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Craft and StructureEasy–MediumShared inference from two facts

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The farmhouse has a room on the first floor with a stone floor, a drain in one corner, and louvred slats instead of a window. Text 2 Before refrigeration, farmhouses kept a cheese room upstairs: cool, airy, with a washable floor and a drain for the whey.

Based on the texts, the authors would most likely agree that ____

  1. A. the room was most likely used for making or storing cheese.Correct
  2. B. the room was a bathroom.
  3. C. the farmhouse was built after refrigeration.
  4. D. the slats were added recently.

Answer: A. the room was most likely used for making or storing cheese.

Stone floor, drain, louvres: a cheese room.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the room was a bathroom.
Text 2 gives the better fit.
C. the farmhouse was built after refrigeration.
The room suggests the reverse.
D. the slats were added recently.
Louvres are part of the cheese room's design.

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