Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on a Saturday car ban
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town should ban cars from the market square on Saturdays; the stallholders say trade would rise.
Text 2
Stallholders in the next town saw trade fall after a Saturday car ban, because shoppers with heavy bags stopped coming.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 2 offers evidence from a similar case that undercuts the expectation in Text 1.Correct
- B. Text 2 agrees that trade would rise.
- C. Text 2 proposes a ban on every day of the week.
- D. Both texts describe the same town.
Answer: A. Text 2 offers evidence from a similar case that undercuts the expectation in Text 1.
Trade fell next door.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 agrees that trade would rise.
- Text 2 reports a fall.
- C. Text 2 proposes a ban on every day of the week.
- Not proposed.
- D. Both texts describe the same town.
- Text 2 is about the next town.
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