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Information and Ideas practice question
The ledger's first hundred pages are worn soft at the corners and smudged with ink from many hands. The remaining two hundred are crisp and unmarked. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the ledger was in regular use for a time and then abandoned long before it was full.Correct
- B. the ledger was never used.
- C. the last two hundred pages were added later.
- D. the ledger was used until it was full.
Answer: A. the ledger was in regular use for a time and then abandoned long before it was full.
Heavy wear on the first third, none on the rest: use stopped early.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the ledger was never used.
- The worn pages show use.
- C. the last two hundred pages were added later.
- Nothing suggests the pages were added; they are simply unused.
- D. the ledger was used until it was full.
- Two hundred blank pages mean it was not filled.
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