███████ ███ █████ █████████ ████ █████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ████ ██████
Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that England’s mild winters are not due to the Gulf Stream, which brings warm water to England. The author bases this conclusion on the fact that parts of the west coast of North America have mild winters, even though those parts don’t get currents that bring warm water to them.
Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is the author’s rejection of the wide belief regarding the cause of England’s mild winters: “[T]his belief is mistaken.”
1.
Which one of the following ████ ██████████ █████████ ███ ██████████ █████ ██ ███ ████████████ █████████
a
It is widely ████████ ████ █████████ ████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████ ███████
This is other people’s position. The author rejects this.
b
The belief that █████████ ████ ███████ ████ ██ ███ ██ ███ ████ ██████ ██ █████████
This restates the author’s conclusion.
c
It is true ████ ███ ████ ██████ ██████ ████████ █████ ██ ████████
This is a concession. Despite this point, however, the author concludes that the Gulf Stream does not cause England’s mild winters.
d
In the Pacific ██████ ███ ████████ ███████ ██████ ████████ █████ ████ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███████
This is part of the author’s support for the conclusion.
e
North America's west █████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ █████ ██ ███████
This is part of the author’s support for the conclusion.