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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Children should begin a musical instrument as early as possible; the youngest starters become the most fluent players. Text 2 The youngest starters are also the most likely to give up. Children who choose an instrument themselves at ten or eleven are more likely to still be playing at twenty than those started at five by their parents.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 offers a consideration that complicates the recommendation in Text 1.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 argues that children should never learn instruments.
  3. C. Text 2 agrees that the earliest start is best.
  4. D. Text 2 claims that fluency does not matter.

Answer: A. Text 2 offers a consideration that complicates the recommendation in Text 1.

Early fluency against later persistence.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 argues that children should never learn instruments.
No such argument.
C. Text 2 agrees that the earliest start is best.
Text 2 favours a later, self-chosen start.
D. Text 2 claims that fluency does not matter.
Fluency is not dismissed.

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