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Craft and Structure practice question
The mine closed in 1960, but its ____ is still visible: the stream below it runs orange, and nothing grows on the spoil heaps.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. legacyCorrect
- B. prosperity
- C. novelty
- D. efficiency
Answer: A. legacy
What the mine left behind — an orange stream and bare heaps — is its legacy.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. prosperity
- Prosperity would be a benefit; the effects described are harm.
- C. novelty
- Novelty is not something a closed mine leaves.
- D. efficiency
- Efficiency describes how it operated, not what remains.
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