Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on why trams were scrapped
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The city scrapped its tram network in 1962 because buses had become cheaper to run.
Text 2
The company that ran the trams also built and sold buses. Its accounts, released last year, show the trams were profitable to the end.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the explanation in Text 1?
- A. By arguing that the trams were scrapped not because they cost too much but because the company stood to gain from selling buses.Correct
- B. By agreeing that buses were cheaper.
- C. By denying that the trams were scrapped.
- D. By claiming that the accounts have been lost.
Answer: A. By arguing that the trams were scrapped not because they cost too much but because the company stood to gain from selling buses.
Profitable trams, a company that sold buses.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that buses were cheaper.
- Text 2 undercuts the cost explanation.
- C. By denying that the trams were scrapped.
- The scrapping is not disputed.
- D. By claiming that the accounts have been lost.
- The accounts were released.
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