Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on a bakery's early closing
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The bakery closes at two in the afternoon, which is absurd; anyone who works cannot buy bread there.
Text 2
The bakery closes at two because its bread is baked from four in the morning and sold out by lunchtime. Later hours would mean either stale bread or a second baking, which the two bakers cannot manage.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's criticism?
- A. By explaining that the early closing follows from how the bakery works rather than from any disregard for customers.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the bakery should stay open later.
- C. By denying that the bakery closes at two.
- D. By suggesting that working people do not eat bread.
Answer: A. By explaining that the early closing follows from how the bakery works rather than from any disregard for customers.
Baked from four, sold out by lunch.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the bakery should stay open later.
- Text 2 defends the closing time.
- C. By denying that the bakery closes at two.
- Text 2 confirms it.
- D. By suggesting that working people do not eat bread.
- No such suggestion.
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