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Craft and Structure practice question

Ask why the bridge fell and you will get an engineering answer: a cracked pin, a missed inspection. Ask instead why the crack was not found, and the answer turns from metal to money — an inspection budget cut in half two years before. The first question explains the collapse; the second explains why it was allowed to happen.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

  1. A. It contrasts two questions about the same event and shows that each leads to a different kind of explanation.Correct
  2. B. It lists the causes of bridge collapses in general.
  3. C. It argues that engineers were not to blame.
  4. D. It describes the inspection process step by step.

Answer: A. It contrasts two questions about the same event and shows that each leads to a different kind of explanation.

Two questions, two answers, and a final sentence distinguishing what each explains.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It lists the causes of bridge collapses in general.
One bridge, not collapses in general.
C. It argues that engineers were not to blame.
Blame is not assigned; explanations are compared.
D. It describes the inspection process step by step.
The process is not described.

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