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Craft and StructureHardTwo views on reintroducing lynx

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Lynx should be reintroduced to the northern forests. They prey on deer, whose numbers have grown so large that young trees are eaten before they can grow, and the forest is failing to renew itself. Text 2 Where lynx have been reintroduced elsewhere, deer numbers fell only slightly. Deer changed their behaviour instead, avoiding the dense cover where lynx hunt and grazing more in the open. The young trees that recovered were those in the thickets, not those in the open glades.

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

  1. A. By suggesting that lynx may help the forest renew, but through changed deer behaviour rather than through reduced deer numbers.Correct
  2. B. By denying that deer damage young trees.
  3. C. By arguing that lynx should not be reintroduced.
  4. D. By claiming that deer numbers would fall sharply.

Answer: A. By suggesting that lynx may help the forest renew, but through changed deer behaviour rather than through reduced deer numbers.

Same result, different mechanism.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that deer damage young trees.
Text 2 accepts the damage.
C. By arguing that lynx should not be reintroduced.
Text 2 takes no position against reintroduction.
D. By claiming that deer numbers would fall sharply.
Text 2 says numbers fell only slightly.

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