Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a fading habit
Information and Ideas practice question
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?
- A. the habit of returning the bags faded once the novelty had worn off.Correct
- B. customers disliked the cloth bags from the start.
- C. the bakery stopped selling bread.
- 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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