Expression of IdeasHardEmphasising the scale of a task
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- The cathedral's roof is being retiled.
- The roof has about 200,000 tiles.
- Each tile is removed, checked, and replaced by hand.
- The work will take four years.
The student wants to emphasise how large the task is.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Retiling the cathedral's roof means removing, checking, and replacing about 200,000 tiles by hand, a task expected to take four years.Correct
- B. The cathedral's roof is being retiled.
- C. Each tile is checked.
- D. The work will take four years.
Answer: A. Retiling the cathedral's roof means removing, checking, and replacing about 200,000 tiles by hand, a task expected to take four years.
The number, the handwork, and the time.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The cathedral's roof is being retiled.
- No sense of scale.
- C. Each tile is checked.
- One step.
- D. The work will take four years.
- Time alone, without what fills it.
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