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The tram line closed in 1962. Its rails were lifted and sold, but the granite setts they lay in were left, and they surface every few years when the road is dug up, to the surprise of road crews who have never heard of the tram.
According to the text, what was left behind when the tram line closed?
- A. The granite setts the rails had lain in.Correct
- B. The rails.
- C. The trams themselves.
- D. The overhead wires.
Answer: A. The granite setts the rails had lain in.
Rails sold, setts left.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The rails.
- The rails were lifted and sold.
- C. The trams themselves.
- Not mentioned.
- D. The overhead wires.
- Not mentioned.
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