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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Working from home makes people more productive, argues consultant Ana Ferrer, citing firms that report more output per employee since allowing it. Text 2 Output per employee did rise at those firms. But the employees who chose to work from home were disproportionately senior staff with quiet homes and settled routines; among junior staff in shared flats, output fell. Averages hide who gained.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts Ferrer's data but argues that the gain was concentrated in one group and masked losses in another.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that output rose.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that no one should work from home.
  4. D. Text 2 reports larger gains than Ferrer.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts Ferrer's data but argues that the gain was concentrated in one group and masked losses in another.

'Output did rise. But' — seniors gained, juniors lost.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that output rose.
Text 2 accepts the rise.
C. Text 2 argues that no one should work from home.
Not argued.
D. Text 2 reports larger gains than Ferrer.
Text 2 complicates the gains.

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