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Craft and Structure practice question

The tunnel scheme was ____ before a single shovel was lifted, when the survey found the rock too soft to bore.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

  1. A. abandonedCorrect
  2. B. completed
  3. C. celebrated
  4. D. extended

Answer: A. abandoned

Dropped before work began.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. completed
Nothing was built.
C. celebrated
A soft-rock finding is not cause for celebration.
D. extended
Nothing existed to extend.

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