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The minutes of a library committee record: 'The reading room is full every evening and readers are turned away at the door. Extending the opening hours to ten at night would need two more staff, whom the committee cannot afford this year. Members of the reading circle have offered to sit at the desk in the evening without payment. The committee should accept the offer and extend the hours.' The statement that the committee cannot afford two more staff this year plays which role in the minutes?

Competition practiceLogical / Critical
  • AIt names the obstacle that the reading circle's offer is presented as removing
  • BIt is the main conclusion of the minutes
  • CIt gives the reason why readers are turned away at the door every evening
  • DIt is evidence that the reading room is too small for the number of readers it draws

Step-by-Step Solution

The minutes move in three steps: a need, a barrier, and something that clears the barrier. The shortage of money is the barrier, and the unpaid volunteers are brought in exactly to answer it, which is what makes the final recommendation possible. Readers are turned away because the room is full, not because of the budget, and the recommendation, not the barrier, is the conclusion.
Answer: A) It names the obstacle that the reading circle's offer is presented as removing

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