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Wayne: A music contest that pits professionals against amateurs is an absurd idea. The professional musicians will almost certainly have an unfair advantage. After all, most of them only became professional after achieving success as amateurs.
Ted: But that means it has been a long time since they had to deal with the relative lack of resources on the amateur circuit.
Which of the following is most likely a point at issue between Wayne and Ted?
A. Whether any music competitions should allow amateur and professional musicians to compete against each other.
B. Whether professional musicians competing against amateurs should have their scores adjusted to reflect the special advantage they possess as professionals.
C. Whether professional musicians have an unfair advantage over amateur musicians, when competing against them in competitions.
D. Whether the resources available for professional music competition are higher than those for amateur music competition.
E. Whether musicians can successfully become professionals after achieving success as amateurs.
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Wayne: In a music contest pitting professionals and amateurs, professionals have an unfair advantage --> most professionals have had success on amateur circuits --> Ted: But it has been long since professionals dealt with lack of resources of amateur circuit
Missing-link: Not needed
Expectation from the correct answer choice: Something on the lines of whether professional musicians have an unfair advantage over amateur musicians
A. Both Wayne and Ted accept that a music contest pitting professionals and amateurs exist and neither of them makes any comment about whether such a competition should be allowed; so, whether there should be such music competitions is not an issue; rather, Ted disagrees with Wayne on whether the professionals have an unfair advantage. Because this answer choice does not point at an issue between Wayne and Ted, this answer choice is incorrect.
B. Trap. The argument is concerned with whether professional musicians have an unfair advantage over amateur musicians and not with how such advantage, if existing, can be accounted for; so, whether scores should be adjusted to reflect the special advantages of professionals is just an operational detail and does not point at an issue. Because this answer choice does not point at an issue between Wayne and Ted, this answer choice is incorrect.
C. Correct. Wayne mentions that professionals have an unfair advantage in music contests that pit professionals and amateurs, whereas Ted mentions that it has been long since professionals dealt with the lack of resources of the amateur circuit, suggesting that professionals may not have an unfair advantage; overall, the discussion suggests that whether the professional musicians have an unfair advantage is the issue, as the answer choice mentions. Because this answer choice points at an issue between Wayne and Ted, this answer choice is correct.
D. Trap. Ted mentions that it has been long since professionals dealt with the “lack of resources of the amateur circuit”, suggesting Ted’s view that resources available for professional competitions are likely higher than those for amateur competitions; however, Wayne makes no comment about resources; so, this answer choice does not point at an issue. Because this answer choice does not point at an issue between Wayne and Ted, this answer choice is incorrect.
E. Wayne mentions that most professionals have had success on amateur circuits; Ted accepts this fact but disagrees with Wayne on whether the professionals have an unfair advantage; so, whether musicians can successfully become professionals after success on the amateur circuit is not an issue. Because this answer choice does not point at an issue between Wayne and Ted, this answer choice is incorrect.
C is the best choice.
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31 Dec 2021, 23:00
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