Inference 2

Although sheep herding is an older and more beloved occupation, shepherds never caught the attention of filmmakers the way cowboys did. 

• Cowboys are generally younger than shepherds.

• Films about shepherds are older and more beloved than films about cowboys

• There have been more films about cowboys than about shepherds. 

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The Okefenokee Swamp is a fascinating realm that both confirms and contradicts popular notions of a swamp. Along with huge cypresses, dangerous quagmires, and dim waterways, the Oekfenokee has sandy pine islands, sunlit prairies, and clear lakes. 

 

 

• Unlike most swamps, the Okefenokee does not have huge cypresses, dangerous quagmires, or dim waterways. 

• The Okefeenokee has features that are not commonly associated with swamps.

• Although most swamps are not very interesting, the Okefenokee is an exception.

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Illegible handwriting does not indicate weakness of character, as even a quick glance at the penmanship of Franklin D. Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy reveals. 

• The author believes both Roosevelt and Kennedy had weak characters. 

• Roosevelt’s handwriting was more illegible than that of Kennedy. 

• Roosevelt and Kennedy both had handwriting that was difficult to read. 

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Jack London spent only a year prospecting for gold in Alaska. However, nearly half of his forty books are set there.

• London’s experiences in Alaska had a strong influence on his writing.

• Although London worked in Alaska for only a short time, he wrote almost twenty books while he lived there.

• London was successful in his search for gold in Alaska. 

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Most fish take on the coloration of their natural surroundings to a certain degree. It’s not surprising, therefore, that fish inhabiting the warm, shallow waters around tropical reefs are colored all the brilliant hues of the rainbow. 

• Tropical fish are brightly colored because they inhabit warm waters. 

• Tropical reefs are brightly colored environments. 

• Tropical fish are unlike other fish because they take on the coloration of their environment. 

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Thomas Jefferson preferred the Roman style of architecture, as seen in the buildings at the University of Virginia, to the English style favored by Charles Bullfinch. 

 

• Jefferson preferred to build in the English style of architecture. 

• The architecture of the University of Virginia was influenced by the Roman style.

   

• Bullfinch was an English architect.

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In theory, a good screwdriver should last a lifetime, but it seldom does, usually because it is used as a substitute for other tools.

• All screwdrivers, if they are really good, last a lifetime. 

• If you want a screwdriver to last a lifetime, use other tools to substitute it. 

• Using a screwdriver for purposes other than those for which it was intended can shorten its life. 

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Even spiders that do not build webs from silk use it for a variety of purposes, such as constructing egg sacs and nursery tents. 

• All spiders build webs.

• Spiders that build webs don’t build egg sacs or nursery tents.

• Silk is used by all spiders.

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Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood from which the red and white blood cells have been removed. It is often used in transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the blood more than the other components.

Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the right blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood cannot .

All of the following are true about blood plasma EXCEPT that

• it is a deeply colored liquid

• blood cells have been taken out of it

• patients are often transfused with it

• it is generally more important to

  the patient than other parts of

  whole blood

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Blood plasma is a clear, almost colorless liquid. It consists of blood from which the red and white blood cells have been removed. It is often used in transfusions because a patient generally needs the plasma portion of the blood more than the other components.

Plasma differs in several important ways from whole blood. First of all, plasma can be mixed for all donors and does not have to be from the right blood group, as whole blood does. In addition, plasma can be dried and stored, while whole blood cannot .

Which of the following is NOT stated about whole blood?

• It is different from plasma.

• It cannot be dried.

• It is impossible to keep it in storage

  for a long time.

• It is a clear, colorless liquid.

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