| Critical Reasoning Butler: June 2025 |
| June 17 | CR 1 | CR 2 |
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CR 1 There are only two kinds of fruits that can be grown on a large scale in Nashvin County— bananas and oranges. The unique climate of Nashville County is of particular benefit to the orange trees and as a result, the total number of oranges that can be grown in one year in Nashville County is three times the number of bananas that can be grown in a year. However, most orchard owners still focus on growing more banana trees than orange trees.
Which of the following best explains the paradox highlighted above?
(A) While the demand for oranges in the domestic market is low, the export demand for oranges is huge.
(B) The selling price of a dozen bananas is at least 6 times that of a dozen oranges.
(C) The amount of fertilizer required by banana trees and orange trees is more or less the same.
(D) It takes less manpower to pluck ripe oranges from trees than it does to pluck bananas.
(E) Most orchard owners in other neighbouring counties also focus more on growing bananas than on growing oranges.
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CR 2 Which of the following most logically completes the argument?
Newspapers represent one of the major forms of media communications. Like the success of television and radio shows, a newspaper’s success is measured by the attention it receives from the public. Therefore, the information in newspapers should never be trusted since __________.
A. almost all newspapers today own corresponding Internet sites that publish their articles free of charge
B. it is written with the sole purpose of creating an emotional response in the reader
C. it is gathered by a group of journalists so statistically, at least one must be dishonest
D. most TV shows income is generated through advertising
E. editors are trained and hired to identify biased views and weakly established arguments