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The cafe keeps a shelf of mugs that do not match, each with a name painted on it. Regulars reach for their own without asking, and when a mug is missing from the shelf the staff know who has not been in. It can be inferred that the cafe ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. has customers who come in so often that they are known individually.Correct
  2. B. sells the mugs to tourists.
  3. C. has recently opened.
  4. D. serves only takeaway drinks.

Answer: A. has customers who come in so often that they are known individually.

Named mugs, noticed absences.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. sells the mugs to tourists.
The mugs belong to regulars.
C. has recently opened.
Regulars imply time.
D. serves only takeaway drinks.
Mugs are for drinking in.

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