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Craft and Structure practice question

The village's street names run in alphabetical order from the church outward: Ash Lane, Birch Row, Cedar Close, and so on. The order is no coincidence. The estate was laid out in 1955 by a surveyor who, the parish minutes record, 'wished the postman never to be lost'.

Which choice best describes the function of the third sentence?

  1. A. It explains the reason for the pattern described in the first sentence.Correct
  2. B. It lists the remaining street names.
  3. C. It argues that the streets should be renamed.
  4. D. It describes the surveyor's career.

Answer: A. It explains the reason for the pattern described in the first sentence.

The pattern, then the surveyor's stated reason for it.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It lists the remaining street names.
No further names are given.
C. It argues that the streets should be renamed.
No such argument.
D. It describes the surveyor's career.
Only one act of the surveyor's is mentioned.

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