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The cottage's walls are a metre thick, its windows are tiny and deeply set, and its doorways are so low that a tall visitor must stoop. Since houses were built this way to keep out cold and because people were shorter, a visitor could reasonably infer that the cottage ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. is several centuries old.Correct
  2. B. was built last year in an old style.
  3. C. has never been lived in.
  4. D. was designed by a famous architect.

Answer: A. is several centuries old.

Thick walls, tiny windows, low doors.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. was built last year in an old style.
The features are explained by age, not style.
C. has never been lived in.
Nothing suggests it is empty.
D. was designed by a famous architect.
No architect is mentioned.

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