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Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - A new library has no doors between its reading rooms. - The architect wanted readers to move freely between subjects. - Noise from one room can carry into the next. - The floors are carpeted and the ceilings are lined with felt to absorb sound. The student wants to explain how the design deals with a drawback of the open plan.

Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

  1. A. Because the open plan lets noise carry between rooms, the architect carpeted the floors and lined the ceilings with felt to absorb sound.Correct
  2. B. The library has no doors between its reading rooms.
  3. C. The architect wanted readers to move freely between subjects.
  4. D. Noise from one room can carry into the next.

Answer: A. Because the open plan lets noise carry between rooms, the architect carpeted the floors and lined the ceilings with felt to absorb sound.

Drawback, then the fix.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The library has no doors between its reading rooms.
The design, no drawback or fix.
C. The architect wanted readers to move freely between subjects.
The aim, no drawback.
D. Noise from one room can carry into the next.
The drawback, no fix.

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