Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors on a decision's consequences
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The decision to stop dredging the harbour has been a disaster, argues fisherman Tomás Vidal: the channel has silted up, and the larger boats can no longer get in at low tide.
Text 2
Vidal is right that the big boats are stuck. But the silt has rebuilt the mudflats that the dredging had destroyed, the wading birds have returned, and the small-boat fishermen — most of the fleet — say the catch inside the harbour is the best in living memory. What is a disaster for a few boats has been a recovery for the rest.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Vidal's argument?
- A. By conceding the harm to the larger boats while arguing that the change has benefited the mudflats, the birds, and most of the fleet.Correct
- B. By denying that the channel has silted up.
- C. By arguing that dredging should resume.
- D. By claiming that the large boats can still enter at low tide.
Answer: A. By conceding the harm to the larger boats while arguing that the change has benefited the mudflats, the birds, and most of the fleet.
'Vidal is right … But' — mudflats, birds, and the small-boat catch.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the channel has silted up.
- Text 2 concedes the silting.
- C. By arguing that dredging should resume.
- Text 2 favours the change.
- D. By claiming that the large boats can still enter at low tide.
- Text 2 concedes the big boats are stuck.
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