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Craft and StructureHardFunction of a sentence in a passage about a garden

Craft and Structure practice question

The garden was laid out in 1720 to a plan that survives in the house. The plan shows a canal, four avenues, and a mount with a summer house. Of these only the mount remains, a grassy hump at the end of the lawn. Visitors walk past it without a glance. It is the oldest thing in the garden, and the only witness to what the garden was meant to be.

Which choice best describes the function of the sentence "Visitors walk past it without a glance" in the text as a whole?

  1. A. It sets up the contrast with the mount's importance stated in the final sentence.Correct
  2. B. It describes the plan of 1720.
  3. C. It explains why the canal was removed.
  4. D. It praises the visitors' taste.

Answer: A. It sets up the contrast with the mount's importance stated in the final sentence.

Ignored, then revealed as the oldest witness.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It describes the plan of 1720.
The plan is in the first two sentences.
C. It explains why the canal was removed.
No reason is given for the canal's loss.
D. It praises the visitors' taste.
It implies the visitors miss something.

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