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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Moving the county show from the town's common to a farm five miles out was a mistake, argues stallholder Fen Adair: townspeople no longer walk to it, and attendance has fallen by a fifth. Text 2 Adair is right about the walkers. But the common could no longer hold the show's livestock classes safely, and the farm site has let the show restore the cattle and sheep judging that made its name; entries from farming families have doubled. Fewer visitors, but a show that is once more what it claims to be.

Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Adair's argument?

  1. A. By conceding the fall in attendance while arguing that the move restored the show's agricultural purpose.Correct
  2. B. By denying that attendance fell.
  3. C. By arguing that the show should return to the common.
  4. D. By claiming that townspeople still walk to the show.

Answer: A. By conceding the fall in attendance while arguing that the move restored the show's agricultural purpose.

'Adair is right about the walkers. But' — safety, livestock classes, doubled entries.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that attendance fell.
Text 2 concedes fewer visitors.
C. By arguing that the show should return to the common.
Text 2 defends the move.
D. By claiming that townspeople still walk to the show.
Text 2 concedes the walkers no longer come.

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