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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on a cookbook

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The new cookbook is beautifully photographed, but its recipes assume a professional kitchen: several call for equipment few home cooks own. Text 2 The recipes can be made at home with a little improvisation. I cooked six of them in a small flat with two pans and a hand blender, and all six worked.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the criticism in Text 1?

  1. A. By arguing that the recipes work at home even without the equipment they name.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the recipes need a professional kitchen.
  3. C. By criticising the photographs.
  4. D. By claiming that the recipes do not work at all.

Answer: A. By arguing that the recipes work at home even without the equipment they name.

Six recipes, two pans, all worked.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the recipes need a professional kitchen.
Text 2 disputes this.
C. By criticising the photographs.
Photographs are not discussed in Text 2.
D. By claiming that the recipes do not work at all.
They all worked.

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