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Craft and Structure practice question
The council's decision to close the car park ____ the parking problem in the surrounding streets, which were soon lined bumper to bumper.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A. aggravatedCorrect
- B. solved
- C. ignored
- D. measured
Answer: A. aggravated
Streets lined bumper to bumper after the closure: the problem got worse.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. solved
- Solving would have cleared the streets.
- C. ignored
- The decision affected the problem directly, not ignored it.
- D. measured
- Measuring is not what a closure does.
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