Craft and StructureHardApplying a caution to a claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Before concluding that a new road has cut accidents, traffic engineer Lise Aune advises checking whether accidents simply moved to other roads.
Text 2
Accidents on the old coast road fell by half in the year after the new inland route opened, and the council has hailed the new road as a safety success.
Based on the texts, how would Aune most likely respond to the council's conclusion?
- A. By asking whether accidents rose on the new inland route or on other roads that drivers now use instead.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the new road cut accidents.
- C. By arguing that the coast road should be closed.
- D. By denying that accidents on the coast road fell.
Answer: A. By asking whether accidents rose on the new inland route or on other roads that drivers now use instead.
Aune's caution: accidents may have moved, not vanished.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the new road cut accidents.
- Her caution argues against that conclusion as it stands.
- C. By arguing that the coast road should be closed.
- Not proposed.
- D. By denying that accidents on the coast road fell.
- The fall is not disputed.
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