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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The village's population fell because its young people left for the city. Text 2 The village's population fell because its school closed in 1970, after which families with children moved away. The young people who left were mostly following their parents.

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

  1. A. By offering a different first cause for the decline.Correct
  2. B. By agreeing that the young people left on their own.
  3. C. By denying that the population fell.
  4. D. By arguing that the city is a better place to live.

Answer: A. By offering a different first cause for the decline.

The school, then the families.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By agreeing that the young people left on their own.
Text 2 says they followed their parents.
C. By denying that the population fell.
Text 2 accepts the fall.
D. By arguing that the city is a better place to live.
Not argued.

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