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The island of Sark is the smallest of four islands in the southwestern area of the English Channel. Sark is a part of the British Crown. Until 2008, it was considered the last remaining feudal state in Europe, its government under the Seigneur and functioning as a fiefdom granted by the British monarch. Sark is a tiny island, with only two square miles of land and a population of only 600 people, most of whom are past middle age. It has no airport, and airplanes are not allowed to fly over; Sark may be reached by ferry alone. The fragile landscape and climate of the island are heavily influenced by its location in the English Channel, and its residents are committed to maintaining a natural quality with a focus on sustainable activities. Sark has a “horses-only” policy, and no cars or other motor vehicles are allowed there.
Based on the statements made in the passage, which of the following offers the best explanation for the “horses-only” policy on Sark?
(A) As the island is only two square miles, most of the residents can walk or ride easily enough to get from one location to another.
(B) Most of the residents on Sark are accustomed to the laws forbidding motor vehicles and have no interest in changing them at this time.
(C) Sark is composed of several very small and self-contained villages, and there is little need for the residents to go from one place to the other frequently.
(D) Due to the delicate environment of the island, the residents of Sark are concerned about the pollution that motor vehicles could bring with them.
(E) Because the island of Sark was a feudal state for so long, many of the laws are arbitrary and have no relevance to contemporary society.
Based on the statements made in the passage, which of the following offers the best explanation for the “horses-only” policy on Sark?
(A) As the island is only two square miles, most of the residents can walk or ride easily enough to get from one location to another.
(B) Most of the residents on Sark are accustomed to the laws forbidding motor vehicles and have no interest in changing them at this time.
(C) Sark is composed of several very small and self-contained villages, and there is little need for the residents to go from one place to the other frequently.
(D) Due to the delicate environment of the island, the residents of Sark are concerned about the pollution that motor vehicles could bring with them.
(E) Because the island of Sark was a feudal state for so long, many of the laws are arbitrary and have no relevance to contemporary society.
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In this question, the student is given information about the tiny island of Sark, one of four islands located in the English Channel and falling under the jurisdiction of the British Crown. For most of its history—and until 2008—Sark was considered a feudal state, and its ruler the Seigneur the head of a fiefdom. Today, Sark has about 600 residents, and most of them are past middle age (according to the passage). What is more, the island, which is only two square miles in landmass, has a horses-only policy and does not allow motor vehicles such as cars; nor are airplanes allowed to fly over the island. The question asks the student to determine the answer choice that best explains this horses-only policy.
From the information provided in the passage, the student should already begin to deduce that the reason might be primarily environmental: (1) the island is very small, (2) the landscape is fragile, and the climate is already heavily affected by the island’s location in the English Channel, and (3) the residents are committed to retaining a sustainable quality on the island. The correct answer choice will combine these facts into a single coherent statement of explanation.
The Correct Answer:
D Answer choice (D) accurately expresses the environmental reasons for why an island such as Sark would refuse to allow motor vehicles. Answer choice (D), therefore, is correct.
The Incorrect Answers:
A Answer choice (A) is plausible from a purely practical position, but it does not take the other features of the passage into account, namely the focus on sustainable living and the problems that the island might already face by being located in the English Channel. What is more, the author of the passage notes that most of the residents are past middle age, so walking the entire island might be less possible as they grow older. Answer choice (A) is incorrect.
B Answer choice (B) cannot be correct, because the passage offers no explanation for how long the island of Sark has had a horses-only policy. Without knowing if the policy has been in place for long, it is impossible to know if the residents have become accustomed to it. Answer choice (B), therefore, may be eliminated.
C It is assuming too much about the lifestyle of residents on the island of Sark to argue that just because people live in small, self-contained villages they would not need to go elsewhere on the island. Answer choice (C) offers too vague and tenuous of a reason, so it is incorrect.
E Answer choice (E) is also an explanation that has no real connection to the information provided in the paragraph. And again, the passage does not clearly indicate how long the horses-only policy has been in effect, so it is impossible to claim with any certainty that this is an arbitrary or irrelevant policy dating from an earlier time when Sark was still a feudal state. What is more, answer choice (E) represents a judgment statement that cannot be inferred from the passage. As a result, answer choice (E) is incorrect.
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