Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from seasonal losses
Information and Ideas practice question
The garden centre sells more tomato seedlings in April than in any other month, yet its records show that customers who buy in April lose far more plants to frost than those who buy in May. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. many April buyers plant their seedlings out before the last frost has passed.Correct
- B. seedlings sold in May are of poorer quality than those sold in April.
- C. the garden centre should stop selling seedlings in April.
- D. frost is more common in May than in April.
Answer: A. many April buyers plant their seedlings out before the last frost has passed.
April buyers lose plants to frost; May buyers don't. The simplest explanation is that April planting runs into frosts that May planting avoids.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. seedlings sold in May are of poorer quality than those sold in April.
- Quality isn't mentioned, and May buyers lose FEWER plants.
- C. the garden centre should stop selling seedlings in April.
- The text describes a pattern; it makes no recommendation.
- D. frost is more common in May than in April.
- More frost in May would mean May buyers losing more plants, not fewer.
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