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Text 1 The river is cleaner than a decade ago, argues the water company, pointing to the return of the kingfisher. Text 2 Kingfishers have returned to the river. They have also returned to rivers across the region where nothing was done, because the mild winters of the past decade have let them breed. The bird tells us about the weather, not the water.

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

  1. A. has mistaken a regional effect of the climate for evidence of its own work.Correct
  2. B. is wrong that kingfishers have returned.
  3. C. should reintroduce kingfishers.
  4. D. has cleaned the river more than it claims.

Answer: A. has mistaken a regional effect of the climate for evidence of its own work.

Kingfishers back everywhere; the weather, not the water.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. is wrong that kingfishers have returned.
Text 2 accepts the return.
C. should reintroduce kingfishers.
Not proposed.
D. has cleaned the river more than it claims.
Not suggested.

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