Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a harbour's silt
Craft and Structure practice question
Every spring the harbour is dredged, because the river brings down silt all winter and by March the channel is too shallow for the fishing boats. The dredger takes three weeks and the silt is spread on the fields inland, where the farmers are glad of it.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain why and how the harbour is dredged each year.Correct
- B. To describe the fishing boats.
- C. To argue that dredging should stop.
- D. To explain how rivers form.
Answer: A. To explain why and how the harbour is dredged each year.
Why, how long, where the silt goes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe the fishing boats.
- The boats are mentioned only as the reason.
- C. To argue that dredging should stop.
- No argument against it.
- D. To explain how rivers form.
- No river formation.
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