PrepTest 88, Section 2, Question 5
Salmon farmer: Farm-raised salmon is preferable to wild salmon due to its year-round availability, consistent quality, and cheaper price. But the best reason to prefer farmed salmon is ecological: as consumers' desire for farmed salmon increases, the market for threatened wild salmon drops, which in turn leads to more wild fish being allowed to live and multiply freely, thus increasing their numbers.
Salmon farmer: Farm-raised salmon is preferable to wild salmon due to its year-round availability, consistent quality, and cheaper price. But the best reason to prefer farmed salmon is ecological: as consumers' desire for farmed salmon increases, the market for threatened wild salmon drops, which in turn leads to more wild fish being allowed to live and multiply freely, thus increasing their numbers.
Salmon farmer: Farm-raised salmon is preferable to wild salmon due to its year-round availability, consistent quality, and cheaper price. But the best reason to prefer farmed salmon is ecological: as consumers' desire for farmed salmon increases, the market for threatened wild salmon drops, which in turn leads to more wild fish being allowed to live and multiply freely, thus increasing their numbers.
Salmon farmer: Farm-raised salmon is preferable to wild salmon due to its year-round availability, consistent quality, and cheaper price. But the best reason to prefer farmed salmon is ecological: as consumers' desire for farmed salmon increases, the market for threatened wild salmon drops, which in turn leads to more wild fish being allowed to live and multiply freely, thus increasing their numbers.
Which one of the following, if true, most weakens the salmon farmer's argument?
Farmed salmon are fed with large quantities of small fish caught in areas where wild salmon attempt to feed.
Though some wild salmon may be of lesser quality than farmed salmon, some is far better.
Most people who eat salmon are not aware of any differences between the taste of wild salmon and that of farmed salmon.
Limits on the number of salmon that can be taken from the wild have led to increases in the price of wild salmon.
Wild salmon are more likely than farmed salmon to have consumed pollutants that may be harmful to humans.
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