Reading Comprehension (RC) | Re: There are recent reports of apparently drastic declines in amphibian

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­I feel your pain on this one. (And felt your pain when evaluating (C) myself!) The key is subtlety in the language.

Let's take another look at(C):

On the surface, it certainly seems to make sense. The environmentalists have apparently concluded that the amphibian crisis has been caused by environmental degradation and so want to take action. The author is arguing that we need more data. So what's the problem?

Read it one more time. Notice the phrase "population declines IN GENERAL." Hm. The environmentalists are responding to the amphibian crisis. We don't know that they believe population declines are generally caused by environmental issues. So that's an issue.

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