Question

Read the passage from the nixon and kennedy debate.

Nixon: looking then to this problem of how the united states should move ahead and where the united states is moving, i think it is well that we take the advice of a very famous campaigner: let's look at the record. is the united states standing still?

which best identifies a piece of information that is irrelevant to his argument?

A.We have built more schools in these last seven and a half years than we built in the previous seven and a half, for that matter in the previous twenty years.

B.We have developed more hydroelectric power in these seven and a half years than was developed in any previous administration in history.

C.Let us take hospitals. we find that more have been built in this administration than in the previous administration.

D.We both want to help the old people. we want to see that they do have adequate medical care.

Answer 1

D.We both want to help the old people. we want to see that they do have adequate medical care.

The other three options are pieces of evidence that will help Nixon prove that the US is not standing still. They show that progress has been made in three different areas. This piece of evidence though, does not have anything to do with the forward movement of the country and does not hold any specific evidence at all, just a generic thought.

Answer 2

Answer: D.We both want to help the old people. We want to see that they do have adequate medical care.

In this excerpt, Nixon asks the listeners to decide whether the United States is moving forward or whether it is standing still. Options A, B and C are examples of how the country is moving forward in terms of education, the environment and health. However, option D does not provide any facts and is irrelevant to Nixon's discussion.