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The library's copy of the dictionary falls open at the page for 'receive', and that page is grey with fingerprints while the pages around it are clean. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. many readers have looked up the spelling of 'receive'.Correct
  2. B. the dictionary is rarely used.
  3. C. the page for 'receive' was printed on cheaper paper.
  4. D. the dictionary is missing pages.

Answer: A. many readers have looked up the spelling of 'receive'.

One page grey with fingerprints, the rest clean: that word gets looked up.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the dictionary is rarely used.
A well-thumbed page shows use.
C. the page for 'receive' was printed on cheaper paper.
Fingerprints come from handling, not paper quality.
D. the dictionary is missing pages.
Nothing suggests missing pages.

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