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?
- A. By arguing that the houses are needed to keep the village's school alive, whatever they look like.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the houses are too large.
- C. By denying that any houses are planned.
- 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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