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Information and Ideas practice question
A study of a coastal town measured how far residents could hear the sea from their homes on a still night. The distance had shrunk from an average of two kilometres in 1970 to four hundred metres today. The sea has not grown quieter; the town has grown louder, and the new ring road is the chief reason.
According to the text, why can residents now hear the sea from a shorter distance?
- A. The town has become louder, chiefly because of a new ring road.Correct
- B. The sea has become quieter.
- C. Residents have moved farther from the shore.
- D. Residents' hearing has declined.
Answer: A. The town has become louder, chiefly because of a new ring road.
Town noise, ring road.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The sea has become quieter.
- The text says the sea has not grown quieter.
- C. Residents have moved farther from the shore.
- Not mentioned.
- D. Residents' hearing has declined.
- Not mentioned.
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