Expression of IdeasEasy–MediumEmphasising scale with a comparison
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A single honeybee makes about one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
- A hive may hold 50,000 bees.
- A hive can produce 25 kilograms of honey in a good year.
- Honey keeps for decades without spoiling.
The student wants to emphasise how little honey one bee makes. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. A single honeybee makes only about one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its whole life.Correct
- B. A hive can produce 25 kilograms of honey in a good year.
- C. A hive may hold 50,000 bees.
- D. Honey keeps for decades.
Answer: A. A single honeybee makes only about one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its whole life.
The tiny lifetime figure.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. A hive can produce 25 kilograms of honey in a good year.
- The hive's output, not one bee's.
- C. A hive may hold 50,000 bees.
- Population, not honey.
- D. Honey keeps for decades.
- Shelf life, not quantity.
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