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Craft and Structure practice question

At first glance, the abandoned lot seemed worthless. On closer study, however, ecologists found it teeming with rare pollinators, and the city eventually protected it as an urban wildlife refuge.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It presents an initial impression and then a reassessment that overturns it.Correct
  2. B. It lists the steps required to build a wildlife refuge.
  3. C. It contrasts two different abandoned lots in the same city.
  4. D. It defines a scientific term and gives its history.

Answer: A. It presents an initial impression and then a reassessment that overturns it.

The text opens with a first impression ('seemed worthless') and then, marked by 'however,' reverses it with what ecologists actually found — an impression-then-reassessment structure. There is only one lot (ruling out C), and no steps or term definitions appear (ruling out B and D).

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It lists the steps required to build a wildlife refuge.
The refuge is mentioned only as the outcome in the last clause — the text never lays out any steps for building one, so it can't be a procedure.
C. It contrasts two different abandoned lots in the same city.
There's only one lot in the text; the contrast is between the early impression of that lot and what ecologists later found, not between two different lots.
D. It defines a scientific term and gives its history.
No term is defined here — 'urban wildlife refuge' is simply what the lot became, and no history of the phrase is given.

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