Craft and StructureVery hardRelationship between two texts
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
Denser cities produce lower carbon emissions per resident, because people who live close to shops, work and transit drive far less.
Text 2
Residents of dense cities do drive less. But the emissions advantage is smaller than often claimed, because tall, tightly packed buildings need more energy for cooling, lifts and ventilation than low-rise housing does.
Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?
- A. Text 2 accepts the mechanism described in Text 1 but argues that the overall benefit is smaller than Text 1 suggests.Correct
- B. Text 2 denies that residents of dense cities drive less.
- C. Both texts argue that density increases emissions per resident.
- D. Text 1 focuses on buildings, whereas Text 2 focuses on driving.
Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the mechanism described in Text 1 but argues that the overall benefit is smaller than Text 1 suggests.
Text 2 grants the driving point outright ('do drive less') and then introduces an offsetting cost. It narrows Text 1's conclusion rather than rejecting it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Text 2 denies that residents of dense cities drive less.
- Text 2's first sentence agrees that they drive less.
- C. Both texts argue that density increases emissions per resident.
- Text 1 says density LOWERS emissions, and Text 2 says the advantage is real but smaller.
- D. Text 1 focuses on buildings, whereas Text 2 focuses on driving.
- This reverses them: driving is Text 1's subject and buildings are Text 2's addition.
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