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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Walking meetings make people more creative, argues consultant Leo Marsh, citing studies in which walkers generated more ideas than sitters. Text 2 Walkers do generate more ideas, but the same studies found that they were worse at the focused task of choosing the best one. Walking suits the start of a problem, not its end.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts Marsh's evidence but argues that walking helps one stage of thinking and hinders another.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that walkers generate more ideas.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that all meetings should be walking meetings.
  4. D. Text 2 argues that walking has no effect on thinking.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts Marsh's evidence but argues that walking helps one stage of thinking and hinders another.

'Walkers do generate more ideas, but' — worse at choosing.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that walkers generate more ideas.
Text 2 accepts the idea-generation finding.
C. Text 2 argues that all meetings should be walking meetings.
Text 2 limits walking to one stage.
D. Text 2 argues that walking has no effect on thinking.
Text 2 describes effects in both directions.

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