Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on why a village shrank
Craft and Structure practice question
Text 1
The village's population fell by half between 1850 and 1900 because the new railway bypassed it, leaving it cut off from trade.
Text 2
The railway bypassed a dozen villages in the district, and most of them grew. What this village lost in 1850 was its mill, which had employed a third of its households.
Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to Text 1's explanation?
- A. By arguing that the railway cannot explain the decline, since bypassed villages elsewhere grew, and by offering the mill's closure instead.Correct
- B. By agreeing that the railway caused the decline.
- C. By denying that the population fell.
- D. By claiming that the railway ran through the village.
Answer: A. By arguing that the railway cannot explain the decline, since bypassed villages elsewhere grew, and by offering the mill's closure instead.
A comparison that undercuts the railway, and a rival cause.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. By agreeing that the railway caused the decline.
- Text 2 rejects the railway explanation.
- C. By denying that the population fell.
- The fall is not disputed.
- D. By claiming that the railway ran through the village.
- Text 2 accepts that the railway bypassed it.
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