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Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference about a cafe's menu board

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The cafe's menu board lists prices in pencil, and several have been rubbed out and rewritten higher in the past month. From this a regular customer might infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the cafe's costs have been rising.Correct
  2. B. the cafe is about to close.
  3. C. the cafe has hired a new cook.
  4. D. the cafe's food has got worse.

Answer: A. the cafe's costs have been rising.

Prices rewritten upward.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the cafe is about to close.
Rising prices do not imply closure.
C. the cafe has hired a new cook.
A cook is not mentioned.
D. the cafe's food has got worse.
Quality is not mentioned.

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