Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors on a trade-off
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The decision to close the village school and bus its pupils to the town, argues parent Sam Odell, has hollowed out the village: the playground is silent, and young families no longer move in.
Text 2
Odell is right about the playground. But the village school had eleven pupils across six year groups and one teacher; in the town, those children have specialist teachers, a library, and classmates their own age. The village lost something real. So did its children, before the move.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Odell's argument?
- A. By conceding the loss to the village while arguing that the children's education had been suffering under the old arrangement.Correct
- B. By denying that the school closed.
- C. By arguing that the village should build a new school.
- D. By claiming the playground is still used.
Answer: A. By conceding the loss to the village while arguing that the children's education had been suffering under the old arrangement.
'Odell is right … But' — eleven pupils, one teacher, and what the children gained.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the school closed.
- The closure is not disputed.
- C. By arguing that the village should build a new school.
- Not proposed.
- D. By claiming the playground is still used.
- Text 2 concedes the silent playground.
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