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ID: LSAT-LR-005
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Role Play
Difficulty level: Easy

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Some conservationists want the reintroduction of beavers to the upper valley halted, on the ground that beaver dams flood grazing land. Beaver dams do flood some grazing land. A grazier whose lower fields go under loses the use of them while the water stands. But flooded ground recovers within two seasons and carries more grass afterwards than it did before, and the valley's herds can be moved to higher pasture in the meantime. The reintroduction should continue.

The claim that beaver dams flood some grazing land plays which one of the following roles in the argument?

AIt is a general principle about the effects of beaver dams, which the argument then applies to the particular case of the upper valley in order to reach its verdict.

BIt is a consideration raised against the argument's position, which the argument accepts as stated and then answers.

CIt is evidence the argument offers in support of its conclusion, alongside the point that flooded ground recovers within two seasons.

DIt is an assumption for which no support is offered anywhere in the argument, and on which the conclusion is made to rest.

EIt is the conclusion the argument sets out to establish, which the rest of the passage supports.

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