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Text 1 Allotments improve their holders' health, argues doctor Sol Reyes, because the digging is exercise. Text 2 Reyes is right about the exercise, and there is more to it: allotment holders in one survey reported fewer days of low mood than a matched group of gym members who exercised as much, and the difference was largest among those who lived alone. The plot is company as well as work.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 agrees with Text 1 and adds a further benefit, the social contact, that exercise alone does not explain.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 argues that allotments are unhealthy.
  3. C. Text 2 denies that digging is exercise.
  4. D. Text 2 describes a gym.

Answer: A. Text 2 agrees with Text 1 and adds a further benefit, the social contact, that exercise alone does not explain.

'Reyes is right … and there is more to it.'

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 argues that allotments are unhealthy.
The reverse.
C. Text 2 denies that digging is exercise.
Text 2 accepts it.
D. Text 2 describes a gym.
Gym members are a comparison group.

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