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A report from an international organization that monitors the numbers of women serving as judges or magistrates on various nations' highest courts, such as the Supreme Court of Justice and the Constitutional Court in Belgium and the Supreme Court in Honduras, indicates that, other than the countries that had more women on these courts in 2013 than in 2009, for some the number in 2013 was less than that in 2009, and for others it was the same in both years. For instance, the number of women judges and magistrates on high courts in_______
Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the example?
Explanation
Context: A line graph tracks women on the high courts of Armenia, Belgium, and Honduras from 2009 to 2013. Setting aside countries that gained, the sentence needs an example of one country whose 2013 number fell below its 2009 number and one where it held steady.
Answer: A) Honduras was lower in 2013 than in 2009, whereas the number in Belgium was the same in 2013 as in 2009.
Why? Honduras drops from 8 in 2009 to 3 in 2013, and Belgium reads 6 in both years, so the pair covers exactly the two categories the sentence has left to illustrate.
Traps:
- B) Armenia rises from 3 to 4, and the sentence explicitly sets aside countries with more women in 2013 than in 2009.
- C) Same flaw: pairing Armenia's increase with Belgium's steady 6 supplies only one of the two required categories.
- D) Belgium's unchanged 6 fits, but comparing it with Armenia's 4 and Honduras's 3 in 2013 ranks sizes rather than showing the decline still needed.