Craft and StructureEasyPoint of agreement about a risk
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Leaving a car engine idling while parked wastes fuel and produces needless exhaust, argues transport researcher Lea Kim.
Text 2
An idling engine burns roughly a litre of fuel an hour and emits pollutants directly at pavement height, where pedestrians breathe them.
Based on the texts, Kim and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Idling a parked car's engine has costs in fuel and air quality.Correct
- B. Idling engines are harmless.
- C. Cars should be banned from pavements.
- D. Pedestrians should avoid roads.
Answer: A. Idling a parked car's engine has costs in fuel and air quality.
Text 1: wasted fuel and needless exhaust; Text 2: a litre an hour and pollutants at pavement height.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Idling engines are harmless.
- Both texts describe harm.
- C. Cars should be banned from pavements.
- Neither proposes this.
- D. Pedestrians should avoid roads.
- Neither proposes this.
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