Craft and StructureEasyAgreement on a general claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Gardens with a pond attract more wildlife, argues garden writer Ena Faulds, from twenty years of her own garden.
Text 2
A survey of 400 gardens found that those with even a small pond recorded, on average, twice as many species of insect and bird as those without.
Based on the texts, Faulds and the author of Text 2 would most likely agree on which point?
- A. A pond increases the wildlife a garden supports.Correct
- B. Large ponds are better than small ones.
- C. Birds prefer gardens without ponds.
- D. Gardens should have no lawns.
Answer: A. A pond increases the wildlife a garden supports.
Both link ponds to more wildlife.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Large ponds are better than small ones.
- Text 2 says 'even a small pond'.
- C. Birds prefer gardens without ponds.
- Contradicted.
- D. Gardens should have no lawns.
- Not discussed.
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