Expression of IdeasMediumEmphasising a contrast between two figures
Expression of Ideas practice question
While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- A city's buses carried 40 million passengers in 2019.
- In 2021 they carried 12 million.
- In 2024 they carried 38 million.
- Fares were frozen from 2021 to 2024.
The student wants to emphasise how far bus use fell between 2019 and 2021.
Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- A. Bus passengers in the city fell from 40 million in 2019 to just 12 million in 2021, a drop of more than two thirds.Correct
- B. The buses carried 38 million passengers in 2024.
- C. Fares were frozen from 2021 to 2024.
- D. The buses carried 12 million passengers in 2021.
Answer: A. Bus passengers in the city fell from 40 million in 2019 to just 12 million in 2021, a drop of more than two thirds.
Both figures and the size of the fall.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The buses carried 38 million passengers in 2024.
- The recovery, not the fall.
- C. Fares were frozen from 2021 to 2024.
- Fares, not passengers.
- D. The buses carried 12 million passengers in 2021.
- The low point alone.
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