Craft and StructureHardOne text qualifying another's claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The new cycle path has cut car journeys to the school by a third, argues councillor Mo Adeyemi, citing the school's travel survey.
Text 2
Car journeys have fallen by a third. But the survey was taken in June, and the previous one in January. Cycling to school in a fine month and cycling in a dark, wet one are different things; the path's effect will be known when the two Januaries are compared.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
- A. Text 2 accepts the figure but argues that the comparison between seasons makes it unreliable as a measure of the path's effect.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that car journeys fell.
- C. Text 2 argues that the path should be removed.
- D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Adeyemi's claim.
Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the figure but argues that the comparison between seasons makes it unreliable as a measure of the path's effect.
June against January: weather, not the path, may explain it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that car journeys fell.
- Text 2 accepts the fall.
- C. Text 2 argues that the path should be removed.
- Not argued.
- D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Adeyemi's claim.
- Text 2 weakens the evidence.
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