Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a station clock
Craft and Structure practice question
The station clock is set two minutes fast, and always has been. The stationmaster who set it in 1904 reasoned that a passenger who ran for a train two minutes early would catch it, while one who ran two minutes late would not, and that the town would forgive the clock for the first but not the second.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain the reasoning behind a long-standing oddity.Correct
- B. To describe the station's architecture.
- C. To argue that the clock should be corrected.
- D. To list the trains that stop at the station.
Answer: A. To explain the reasoning behind a long-standing oddity.
Why the clock is fast.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe the station's architecture.
- No architecture.
- C. To argue that the clock should be corrected.
- The text explains, not argues.
- D. To list the trains that stop at the station.
- No trains listed.
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