Craft and StructureHardOne text challenging the inference in another
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The village's population has held steady at about 400 for a century, argues the parish council, so its housing need is small.
Text 2
The head count has held steady; the households have not. In 1925 the 400 lived in 80 houses; today they live in 160, since households are half the size. Steady numbers have doubled the demand for homes.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that the council ____
- A. has drawn the wrong conclusion from a steady population, because smaller households need more homes.Correct
- B. is wrong that the population has held steady.
- C. should build no houses.
- D. has overstated the number of houses.
Answer: A. has drawn the wrong conclusion from a steady population, because smaller households need more homes.
Same people, twice the households.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. is wrong that the population has held steady.
- Text 2 accepts the head count.
- C. should build no houses.
- The reverse.
- D. has overstated the number of houses.
- Text 2 gives the numbers, not a correction.
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