Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a fuel gauge
Information and Ideas practice question
The car's fuel gauge showed empty, yet the engine kept running for another twenty miles. A driver could infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the gauge reads empty before the tank is actually empty.Correct
- B. the car does not need fuel.
- C. the gauge is always accurate.
- D. the tank holds twenty miles of fuel in total.
Answer: A. the gauge reads empty before the tank is actually empty.
Empty on the dial, fuel in the tank.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the car does not need fuel.
- Every car needs fuel.
- C. the gauge is always accurate.
- The gauge was wrong.
- D. the tank holds twenty miles of fuel in total.
- Twenty miles was what remained after empty.
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