SECTION 5 TIME—25 MINUTES 16 QUESTIONS DIRECTIONS
15.
In the United States, vacationers account for more
the effect that certain policies should be determined
than half of all visitors to what are technically called
“pure aquariums” but for fewer than one quarter of
not by the legislature itself but by public referenda in
all visitors to zoos, which usually include a “zoo
which every voter can take part. Critics of the
proposals argue that the outcomes of public referenda
aquarium” of relatively modest scope.
would be biased, since wealthy special-interest
Which of the following, if true, most helps to account
groups are able to influence voters’ views by means
for the difference described above between visitors to
of television advertisements.
zoos and visitors to pure aquariums?
Which of the following, if true, most strengthens the
(A) In cities that have both a zoo and a pure
critics’ argument?
aquarium, local residents are twice as likely to
visit the aquarium as they are to visit the zoo.
(A) Many state legislators regard public referenda as
a way of avoiding voting on issues on which their
(B) Virtually all large metropolitan areas have zoos,
constituents are divided.
whereas only a few large metropolitan areas have
(B) During elections for members of the legislature,
pure aquariums.
the number of people who vote is unaffected by
(C) Over the last ten years, newly constructed pure
whether the candidates run television
aquariums have outnumbered newly established
advertisements or not.
zoos by a factor of two to one.
(C) Proponents of policies that are opposed by
(D) People who visit a zoo in a given year are two
wealthy special-interest groups are often unable
times more likely to visit a pure aquarium that
to afford advertising time on local television
year than are people who do not visit a zoo.
stations.
(E) The zoo aquariums of zoos that are in the same
(D) Different special-interest groups often take
city as a pure aquarium tend to be smaller than
opposing positions on questions of which policies
the aquariums of zoos that have no pure
the state should adopt.
aquarium nearby.
(E) Television stations are reluctant to become
associated with any one political opinion, for fear
of losing viewers who do not share that opinion.