Craft and StructureHardOne text qualifying another's claim
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The town's new recycling scheme has doubled the amount recycled, argues officer Mel Sato, citing the weight collected.
Text 2
The weight has doubled. The scheme also started collecting garden waste, which is heavy and was previously composted at home. Recycling of everything the old scheme collected has risen by 8%. The doubling is real; most of it is grass.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
- A. Text 2 accepts the doubling but argues that most of it reflects a newly collected material rather than a change in behaviour.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that the weight has doubled.
- C. Text 2 argues that garden waste should not be collected.
- D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Sato's claim.
Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the doubling but argues that most of it reflects a newly collected material rather than a change in behaviour.
'Most of it is grass.'
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that the weight has doubled.
- Text 2 accepts it.
- C. Text 2 argues that garden waste should not be collected.
- Not argued.
- D. Text 2 reports stronger evidence for Sato's claim.
- Text 2 weakens the claim.
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