Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____

Question

Text 1
The town's oldest map, from 1720, shows the river running along the east side of the market square.

Text 2
When the square was dug up to lay pipes in 2019, workers found a bed of river gravel and old timber revetments a metre beneath the east side.

Accepted Answer

A. the river once ran where the east side of the square now is.. The map shows it; the gravel and revetments confirm it.

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B. the map is inaccurate. — The excavation confirms the map.

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C. the river still runs beneath the square. — The text describes former riverbed, not a current river.

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D. the square was built in 2019. — 2019 is when pipes were laid.

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