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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on a village's new houses

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The forty new houses will ruin the village; they are twice the size of anything here and face the wrong way. Text 2 The forty new houses are the first the village has built in thirty years, and without them the school, which has lost a class a year, will close.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By arguing that the houses are needed to keep the village's school alive, whatever they look like.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the houses are too large.
  3. C. By denying that any houses are planned.
  4. D. By proposing that the school be moved.

Answer: A. By arguing that the houses are needed to keep the village's school alive, whatever they look like.

Houses for the school's sake.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the houses are too large.
Text 2 does not discuss size.
C. By denying that any houses are planned.
Text 2 counts the houses.
D. By proposing that the school be moved.
No proposal.

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