Craft and StructureVery hardTwo authors on a change
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Ending the town's annual carnival was a loss, argues shopkeeper Ana Reyes: it filled every hotel for a weekend and put the town on the map.
Text 2
Reyes is right about the hotels. But the carnival cost the council more in policing and cleaning than it raised, the fairground damaged the park every year, and the money now funds twelve smaller events through the year that bring in more visitors in total, if never all at once. The town lost a weekend and gained a season.
Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Reyes's argument?
- A. By conceding the carnival's benefit to the hotels while arguing that its costs were high and that the replacement events bring more visitors over the year.Correct
- B. By denying that the carnival filled hotels.
- C. By arguing that the carnival should be revived.
- D. By claiming that the town now has no events.
Answer: A. By conceding the carnival's benefit to the hotels while arguing that its costs were high and that the replacement events bring more visitors over the year.
'Reyes is right about the hotels. But' — costs, damage, and a season of events.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By denying that the carnival filled hotels.
- Text 2 concedes the hotels.
- C. By arguing that the carnival should be revived.
- Text 2 defends the change.
- D. By claiming that the town now has no events.
- Text 2 describes twelve events.
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