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Text 1 The new bypass has cut accidents on the old high street to almost none, argues engineer Kai Moss, citing the road safety records. Text 2 Accidents on the high street have fallen. So has the traffic, by four fifths. Accidents per vehicle on the street are unchanged; the danger has moved to the bypass, where the county recorded three serious collisions in its first year against none on the old road in the year before.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts the fall on the high street but argues that the danger has been moved rather than removed.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that accidents on the high street fell.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that the bypass should be closed.
  4. D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Moss's claim.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the fall on the high street but argues that the danger has been moved rather than removed.

Fewer vehicles, same rate; collisions on the bypass.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that accidents on the high street fell.
Text 2 accepts the fall.
C. Text 2 argues that the bypass should be closed.
Not argued.
D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Moss's claim.
Text 2 weakens the claim.

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