Craft and StructureEasyAgreement on a benefit
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Planting trees along city streets lowers summer temperatures on the pavement beneath them, argues urban planner Tomas Kral.
Text 2
Measurements taken on a July afternoon found the pavement under mature street trees 12 degrees cooler than pavement in full sun a few metres away.
Based on the texts, Kral and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Street trees make the pavement beneath them cooler in summer.Correct
- B. Street trees should be removed.
- C. Pavements should be painted white.
- D. Trees make winters colder.
Answer: A. Street trees make the pavement beneath them cooler in summer.
Text 1 claims the cooling; Text 2 measures it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Street trees should be removed.
- Neither text proposes removal.
- C. Pavements should be painted white.
- Neither mentions painting.
- D. Trees make winters colder.
- Winter is not discussed.
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