H D1 TS Q36 – Selective High School

In an interview, the American chat-show host Jerry Springer said that British television programmes were 10 years behind American television programmes. If he is right then any British fan of television should consider watching American TV programmes rather than British ones.

Which of the following is an assumption underlying the above argument?

American television is the most advanced in the world. American television is necessarily better because it is 10 years ahead in time. American television is watched more widely than British programmes. American television programmes are more expensive to produce than British ones.

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Which of the following is an assumption underlying the above argument?