Wine Effects

Answer choices

1. A

   Too Strong: should not4% picked this

   Scientists should not attempt to study the possible healthful effects of moderate consumption of beer

   It's an extreme position to tell researchers not to study something. Furthermore, the author's first paragraph makes her seem mildly annoyed that researchers have previously conflated wine with other alcoholic beverages, and that they have studied only abusive intake of these drinks, rather than moderate intake. So she would probably support some more research being given to moderate intake of other alcoholic beverages.

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2. B

   Out of Scope: questioning finding26% picked this

   The conclusion that alcohol affects lipid processing should be questioned in light of studies of

   The author says in the 2nd paragraph that "alcohol has been shown conclusively to have negative effects, for example affecting the body's processing of lipids". She isn't disputing this conclusive truth.

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3. C

   Correct66% picked this

   Moderate consumption of wine made from plums or apples rather than grapes would be unlikely to reduce the

   Why this is right

   This is supported by the author's main point, that "moderate wine consumption is healthy because chemicals from grapes are good for the heart in various ways." Since grape-chemicals are the Causal Difference-Maker that makes wine healthier than the other alcohols (beer / liquor), the author would likely assume that an alcohol not made from grapes (made from plums or apples) would not have the same heart-healthy effects. The last two sentences are our support for this answer, since they crystallize the author's causal explanation for why wine is healthier: "the healthful effects of moderate wine intake derive from the concentration of certain natural compounds found in grapes". When a passage identifies a Causal Difference-Maker (i.e. "Liz was able to get into Columbia, despite her poor grades, because of her great LSAT score), then Most Supported correct answers often take this "Flip the Causal Difference-Maker" type of form: (A) If Liz had scored poorly on the LSAT, she would have been unlikely to get into Columbia.

   Skill tested: Author Opinion · how this choice captures the passage's function is the move to repeat next time.

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4. D

   Unknown Comparison: greater effect2% picked this

   Red wine consumption has a greater effect on reducing death rates from premature heart disease than

   The 2nd paragraph reveals that researchers at first thought that the benefits of wine were only from red wine, but "subsequent research has shown identical results whether the wine was write or red." So we have no support for saying that red is more healthy than white.

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5. E

   Unsupported: beneficial ingredients2% picked this

   Beer and distilled spirits contain active ingredients other than alcohol whose effects tend

   We only are told that wine has an active ingredients (chemical compounds from grapes) whose effects tend to be beneficial. We don't have any reason from this passage to suspect that beer and liquor have some active ingredient whose effects tend to be beneficial.

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