Craft and StructureHardPoint of agreement beneath a disagreement
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The dam should be removed. It blocks salmon from two hundred miles of spawning river, and its electricity could be replaced by a modest solar farm.
Text 2
Removing the dam would release a century of trapped sediment, smothering the very spawning beds the salmon need. The wiser course is a fish ladder, which lets the salmon pass and leaves the sediment where it is.
Based on the texts, the two authors would most likely agree on which point?
- A. Restoring the salmon's access to the river upstream is a goal worth pursuing.Correct
- B. The dam should be removed.
- C. A fish ladder is the best solution.
- D. The dam's electricity cannot be replaced.
Answer: A. Restoring the salmon's access to the river upstream is a goal worth pursuing.
Both want salmon past the dam; they differ on how.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The dam should be removed.
- Text 2 opposes removal.
- C. A fish ladder is the best solution.
- Text 1 does not mention a ladder.
- D. The dam's electricity cannot be replaced.
- Text 1 says it can be replaced; Text 2 does not address it.
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