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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumNarrowing a proposal to allow deliveries

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A columnist argues that the town should ban cars from its high street altogether, since shoppers prefer streets without traffic. Text 2 A shop owner agrees that shoppers like quiet streets, but points out that shops need road access for deliveries. She proposes banning cars only during shopping hours.

Based on the texts, how would the shop owner in Text 2 most likely respond to the columnist's proposal?

  1. A. By accepting the benefit for shoppers while proposing a narrower ban that leaves room for deliveries.Correct
  2. B. By denying that shoppers prefer streets without traffic.
  3. C. By calling for a ban that applies at all hours.
  4. D. By arguing that shops should stop taking deliveries.

Answer: A. By accepting the benefit for shoppers while proposing a narrower ban that leaves room for deliveries.

Text 2 'agrees that shoppers like quiet streets' and offers a limited ban that protects deliveries.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that shoppers prefer streets without traffic.
Text 2 explicitly agrees with that point.
C. By calling for a ban that applies at all hours.
Text 2 wants a narrower ban, not a wider one.
D. By arguing that shops should stop taking deliveries.
Text 2 treats deliveries as a need to accommodate.

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