Craft and StructureMediumOne text explaining another's observation
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Birdwatchers have noticed that the reserve's swallows now arrive about ten days earlier than they did in the 1980s.
Text 2
Spring temperatures in the region have risen by about 1.5 degrees since the 1980s, and the insects that swallows feed on now emerge correspondingly earlier.
Based on the texts, how does Text 2 relate to the observation in Text 1?
- A. It offers an explanation for the earlier arrival: warmer springs bring the swallows' food forward.Correct
- B. It denies that swallows arrive earlier.
- C. It argues that swallows no longer migrate.
- D. It shows that birdwatchers are unreliable.
Answer: A. It offers an explanation for the earlier arrival: warmer springs bring the swallows' food forward.
Warmer springs, earlier insects: a reason for earlier swallows.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. It denies that swallows arrive earlier.
- Text 2 does not dispute the arrival dates.
- C. It argues that swallows no longer migrate.
- Migration is assumed by both.
- D. It shows that birdwatchers are unreliable.
- Text 2 supports the observation rather than doubting it.
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