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Craft and Structure practice question
The lighthouse is painted in red and white bands so that ships can see it easily by day. At night its lamp flashes twice every ten seconds.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
- A. To explain how the lighthouse can be recognised by day and by night.Correct
- B. To recount a shipwreck.
- C. To describe how to become a lighthouse keeper.
- D. To argue that the lighthouse should be closed.
Answer: A. To explain how the lighthouse can be recognised by day and by night.
Bands by day, flashes by night.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To recount a shipwreck.
- No wreck.
- C. To describe how to become a lighthouse keeper.
- Not explained.
- D. To argue that the lighthouse should be closed.
- Not argued.
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