Expression of IdeasVery hardArguing for a purchase by its long-term saving
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A school has £10,000 to spend.
- Option A: new library books, which all 600 pupils would use.
- Option B: a minibus, used mainly by the 40 pupils in sports teams.
- The minibus would save £3,000 a year in hire fees.
The student wants to argue for the minibus while conceding that it serves fewer pupils.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Although the minibus would mainly serve the 40 pupils in sports teams, it would save £3,000 a year in hire fees and so pay for itself within four years, a return the books cannot match.Correct
- B. New library books would be used by all 600 pupils.
- C. The minibus would save £3,000 a year.
- D. The school should buy the minibus.
Answer: A. Although the minibus would mainly serve the 40 pupils in sports teams, it would save £3,000 a year in hire fees and so pay for itself within four years, a return the books cannot match.
The concession, the saving, and the comparison.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. New library books would be used by all 600 pupils.
- Argues for the books.
- C. The minibus would save £3,000 a year.
- The saving with no concession or comparison.
- D. The school should buy the minibus.
- No reasons.
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