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Craft and StructureMediumTwo views on wolves and young trees

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Wolves reintroduced to the national park have reduced the deer population, allowing young trees to recover. Text 2 Young trees in the park began recovering two years before the wolves arrived, after the park fenced off its riverbanks.

How would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1?

  1. A. By proposing an earlier and different cause for the trees' recovery.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the wolves caused the recovery.
  3. C. By denying that the trees have recovered.
  4. D. By arguing that the deer population has grown.

Answer: A. By proposing an earlier and different cause for the trees' recovery.

Fences came first.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the wolves caused the recovery.
Text 2 offers another cause.
C. By denying that the trees have recovered.
Text 2 accepts the recovery.
D. By arguing that the deer population has grown.
Not claimed.

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