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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Every spring the river's water turns cloudy for about a fortnight, observes angler Ben Ford, and the fish stop rising. Text 2 The upstream reservoir is flushed each April to clear silt from its outlet, releasing a pulse of sediment that takes about two weeks to pass downstream.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 provides an explanation for the seasonal cloudiness that Text 1 describes.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that the river turns cloudy.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that fishing should be banned in spring.
  4. D. Text 2 describes a different river.

Answer: A. Text 2 provides an explanation for the seasonal cloudiness that Text 1 describes.

A fortnight of cloudiness each spring; a two-week sediment pulse each April.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that the river turns cloudy.
Text 2 accounts for it.
C. Text 2 argues that fishing should be banned in spring.
Not argued.
D. Text 2 describes a different river.
The reservoir is upstream of the same river.

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