Craft and StructureEasy–MediumAccepting a benefit while addressing a risk
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
A parent argues that children should walk to school, since the daily exercise is good for them.
Text 2
A road-safety officer agrees that walking is healthy but points out that the route to the school has no pavement for half a mile. She proposes a 'walking bus', in which children walk together under adult supervision.
Based on the texts, how would the officer in Text 2 most likely respond to the parent's argument?
- A. By accepting the health benefit while proposing a way to make the walk safer.Correct
- B. By denying that walking is good for children.
- C. By arguing that children should be driven to school.
- D. By calling for the school to be moved closer to the town.
Answer: A. By accepting the health benefit while proposing a way to make the walk safer.
Text 2 'agrees that walking is healthy' and offers the walking bus to handle the missing pavement.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that walking is good for children.
- Text 2 explicitly agrees walking is healthy.
- C. By arguing that children should be driven to school.
- Text 2 keeps the children walking, just supervised.
- D. By calling for the school to be moved closer to the town.
- No move is proposed.
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