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Craft and StructureVery hardJobs changed rather than lost

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 A columnist argues that self-checkout machines destroy jobs in supermarkets. Text 2 A retail analyst replies that checkout jobs have indeed fallen, but that total supermarket employment has not, because staff have moved to picking and delivering online orders. The jobs, she says, have changed rather than vanished.

Based on the texts, how would the analyst in Text 2 most likely respond to the columnist's argument?

  1. A. By accepting that checkout jobs have fallen while arguing that the work has shifted rather than disappeared.Correct
  2. B. By denying that checkout jobs have fallen.
  3. C. By agreeing that total supermarket employment has fallen.
  4. D. By arguing that the machines should be removed.

Answer: A. By accepting that checkout jobs have fallen while arguing that the work has shifted rather than disappeared.

Text 2 says checkout jobs 'have indeed fallen' and then points to where the staff went.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that checkout jobs have fallen.
Text 2 concedes the fall in checkout jobs.
C. By agreeing that total supermarket employment has fallen.
Text 2 says total employment has NOT fallen.
D. By arguing that the machines should be removed.
No removal is proposed.

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