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Information and IdeasMediumInference about a shop's stock

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The village shop's shelves are full of tinned food, candles, matches, and bottled water, and almost empty of anything fresh. The shop's owner explains that the road out of the village is cut off by snow for weeks at a time each winter. A visitor could infer that the stock is chosen ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. to last through periods when deliveries cannot get through.Correct
  2. B. because the villagers dislike fresh food.
  3. C. because tinned food is more profitable.
  4. D. to attract tourists.

Answer: A. to last through periods when deliveries cannot get through.

Long-lasting goods for a cut-off village.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. because the villagers dislike fresh food.
Preference is not mentioned.
C. because tinned food is more profitable.
Profit is not mentioned.
D. to attract tourists.
Tourists are not mentioned.

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