Craft and StructureEasyPoint of agreement about a benefit
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Walking to school gives children daily exercise and a chance to notice their neighbourhood, argues paediatrician Rosa Alvarez.
Text 2
Children who walk to school arrive more alert than those driven, teachers report, and are more likely to know the names of the streets around the school.
Based on the texts, Alvarez and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Walking to school has benefits for children beyond simply getting there.Correct
- B. Children should be driven to school.
- C. Walking to school is dangerous.
- D. Teachers should walk children to school.
Answer: A. Walking to school has benefits for children beyond simply getting there.
Text 1: exercise and noticing; Text 2: alertness and street names. Both see extra benefits.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Children should be driven to school.
- Neither text favours driving.
- C. Walking to school is dangerous.
- Neither mentions danger.
- D. Teachers should walk children to school.
- Neither proposes this.
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