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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The company failed because it expanded too fast, opening forty shops in two years and borrowing to do it. Text 2 Rapid expansion was survivable; rivals grew as fast and are still trading. What sank the company was that its new shops were all in the same three cities, so when those cities' economies stalled in the same year, every shop suffered at once.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts the expansion described in Text 1 but locates the cause of failure in where the shops were, not how quickly they opened.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that the company expanded.
  3. C. Text 2 agrees that speed of expansion was the cause.
  4. D. Text 2 argues that the company did not fail.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the expansion described in Text 1 but locates the cause of failure in where the shops were, not how quickly they opened.

Not speed but concentration.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that the company expanded.
Text 2 accepts the expansion.
C. Text 2 agrees that speed of expansion was the cause.
Text 2 calls the speed survivable.
D. Text 2 argues that the company did not fail.
Both texts say it failed.

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