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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Replacing the village's Victorian school with a new building was an act of vandalism, argues historian Piers Kell: the old school's hall, with its hammer-beam roof, was the finest room in the district. Text 2 Kell is right about the hall; I taught in it and loved it. But it had no insulation, its windows were single-glazed, and its classrooms could not take the wheelchairs of two of our pupils. The new building is plainer, and every child in the village can now get through its doors.

Which choice best describes how the author of Text 2 responds to Kell's argument?

  1. A. By sharing Kell's regard for the old hall while arguing that the new building serves the pupils better.Correct
  2. B. By denying that the old hall was fine.
  3. C. By arguing that the old school should be rebuilt.
  4. D. By claiming that the new building is more beautiful.

Answer: A. By sharing Kell's regard for the old hall while arguing that the new building serves the pupils better.

'Kell is right about the hall … But' — insulation, glazing, and access.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. By denying that the old hall was fine.
Text 2 loved the hall.
C. By arguing that the old school should be rebuilt.
Text 2 defends the new building.
D. By claiming that the new building is more beautiful.
Text 2 calls the new building 'plainer'.

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