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Information and IdeasMediumInference about a shop's opening hours

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The hardware shop on the corner opens at seven, two hours before any other shop in the street, and its first customers every day are builders in work boots buying what they forgot to order. From this it can be inferred that the early opening ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. serves tradespeople who need supplies before their working day starts.Correct
  2. B. is required by the council.
  3. C. attracts mainly tourists.
  4. D. loses the shop money.

Answer: A. serves tradespeople who need supplies before their working day starts.

Builders at seven.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. is required by the council.
No rule is mentioned.
C. attracts mainly tourists.
Builders, not tourists.
D. loses the shop money.
Nothing about money.

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