Craft and StructureEasy–MediumAgreement across two texts on a fact
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town's medieval walls were pulled down in the 1830s to make room for a ring road. The stone was sold to builders and can still be seen in dozens of houses along the road.
Text 2
Walk the ring road and look at the older houses: their foundations are cut from the same pale limestone as the surviving gate tower. The walls did not vanish; they were dispersed.
Based on the texts, the authors of Text 1 and Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Stone from the old walls was reused in houses along the ring road.Correct
- B. The walls should be rebuilt.
- C. The gate tower was also pulled down.
- D. The ring road was a mistake.
Answer: A. Stone from the old walls was reused in houses along the ring road.
Text 1 says the stone went into houses along the road; Text 2 finds it in their foundations.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The walls should be rebuilt.
- Neither text proposes rebuilding.
- C. The gate tower was also pulled down.
- Text 2 calls the gate tower 'surviving'.
- D. The ring road was a mistake.
- Neither text judges the road.
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