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Craft and StructureMediumPlacing a figure in context

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The city reports that its new night buses carried 40,000 passengers in their first month of operation. Text 2 A transport blogger observes that 40,000 is fewer than the number of late-night taxi journeys the city recorded in the same month, and asks whether the buses replaced taxi trips or created journeys that would not otherwise have been made.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 places the figure reported in Text 1 in a wider context and raises a question about what it shows.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 disputes the accuracy of the figure reported in Text 1.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that the night buses should be withdrawn.
  4. D. Text 2 confirms that the buses replaced taxi journeys.

Answer: A. Text 2 places the figure reported in Text 1 in a wider context and raises a question about what it shows.

Text 2 accepts the 40,000, compares it with taxi journeys, and asks what the number means. It contextualises and questions; it doesn't dispute.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 disputes the accuracy of the figure reported in Text 1.
Text 2 never says the figure is wrong.
C. Text 2 argues that the night buses should be withdrawn.
No recommendation is made.
D. Text 2 confirms that the buses replaced taxi journeys.
Text 2 asks WHETHER the buses replaced taxis; it doesn't answer.

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