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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?
- A. is several centuries old.Correct
- B. was built last year in an old style.
- C. has never been lived in.
- 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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