Craft and StructureHardHow one author would respond to another's proposal
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The fastest way to cut a city's traffic, argues planner Ines Okoro, is to make parking scarce: when drivers cannot expect a space, they leave the car at home.
Text 2
Scarce parking does reduce driving, but only where an alternative exists. In cities without frequent buses or safe cycle routes, drivers respond by circling for spaces, and traffic gets worse before it gets better.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Okoro's argument in Text 1?
- A. By agreeing that scarce parking cuts driving, but only if the city already offers other ways to travel.Correct
- B. By denying that parking has any effect on driving.
- C. By arguing that more parking should be built.
- D. By claiming that buses make traffic worse.
Answer: A. By agreeing that scarce parking cuts driving, but only if the city already offers other ways to travel.
Text 2 concedes the effect and attaches a condition: alternatives must exist.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that parking has any effect on driving.
- Text 2 says scarce parking 'does reduce driving'.
- C. By arguing that more parking should be built.
- Text 2 never calls for more parking.
- D. By claiming that buses make traffic worse.
- Text 2 presents buses as the alternative that makes the policy work.
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