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Craft and StructureMediumShared inference from two observations

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The lane's hedge is full of hazel, holly, and spindle, with a dozen other shrub species in a thirty-metre stretch. Text 2 A rule of thumb among hedge surveyors is that a hedge gains roughly one shrub species per thirty metres every hundred years.

Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____

  1. A. the lane's hedge is probably many centuries old.Correct
  2. B. the hedge was planted recently.
  3. C. hazel grows only in old hedges.
  4. D. the lane is thirty metres long.

Answer: A. the lane's hedge is probably many centuries old.

A dozen or more species, one per century: an old hedge.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the hedge was planted recently.
The rule suggests the opposite.
C. hazel grows only in old hedges.
Not claimed.
D. the lane is thirty metres long.
Thirty metres is the sampling stretch.

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