Information and IdeasHardInference about a ship's log
Information and Ideas practice question
The ship's log records fair winds and steady progress until 14 March, after which the entries stop for eleven days and resume in a different hand, with the ship four hundred miles off its course. A historian reading the log would most reasonably infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. something befell the ship and its captain during the gap, and another officer took over the log.Correct
- B. the ship was in port for eleven days.
- C. the captain simply forgot to write the log.
- D. the weather remained fair throughout.
Answer: A. something befell the ship and its captain during the gap, and another officer took over the log.
A gap, a new hand, and a ship far off course.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the ship was in port for eleven days.
- Being far off course does not suggest a port call.
- C. the captain simply forgot to write the log.
- A new hand and a changed course point to more than forgetfulness.
- D. the weather remained fair throughout.
- The change in course suggests otherwise.
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