Craft and StructureEasyPurpose of a short notice
Craft and Structure practice question
The library's back door is locked at four, an hour before the front. The back stairs are unlit, and the staff would rather no one used them after dusk.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain why the back door is locked earlier than the front.Correct
- B. To announce that the library closes at four.
- C. To describe the back stairs.
- D. To ask for a light to be installed.
Answer: A. To explain why the back door is locked earlier than the front.
Locked early; unlit stairs.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To announce that the library closes at four.
- The front closes at five.
- C. To describe the back stairs.
- Mentioned only as the reason.
- D. To ask for a light to be installed.
- Not requested.
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