Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of a closing observation
Craft and Structure practice question
Seed banks store crop varieties against future loss. Critics note that a seed frozen in a vault stops evolving, while the pests and climates it will face on its return keep changing. Supporters reply that a vault is a backup, not a substitute for fields. Neither side, notably, disputes that the fields themselves are shrinking.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence?
- A. It identifies a point on which the two sides described in the text agree.Correct
- B. It settles the disagreement in favour of the supporters.
- C. It introduces a further objection from the critics.
- D. It dismisses the disagreement as unimportant.
Answer: A. It identifies a point on which the two sides described in the text agree.
'Neither side disputes' names something critics and supporters both accept — that the fields are shrinking — after two sentences of disagreement.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It settles the disagreement in favour of the supporters.
- The sentence takes no side; it notes shared ground.
- C. It introduces a further objection from the critics.
- The shrinking of fields isn't attributed to the critics; it's what both sides accept.
- D. It dismisses the disagreement as unimportant.
- The sentence doesn't say the disagreement is trivial; it points to a fact beneath it.
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