Craft and StructureHardAgreement between an advocate and a sceptic
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
A dentist argues that adding fluoride to tap water is the single most effective public-health measure for teeth ever adopted.
Text 2
A researcher who questions how large fluoride's effect really is nonetheless accepts that, in the communities that added it to their water, childhood tooth decay fell.
Based on the texts, the dentist and the researcher would most likely agree with which statement?
- A. Childhood tooth decay fell in communities that added fluoride to their water.Correct
- B. Fluoride has no effect on teeth.
- C. Fluoride in water is the most effective public-health measure ever adopted.
- D. Fluoride should be removed from tap water.
Answer: A. Childhood tooth decay fell in communities that added fluoride to their water.
The dentist's claim implies it; the researcher 'accepts' it explicitly.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Fluoride has no effect on teeth.
- Both texts accept some effect.
- C. Fluoride in water is the most effective public-health measure ever adopted.
- That is the dentist's claim alone; the researcher questions its size.
- D. Fluoride should be removed from tap water.
- Neither text proposes removal.
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