Help! GWD 7-38

luluQ

Q38:

Journalist:  Well-known businessman Arnold Bergeron has long been popular in the state, and he has often talked about running for governor, but he has never run.  However, we have just learned that Bergeron has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for candidacy by submitting a detailed list of his current financial holdings to the election commission.  So, it is very likely that Bergeron will be a candidate for governor this year.

 

The answer to which of the following questions would be most useful in evaluating the journalist’s argument?

 

1. Has anybody else who has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement for the upcoming election reported greater financial holdings than Bergeron?
2. Is submitting a list of holdings the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements?
3. Did the information recently obtained by the journalists come directly from the election commission?
4. Have Bergeron’s financial holdings increased in value in recent years?
5. Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections?

Answer: B

Mine: E

Reasoning:

If submitting a list of holdings is the only way, the conclusion is A has fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement;

Even if submitting a list of holdings is not the only way, A has still fulfilled the financial disclosure requirement.

"Way" does not mean "requirement".

 

But, if A had also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections, the news that A has submitted a list of holdings is nothing new, thus cannot justify the author's prediction.

gonghao

In my opinion , if submitting a list of holdings is the only way to fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements and AB did so,it means that AB is doom to be a candidate for governor.

If submitting a list of holdings is one of the ways to  fulfill the election commission’s financial disclosure requirements, it can be determined that AB will be  a candidate for governor since the reason is insufficient

So I think B is the most suitable.

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E:Had Bergeron also fulfilled the financial disclosure requirements for candidacy before any previous gubernatorial elections?

This choice doesn't match the context in the argument.In the argument,【often talked about running for governor, but he has never run】pay attention to the word"never".

Hence,E would never had happened

luluQ

Thank u for response.It makes sense!