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Information and Ideas practice question

The rowing club trains at five in the morning because the river is glassy then; by seven the wind gets up and the water is rough. A crew that trains at seven instead will most likely ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. spend its sessions fighting waves rather than refining its technique.Correct
  2. B. row faster than the early crews.
  3. C. have the river to itself.
  4. D. avoid the wind altogether.

Answer: A. spend its sessions fighting waves rather than refining its technique.

Rough water at seven.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. row faster than the early crews.
Rough water does not make crews faster.
C. have the river to itself.
Nothing about other users.
D. avoid the wind altogether.
Seven is when the wind arrives.

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