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

Question

Text 1
The island's language survived because the island was remote. Cut off from the mainland for most of the year, its people had no reason to switch to the mainland tongue.

Text 2
Remoteness alone does not preserve a language; several equally remote islands lost theirs within two generations of the first school. What the island had was a printing press, set up in 1842, which gave its language books, a newspaper, and a reason for children to learn to read it.

Accepted Answer

A. By arguing that remoteness cannot be the explanation, since other remote islands lost their languages, and by pointing to the press instead.. Other remote islands disprove remoteness; the press is the difference.

Answer

B. By agreeing that remoteness was the decisive factor. — Text 2 rejects this.

Answer

C. By denying that the island was remote. — Remoteness is not denied.

Answer

D. By claiming that the mainland language was never taught on the island. — Schools are mentioned as arriving.

Craft and Structure practice question

Answer: A. By arguing that remoteness cannot be the explanation, since other remote islands lost their languages, and by pointing to the press instead.

Why the other answers are wrong

More Craft and Structure questions