Expression of IdeasMediumSynthesis: describing a present-day use
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The Dunmore Canal closed to traffic in 1935.
- A trust reopened 12 kilometres of it for leisure boats in 2004.
- The towpath is now a walking and cycling route.
- About 300 boats use the reopened section each summer.
- Two of the original locks still work.
The student wants to describe how the canal is used today. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Today about 300 leisure boats use the reopened 12-kilometre section each summer, and the towpath serves as a walking and cycling route.Correct
- B. The canal closed to traffic in 1935.
- C. Two of the original locks still work.
- D. A trust reopened part of the canal.
Answer: A. Today about 300 leisure boats use the reopened 12-kilometre section each summer, and the towpath serves as a walking and cycling route.
Boats and towpath: the present-day use.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The canal closed to traffic in 1935.
- The past.
- C. Two of the original locks still work.
- Locks working is not a use.
- D. A trust reopened part of the canal.
- Who reopened it, not how it is used.
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