{"id":"lsat-free","timeLimitSec":420,"questions":[{"id":"lsf-01","section":"lr","q":"Hoang will win Sunday's cycling race, because he has trained more hours this season than any other rider in it.
The argument assumes which one of the following?","options":["The rider who trained the most hours is the one who will win.","Hoang has won cycling races before.","Training is more important than talent in most sports.","The other riders trained fewer hours than they did last season."],"answer":0,"explain":"The only reason given is training hours, so the argument needs the most-trained rider to win. Past wins would make a Hoang victory more likely, but the argument does not rely on them."},{"id":"lsf-02","section":"lr","q":"In a survey of members of the Riverside Gym, 80 percent said exercise is the most important factor in staying healthy. So most residents of Riverside believe that exercise is the most important factor in staying healthy.
The reasoning is flawed because it","options":["draws a conclusion about all residents from a group unlikely to be typical","assumes that exercise really is the most important factor","relies on a survey that asked too few questions","confuses staying healthy with becoming fit"],"answer":0,"explain":"Gym members are likely to value exercise more than other residents, so they are a biased sample. The conclusion is only about what residents believe, so the argument does not assume exercise really is most important."},{"id":"lsf-03","section":"lr","q":"Two years ago the city installed brighter streetlights on Elm Street, and the next year burglaries on Elm Street fell by 30 percent. The council concludes that the brighter lights caused the drop.
Which one of the following, if true, most seriously weakens the council's conclusion?","options":["Residents of Elm Street say they feel safer walking at night since the new lights went in.","The new streetlights use less electricity than the old ones.","Elm Street had more burglaries than most streets before the change.","Burglaries fell about 30 percent citywide that year, even on streets with no new lights."],"answer":3,"explain":"If burglaries fell just as much where no lights changed, something citywide likely caused the drop. Residents feeling safer is consistent with the council's view and does not weaken it."},{"id":"lsf-04","section":"rc","q":"A community land trust is a nonprofit that buys land and keeps it permanently, while selling the homes on it to families at below-market prices. Buyers own their house but lease the land, and agree that if they sell, the price will follow a set formula rather than the open market. Critics say this denies families the full gains of homeownership. Supporters answer that the formula is the point: each home stays affordable for the next buyer, so one public subsidy helps family after family instead of disappearing after the first sale. In cities where prices rise quickly, that trade-off may be what keeps working families from being priced out entirely.Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main point of the passage?","options":["Critics have shown that land trusts harm the very families who buy their homes, by denying them the gains.","Land trusts limit resale gains to keep homes affordable for later buyers, a trade-off the author favors.","Land trusts let families earn the same gains as other homeowners.","Land trusts should buy land only where prices rise slowly."],"answer":1,"explain":"The passage presents the critics' objection and then the supporters' reply, ending with the author's view that the trade-off may keep families from being priced out. The critics raise a cost, but the passage does not say they have shown harm."},{"id":"lsf-05","section":"rc","q":"A community land trust is a nonprofit that buys land and keeps it permanently, while selling the homes on it to families at below-market prices. Buyers own their house but lease the land, and agree that if they sell, the price will follow a set formula rather than the open market. Critics say this denies families the full gains of homeownership. Supporters answer that the formula is the point: each home stays affordable for the next buyer, so one public subsidy helps family after family instead of disappearing after the first sale. In cities where prices rise quickly, that trade-off may be what keeps working families from being priced out entirely.According to the passage, a family that buys a home through a community land trust","options":["owns both the house and the land","rents the house from the trust","owns the house but leases the land under it","can sell at whatever price the market will pay"],"answer":2,"explain":"The passage says buyers own their house but lease the land. Owning the land too is tempting, but the trust keeps the land permanently."}]}