Craft and StructureEasy–MediumPurpose of a text about a stopped clock
Craft and Structure practice question
The town's clock tower was struck by lightning in 1899. The clock stopped at ten past four and was never repaired; the town decided it preferred a clock that was right twice a day to the cost of fixing it.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain, with some humour, why the clock has been left broken.Correct
- B. To describe how lightning damages clocks.
- C. To argue that the clock should be repaired.
- D. To give the history of the clock tower.
Answer: A. To explain, with some humour, why the clock has been left broken.
Right twice a day, cheaper than fixing.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To describe how lightning damages clocks.
- No mechanism.
- C. To argue that the clock should be repaired.
- The text accepts the decision.
- D. To give the history of the clock tower.
- Only the lightning and its aftermath.
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