Craft and StructureEasyTwo views on a community garden
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Turning the empty lot into a community garden sounds pleasant, but the fencing, soil, and water hookups will cost the neighborhood association thousands of dollars.
Text 2
The garden plots repaid their cost within two summers: families harvested hundreds of pounds of vegetables, and the association now spends nothing mowing the once-empty lot.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?
- A. Text 1 worries about the garden's cost, while Text 2 argues the garden pays for itself.Correct
- B. Both texts oppose building the garden.
- C. Text 2 proposes moving the garden to another street.
- D. Both texts discuss who will water the plants.
Answer: A. Text 1 worries about the garden's cost, while Text 2 argues the garden pays for itself.
Text 1's concern is the expense; Text 2 answers that concern by pointing to the produce and savings the garden generates.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Both texts oppose building the garden.
- Neither text opposes the garden; they disagree about its cost.
- C. Text 2 proposes moving the garden to another street.
- No new location is suggested anywhere.
- D. Both texts discuss who will water the plants.
- Watering is never mentioned in either text.
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