Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two observations
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The stone cross by the ford has a hole worn through its base at the height of a horse's bridle.
Text 2
In the medieval period travellers waiting to cross a ford would tether horses to whatever stood nearest.
Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____
- A. the hole in the cross was probably worn by horses tethered to it.Correct
- B. the cross was carved with a hole.
- C. the ford was never used.
- D. the cross is modern.
Answer: A. the hole in the cross was probably worn by horses tethered to it.
Bridle height, tethering at fords: worn by ropes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the cross was carved with a hole.
- 'Worn', not carved.
- C. the ford was never used.
- Travellers waited to cross it.
- D. the cross is modern.
- Not suggested.
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