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Craft and StructureMediumDisagreement about a cause

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The town's high street is quieter because of the out-of-town retail park, argues trader Bel Nash. Text 2 The retail park opened in 2009. Footfall on the high street held steady until 2020 and fell by a third in the two years after the town's bus service was cut to one an hour.

Based on the texts, the author of Text 2 would most likely disagree with Nash about ____

  1. A. the cause of the fall in high street footfall.Correct
  2. B. whether the retail park exists.
  3. C. whether footfall has fallen.
  4. D. whether buses serve the town.

Answer: A. the cause of the fall in high street footfall.

Steady for a decade after the park; a fall after the bus cuts.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. whether the retail park exists.
Not disputed.
C. whether footfall has fallen.
Both accept the fall.
D. whether buses serve the town.
Not disputed.

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