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Craft and StructureHardTwo texts on bees beside a motorway

Craft and Structure practice question

Text 1 Planting wildflowers along the motorway has increased the number of bees on the verges. Text 2 Bee counts on the verges have risen, but counts in the fields beyond the verges have fallen by about the same amount, which suggests the bees have moved rather than multiplied.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the two texts?

  1. A. Text 2 accepts the rise reported in Text 1 but offers a different interpretation of it.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 denies that bee numbers on the verges rose.
  3. C. Text 2 argues that wildflowers harm bees.
  4. D. Text 2 describes a different motorway.

Answer: A. Text 2 accepts the rise reported in Text 1 but offers a different interpretation of it.

Moved, not multiplied.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 denies that bee numbers on the verges rose.
Text 2 accepts the rise on the verges.
C. Text 2 argues that wildflowers harm bees.
No harm is claimed.
D. Text 2 describes a different motorway.
The same verges.

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