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Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a fading habit

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A bakery that switched from paper to reusable cloth bags found that customers brought the bags back at first, but after a month most simply bought a new one on each visit. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the habit of returning the bags faded once the novelty had worn off.Correct
  2. B. customers disliked the cloth bags from the start.
  3. C. the bakery stopped selling bread.
  4. D. the bakery went back to paper bags.

Answer: A. the habit of returning the bags faded once the novelty had worn off.

Returns at first, then not: the behaviour didn't stick.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. customers disliked the cloth bags from the start.
Customers returned the bags at first, which doesn't suggest dislike.
C. the bakery stopped selling bread.
Customers kept visiting and buying.
D. the bakery went back to paper bags.
No return to paper is mentioned.

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