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Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The town's air is cleaner than it was, argues councillor Ted Amos, pointing to the falling number of complaints about smoke. Text 2 Complaints have fallen because the council closed its complaints line in 2022 and moved reporting to a website that few residents know exists. The monitoring station on the high street shows no change in particulate levels.

Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely say that Amos ____

  1. A. has mistaken a fall in reporting for an improvement in the air.Correct
  2. B. is wrong that complaints have fallen.
  3. C. should close the monitoring station.
  4. D. has exaggerated the particulate levels.

Answer: A. has mistaken a fall in reporting for an improvement in the air.

Fewer complaints because fewer can complain; the monitor shows no change.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. is wrong that complaints have fallen.
Text 2 accepts the fall.
C. should close the monitoring station.
Not proposed.
D. has exaggerated the particulate levels.
Amos doesn't cite them.

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