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The village school's roll has fallen from 120 to 45 in a decade, while the number of houses in the village has doubled. A planner could reasonably infer that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the new houses are mostly occupied by people without school-age children.Correct
- B. the school has become unpopular with parents.
- C. the village's population has fallen.
- D. the new houses are empty.
Answer: A. the new houses are mostly occupied by people without school-age children.
More houses, fewer pupils.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the school has become unpopular with parents.
- Possible, but the housing pattern is the stronger inference.
- C. the village's population has fallen.
- Doubled housing suggests more people.
- D. the new houses are empty.
- Nothing suggests emptiness.
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