Craft and StructureMediumDisagreement about what a trend means
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The fall in the number of pubs in the county shows that people are drinking less, argues columnist Pat Bryce.
Text 2
Pubs have closed, but the county's off-licences and supermarket drink sales have risen by more than the pubs' takings have fallen. People are drinking as much; they are drinking at home.
Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Bryce about ____
- A. what the closure of pubs shows about how much people drink.Correct
- B. whether pubs have closed.
- C. whether supermarkets sell drink.
- D. whether people drink at home.
Answer: A. what the closure of pubs shows about how much people drink.
Not less drinking; drinking elsewhere.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. whether pubs have closed.
- Text 2 accepts the closures.
- C. whether supermarkets sell drink.
- Not disputed.
- D. whether people drink at home.
- Text 2 asserts it; Text 1 is silent.
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