Craft and StructureVery hardContrasting emphases across two texts
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Remote work saves the average commuter close to an hour a day. Surveys find that much of this time goes to rest, exercise, or family — a real gain in quality of life.
Text 2
Remote workers frequently report that the line between the workday and home life blurs. The hour once spent commuting tends to become an hour of additional work, answered emails and stretched deadlines filling the space that travel used to occupy.
Which choice best describes a difference in how the two texts treat the time that remote work saves?
- A. Text 1 presents it as time reclaimed for personal life, whereas Text 2 suggests it is often absorbed by more work.Correct
- B. Text 1 argues that no time is actually saved, whereas Text 2 argues that a great deal is.
- C. Both texts conclude that the saved time is mostly wasted.
- D. Text 2 claims the saved time goes to family, whereas Text 1 claims it goes to work.
Answer: A. Text 1 presents it as time reclaimed for personal life, whereas Text 2 suggests it is often absorbed by more work.
Both texts agree that commuting time is saved. Text 1 says it goes to rest, exercise and family; Text 2 says it tends to become extra work. That is the difference.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 1 argues that no time is actually saved, whereas Text 2 argues that a great deal is.
- Both texts accept that about an hour is saved; they differ on where it goes.
- C. Both texts conclude that the saved time is mostly wasted.
- Neither text says the time is wasted — Text 1 calls it a gain in quality of life, and Text 2 says it becomes work.
- D. Text 2 claims the saved time goes to family, whereas Text 1 claims it goes to work.
- This reverses the two texts. Family is Text 1's account; extra work is Text 2's.
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