Information and IdeasVery hardInference about an ancient road's surface
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The Roman road across the moor was surfaced with gravel from a pit two miles away, even though a quarry of harder stone lay beside the route. Historians who have studied the road note that the gravel drains well and can be relaid by hand, while the hard stone would have needed cutting. They conclude that the builders ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. chose the gravel deliberately, valuing drainage and easy repair over hardness.Correct
- B. did not know the quarry was there.
- C. ran out of hard stone.
- D. intended the road to be temporary.
Answer: A. chose the gravel deliberately, valuing drainage and easy repair over hardness.
A reasoned choice, not ignorance.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. did not know the quarry was there.
- The quarry was beside the route.
- C. ran out of hard stone.
- The quarry was unused, not exhausted.
- D. intended the road to be temporary.
- Easy repair implies long use.
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