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Information and Ideas practice question
A sportswriter claims that the club's new goalkeeper has made the defence more confident.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the claim?
- A. Since the goalkeeper arrived, the defenders have been playing higher up the pitch and have committed a third fewer panicked clearances.Correct
- B. The goalkeeper was expensive.
- C. The goalkeeper is taller than his predecessor.
- D. The club has bought two new defenders.
Answer: A. Since the goalkeeper arrived, the defenders have been playing higher up the pitch and have committed a third fewer panicked clearances.
Defenders' behaviour changed.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The goalkeeper was expensive.
- Price is not confidence.
- C. The goalkeeper is taller than his predecessor.
- Height is not confidence.
- D. The club has bought two new defenders.
- New defenders would confuse the comparison.
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