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Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on a reef's recovery

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The reef recovered after fishing was banned, which proves that the ban worked. Text 2 The ban coincided with three unusually cool summers, and reefs outside the protected zone recovered almost as much as those inside it.

Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By arguing that the recovery may owe more to the cool summers than to the ban, since unprotected reefs recovered too.Correct
  2. B. By denying that the reef recovered.
  3. C. By agreeing that the ban is proven to have worked.
  4. D. By claiming that fishing continued inside the zone.

Answer: A. By arguing that the recovery may owe more to the cool summers than to the ban, since unprotected reefs recovered too.

A shared cause that reached unprotected reefs.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that the reef recovered.
The recovery is accepted.
C. By agreeing that the ban is proven to have worked.
Text 2 questions the proof.
D. By claiming that fishing continued inside the zone.
Not claimed.

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