Craft and StructureHardTwo views on why a shop's sales fell
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The bookshop's sales fell by a third last year because the new online store undercut its prices.
Text 2
The bookshop's sales fell by a third in the year the road outside was dug up for eight months and the bus stop was moved; sales in the shop's own online store, which faces the same competition, rose over the same period.
How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's explanation?
- A. By arguing that the roadworks, not online competition, explain the fall, since the shop's own online sales rose.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the online store caused the fall.
- C. By denying that sales fell.
- D. By claiming the bookshop has no online store.
Answer: A. By arguing that the roadworks, not online competition, explain the fall, since the shop's own online sales rose.
Roadworks, not competition.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the online store caused the fall.
- Text 2 rejects this.
- C. By denying that sales fell.
- Text 2 accepts the fall.
- D. By claiming the bookshop has no online store.
- Text 2 mentions the shop's online store.
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