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 ____
- A. the room was most likely used for making or storing cheese.Correct
- B. the room was a bathroom.
- C. the farmhouse was built after refrigeration.
- 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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