Craft and StructureVery hardFunction of a sentence that reframes the question
Craft and Structure practice question
Debate over the city's proposed tram line has fixed on its cost, with supporters and opponents trading estimates that differ by hundreds of millions. Lost in the argument is a prior question: whether the corridor the tram would serve is where the city's growth will actually happen. If it is not, the cheapest tram is still too expensive.
Which choice best describes the function of the final sentence?
- A. It explains why the question raised in the second sentence matters more than the one the debate has focused on.Correct
- B. It takes the side of the opponents in the cost debate.
- C. It offers an estimate of the tram line's cost.
- D. It predicts that the city's growth will occur along the corridor.
Answer: A. It explains why the question raised in the second sentence matters more than the one the debate has focused on.
The final sentence shows the consequence of the 'prior question': if the corridor is wrong, cost is irrelevant. That is why the second question outranks the first.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It takes the side of the opponents in the cost debate.
- The sentence doesn't join the cost argument; it says cost isn't the point.
- C. It offers an estimate of the tram line's cost.
- No figure is given.
- D. It predicts that the city's growth will occur along the corridor.
- The sentence considers the case where growth does NOT happen there; it makes no prediction.
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