Question

Read this passage from Geoffrey Lean’s “One Poor Harvest Away From Chaos”:

On Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) reported that global food prices has hit a record high and were likely to go on rising. . . . That is bad enough for Britain, adding to the inflationary pressures from the soaring cost of oil and other commodities, not to mention the VAT increase. But for the world’s poor, who have to spend 80 percent of their income on food, it could be catastrophic.

Why is the passage an example of deductive reasoning?

A. The author is appealing to the feelings and emotions of the audience

B. The author starts with specifics, using them to probe a general point.

C. The author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information

D. The author is showing that he biased against poor people

Answer 1

Correct answer is C. The author is starting with a general topic and moving to more specific information

Step-by-step explanation:

The author in this article "One poor harvest away from chaos" opens the topic of general deficiency of food worldwide. According to the article, the global food prices could rise because of "shrinking supplies".

The mentioned paragraph starts from that general idea that the food prices could rise, and support the claim that it could be generally very bad for the world population, by adding additional information about the increase of various costs of oil, commodities, etc.