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Craft and Structure practice question

The village's shops have mostly gone the way of village shops everywhere. The ironmonger is the exception: it stocks everything from a single screw to a wheelbarrow, and the nearest rival is twenty miles off.

Which choice best describes the function of the second sentence?

  1. A. It identifies one shop that has survived and explains why.Correct
  2. B. It argues that the other shops should reopen.
  3. C. It describes the village's shops in general.
  4. D. It restates the first sentence.

Answer: A. It identifies one shop that has survived and explains why.

'The exception': stock and no rival.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. It argues that the other shops should reopen.
No such argument.
C. It describes the village's shops in general.
One shop, specifically.
D. It restates the first sentence.
It contrasts.

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