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The bakery's bread has tasted different since March, customers say. The bakery changed nothing in its recipe, but in March the mill that supplied its flour closed and a new supplier was found. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the change in flour is the likely cause of the change in taste.Correct
  2. B. the customers are imagining the difference.
  3. C. the bakery changed its recipe.
  4. D. the new mill is closer to the bakery.

Answer: A. the change in flour is the likely cause of the change in taste.

Same recipe, new flour, new taste at the same time.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the customers are imagining the difference.
A real change (the flour) explains what customers noticed.
C. the bakery changed its recipe.
The text says the recipe was unchanged.
D. the new mill is closer to the bakery.
Distance is not mentioned.

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