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Expression of IdeasEasy–MediumDescribing a job's main task

Expression of Ideas practice question

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - A cooper makes wooden barrels. - The barrels are made from oak staves bound with iron hoops. - Coopers once worked in every brewing town. - Only a few coopers still work today. The student wants to explain what a cooper does.

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

  1. A. A cooper makes wooden barrels from oak staves bound with iron hoops.Correct
  2. B. Coopers once worked in every brewing town.
  3. C. Only a few coopers still work today.
  4. D. A cooper's barrels are bound with iron hoops.

Answer: A. A cooper makes wooden barrels from oak staves bound with iron hoops.

The job and its materials.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Coopers once worked in every brewing town.
History.
C. Only a few coopers still work today.
Today's numbers.
D. A cooper's barrels are bound with iron hoops.
One detail without the job.

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