Craft and StructureEasy–MediumTwo texts giving different advice
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The best way to learn a language is to live where it is spoken, says translator Ana Ruiz.
Text 2
Most people cannot move abroad, but twenty minutes a day with a good app builds a working vocabulary within a year.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Ruiz's view?
- A. By pointing out that Ruiz's method is out of reach for most people and offering a practical alternative.Correct
- B. By agreeing that living abroad is the only way to learn.
- C. By arguing that languages cannot be learned.
- D. By claiming that apps are useless.
Answer: A. By pointing out that Ruiz's method is out of reach for most people and offering a practical alternative.
Cannot move abroad; here is what works instead.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that living abroad is the only way to learn.
- Text 2 offers another route.
- C. By arguing that languages cannot be learned.
- Text 2 says vocabulary builds within a year.
- D. By claiming that apps are useless.
- Text 2 recommends an app.
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