Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo views on cleaner air
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Our town's air is cleaner than it was ten years ago.
Text 2
The town's air is cleaner at the monitoring station, which moved from the main road to the park in 2018.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 2 questions whether the improvement is real or an effect of moving the monitor.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that the air has changed.
- C. Both texts credit the park for cleaner air.
- D. Text 2 says the air is dirtier.
Answer: A. Text 2 questions whether the improvement is real or an effect of moving the monitor.
Cleaner where the monitor is now.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that the air has changed.
- Text 2 questions the measurement, not the change itself.
- C. Both texts credit the park for cleaner air.
- The park is where the monitor moved.
- D. Text 2 says the air is dirtier.
- Not said.
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