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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Old orchards should be kept even when the fruit is worthless, argues naturalist Bo Lister, because hollow apple trees house bats and beetles that younger trees cannot. Text 2 Lister is right about the wildlife, and the case is stronger still: the old varieties in those orchards are themselves a store of genes for disease resistance that modern orchards have lost. A hollow tree is a habitat; it is also a library.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 agrees with Text 1 and adds a further reason for keeping old orchards.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 argues that old orchards should be cleared.
  3. C. Text 2 denies that hollow trees house wildlife.
  4. D. Text 2 describes a modern orchard.

Answer: A. Text 2 agrees with Text 1 and adds a further reason for keeping old orchards.

'Lister is right … and the case is stronger still.'

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 argues that old orchards should be cleared.
The reverse.
C. Text 2 denies that hollow trees house wildlife.
Text 2 accepts the wildlife.
D. Text 2 describes a modern orchard.
Modern orchards are mentioned for what they lack.

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