Which choice most logically completes the text?
Correct Answer: A
Your Answer:
Explanation
A
This is a Conclusions question, as it asks for an answer that most logically completes the text. Read the text and highlight the main ideas. The first sentence states that Clostridium botulinum…releases a highly dangerous neurotoxin. The second sentence states that Boiling food for 10 minutes will kill C. botulinum, but this will also destroy many beneficial vitamins and minerals. The last sentence states that C. botulinum is almost exclusively found in home-canned goods, so some experts recommend eating only commercially-produced cans of food. Connecting these points together, if unlike home-canned goods, commercially-produced cans of foods are less likely to have C. botulinum, they are also less likely to require boiling for 10 minutes, which will avoid the potential loss of beneficial vitamins and minerals.
(A) is correct because it's consistent with the highlighting and the flow of ideas within the text.
(B) is wrong because it's Recycled Language, misusing boiling from a different part of the text.
(C) is wrong because it's the Opposite of the text: C. botulinum is highly dangerous. It does not have many health benefits.
(D) is wrong because it's also the Opposite of the text: commercially-produced cans are extremely unlikely to have C. botulinum in the first place.
