Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a singer's late recordings
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The singer's late recordings are painful to hear: the voice has lost its range, and the high notes are gone.
Text 2
The range is narrower, certainly. But listen to what she does inside it: the phrasing is freer and the words clearer than in any recording of her youth. She lost the notes and found the songs.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?
- A. By conceding the loss of range but arguing that the late recordings gain in phrasing and clarity.Correct
- B. By denying that the voice has changed.
- C. By agreeing that the recordings are painful.
- D. By claiming the high notes are still there.
Answer: A. By conceding the loss of range but arguing that the late recordings gain in phrasing and clarity.
Range lost, songs found.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the voice has changed.
- Text 2 concedes the narrower range.
- C. By agreeing that the recordings are painful.
- Text 2 admires them.
- D. By claiming the high notes are still there.
- Text 2 says the notes are lost.
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