Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a fishing ban
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The ban on fishing in the bay has worked: cod numbers have tripled in five years, and the fish are larger.
Text 2
Cod have recovered inside the bay, but the fishing boats simply moved to the waters just outside it, where catches have risen and cod numbers have fallen. The ban has shifted the problem, not solved it.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 2 accepts the recovery reported in Text 1 but argues that the ban displaced the fishing rather than reducing it.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that cod numbers in the bay have risen.
- C. Text 2 argues that the ban should be extended to the whole coast.
- D. Text 2 agrees that the ban solved the problem.
Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the recovery reported in Text 1 but argues that the ban displaced the fishing rather than reducing it.
Recovery inside, decline outside.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that cod numbers in the bay have risen.
- Text 2 accepts the recovery.
- C. Text 2 argues that the ban should be extended to the whole coast.
- No proposal is made.
- D. Text 2 agrees that the ban solved the problem.
- Text 2 says the problem was shifted.
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