Expression of IdeasHardRecommending an option with reasons
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Option 1 for the winter class trip: a science museum, £8 per pupil, one hour away, indoors.
- Option 2: a working farm, £12 per pupil, twenty minutes away, outdoors.
- The farm visit is cancelled in heavy rain.
- The trip is in February.
The student wants to recommend the museum and support the recommendation.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. The museum is the better choice for a February trip: at £8 a pupil it is cheaper than the farm, and because it is indoors it cannot be cancelled by rain.Correct
- B. The farm is twenty minutes away.
- C. The museum is one hour away.
- D. The class should visit the museum.
Answer: A. The museum is the better choice for a February trip: at £8 a pupil it is cheaper than the farm, and because it is indoors it cannot be cancelled by rain.
Recommendation plus two reasons drawn from the notes.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The farm is twenty minutes away.
- A point in the farm's favour, no recommendation.
- C. The museum is one hour away.
- A point against the museum.
- D. The class should visit the museum.
- No reasons.
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