(E) Since methanol is water soluble, methanol spills are more damaging to the environment than gasoline spills.

　　Questions 31-32

　　Political opinion and analysis outside the mainstream rarely are found on television talk shows, and it might be thought that this state of affairs is a product of the political agenda of the television stations themselves. In fact, television stations are driven by the same economic forces as sellers of more tangible goods. Because they must attempt to capture the largest possible share of the television audience for their shows, they air only those shows that will appeal to large numbers of people. As a result, political opinions and analyses aired on television talk shows are typically bland and innocuous.

　　31. An assumption made in the explanation offered by the author of the passage is that

　　(A) most television viewers cannot agree on which elements of a particular opinion or analysis are most disturbing.

　　(B) there are television viewers who might refuse to watch television talk shows that they knew would be controversial and disturbing.

　　(C) each television viewer holds some opinion that is outside the political mainstream, but those opinions are not the same for everyone.

　　(D) there are television shows on which economic forces have an even greater impact than they do on television talk shows.

　　(E) the television talk shows of different stations resemble one another in most respects.

　　32. The explanation offered by the author of the passage makes the assumption that

　　(A) television station executives usually lack a political agenda of their own

　　(B) bland and innocuous political opinions and analyses are generally in the mainstream

　　(C) political analysts outside the mainstream are relatively indifferent to the effect their analyses have on television viewers

　　(D) most television viewers are prepared to argue against allowing the expression of political opinions and analyses with which they disagree

　　(E) the political opinions of television station executives are not often reflected in the television shows their stations produce

　　Questions 33-34

　　Conservationist: The population of a certain wildflower is so small that the species is headed for extinction. However, this wildflower can cross-pollinate with a closely related domesticated daisy, producing viable seeds. Such cross-pollination could result in a significant population of wildflower-daisy hybrids. The daisy should therefore be introduced into the wildflower's range, since although the hybrid would differ markedly from the wildflower, hybridization is the only means of preventing total loss of the wildflower in its range.

　　33. Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the conservationist's reasoning?

　　(A)

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