Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors weighing a change
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The decision to move the market from the town square to a covered hall was a mistake, argues stallholder Leon Baptiste: the square is empty on market days now, and the town has lost its weekly gathering.
Text 2
Baptiste is right about the square. But the hall has let the market run through the winter for the first time in its history, and stallholders' takings over the year are up by a fifth. A gathering that only happened in fine weather has become a livelihood that happens every week.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Baptiste's argument?
- A. By conceding the loss to the square while arguing that the move has made the market more viable year-round.Correct
- B. By denying that the square is empty.
- C. By arguing that the market should return to the square.
- D. By claiming that takings have fallen.
Answer: A. By conceding the loss to the square while arguing that the move has made the market more viable year-round.
'Baptiste is right about the square. But' — winter trading and higher takings.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the square is empty.
- Text 2 concedes the square's emptiness.
- C. By arguing that the market should return to the square.
- Text 2 defends the move.
- D. By claiming that takings have fallen.
- Text 2 says takings are up by a fifth.
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