Craft and StructureEasy–MediumDisagreement about a cause
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The river's salmon have declined, angler Rob Teale argues, because seals now come upriver and take them.
Text 2
Seals have always come upriver. What changed is the weir built in 2005, which blocks most salmon from reaching the spawning beds; counts above the weir fell by 80% within three years of its completion.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Teale about ____
- A. the cause of the salmon's decline.Correct
- B. whether salmon numbers have fallen.
- C. whether seals come upriver.
- D. whether the river has a weir.
Answer: A. the cause of the salmon's decline.
Teale blames seals; Text 2 blames the weir.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whether salmon numbers have fallen.
- Both accept the decline.
- C. whether seals come upriver.
- Text 2 says seals have always come.
- D. whether the river has a weir.
- Not disputed.
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