Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on a school's phone ban
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Banning phones from the school has made lessons calmer; teachers report far fewer interruptions.
Text 2
Lessons may be calmer, but pupils now cannot photograph the board or look up a word, and the school has not provided anything to replace those uses.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 2 accepts the benefit claimed in Text 1 but points to a cost the ban has brought.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that lessons are calmer.
- C. Text 2 argues that phones should be banned everywhere.
- D. Text 2 agrees that the ban has no drawbacks.
Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the benefit claimed in Text 1 but points to a cost the ban has brought.
Calmer, but a loss.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that lessons are calmer.
- Text 2 allows lessons may be calmer.
- C. Text 2 argues that phones should be banned everywhere.
- Text 2 questions the ban.
- D. Text 2 agrees that the ban has no drawbacks.
- Text 2 names a drawback.
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