|Question 6Verbal

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The establishment of urban green spaces for the abatement of fine particulate matter and other major air-pollutant concentrations is gaining public support, but urban planners must proceed with caution given subtleties in the body of evidence for the strategy’s efficacy. High-level reports have attributed pollutant reductions to cities’ inclusion of green spaces; however, one study found that while trees are negatively associated with air pollutants when considered on a citywide scale, at the street level, this association is minimal and at times positive. Because research tends to focus on large-scale effects in cities, decision-makers may be unaware that those outcomes are not always generalizable across spatial scales.
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?
It outlines a problem that is of growing public concern, explains why an innovative solution to that problem is challenging to implement, and then suggests the importance of researching alternative solutions.
A
It addresses an appealing approach to a prevalent problem, illustrates that the approach is not as uniformly successful as it may seem, and then further emphasizes the importance of recognizing nuances in the research on that approach.
B
It details an initiative implemented in response to certain research findings, identifies an apparent inconsistency within those findings, and then explains how that inconsistency has typically been accounted for.
C
It establishes the growing intensity of a public concern, details the most common method of mitigating that concern, and then refers to evidence that the method is broadly ineffective.
D