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Information and Ideas practice question

The recipe book falls open at the same page every time, and that page is stained. A reader could infer that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the recipe on that page has been used far more than the others.Correct
  2. B. the book is new.
  3. C. the other recipes are better.
  4. D. the book has only one page.

Answer: A. the recipe on that page has been used far more than the others.

Worn spine, stained page.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the book is new.
Stains and a worn spine mean use.
C. the other recipes are better.
Use suggests the opposite.
D. the book has only one page.
It falls open at one page among many.

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