Craft and StructureEasy–MediumDisagreement about a cause
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town's high street is emptying, argues councillor Ade Bello, because parking charges drive shoppers to the out-of-town retail park.
Text 2
Parking charges have not changed in a decade. What has changed is that the town's three largest employers moved away, taking the lunchtime and after-work trade with them.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Bello about ____
- A. the cause of the high street's decline.Correct
- B. whether the high street is emptying.
- C. whether the town has a retail park.
- D. whether parking charges exist.
Answer: A. the cause of the high street's decline.
Bello blames parking; Text 2 blames the departed employers.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whether the high street is emptying.
- Both accept the decline.
- C. whether the town has a retail park.
- Not disputed.
- D. whether parking charges exist.
- Text 2 says the charges exist but haven't changed.
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