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Craft and StructureVery hardTwo texts on a cycle lane's effect

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 The new cycle lane has cut car journeys on Mill Road by 15 percent, exactly as the council intended. Text 2 The cars have not vanished. Traffic on Station Street, which runs parallel, has risen by almost the same number of vehicles.

Based on the texts, the two authors would most likely agree that ____

  1. A. car traffic on Mill Road has fallen since the cycle lane was built.Correct
  2. B. total car traffic in the area has fallen.
  3. C. the cycle lane should be removed.
  4. D. Station Street has a cycle lane too.

Answer: A. car traffic on Mill Road has fallen since the cycle lane was built.

Text 2 disputes where the cars went, not that Mill Road has fewer.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. total car traffic in the area has fallen.
Text 2 says the cars moved, not that they vanished.
C. the cycle lane should be removed.
Not proposed.
D. Station Street has a cycle lane too.
Not mentioned.

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