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Craft and Structure practice question

Archaeologists long believed that the road was built in a single campaign. Recent excavations, however, have found two distinct layers of paving with a century of soil between them. The road, it seems, was built once, abandoned, and then rebuilt. Whether the second builders knew of the first is impossible to say.

Which choice best describes the function of the last sentence in the text as a whole?

  1. A. It acknowledges a limit to what the new evidence can reveal.Correct
  2. B. It rejects the findings of the recent excavations.
  3. C. It restates the archaeologists' original belief.
  4. D. It explains why the road was abandoned.

Answer: A. It acknowledges a limit to what the new evidence can reveal.

What the layers cannot tell us.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It rejects the findings of the recent excavations.
It accepts the findings.
C. It restates the archaeologists' original belief.
The original belief was a single campaign.
D. It explains why the road was abandoned.
No reason for abandonment is given.

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