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Craft and Structure practice question

The hedges along the lane are laid, not cut: every seven years the stems are half-severed and bent over, so that they sprout along their length and thicken into a wall a cow cannot push through. A cut hedge grows thin at the base; a laid one grows thick.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

  1. A. To explain what laying a hedge involves and why it is done.Correct
  2. B. To argue that hedges should be cut.
  3. C. To describe the lane.
  4. D. To recount a cow's escape.

Answer: A. To explain what laying a hedge involves and why it is done.

The method, and its result.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. To argue that hedges should be cut.
The opposite.
C. To describe the lane.
Not described.
D. To recount a cow's escape.
No escape.

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