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In a survey, residents of the streets nearest the new park rated their neighbourhood more highly than they had a year earlier, while ratings on streets more than a mile away were unchanged. House prices near the park rose; those further away did not. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the park's benefits to residents and to property values are concentrated close to it.Correct
  2. B. the park has made the whole town more desirable.
  3. C. residents far from the park dislike it.
  4. D. house prices everywhere are falling.

Answer: A. the park's benefits to residents and to property values are concentrated close to it.

Improvements near the park, none further away: a local effect.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the park has made the whole town more desirable.
Streets a mile away saw no change.
C. residents far from the park dislike it.
Unchanged ratings are not dislike.
D. house prices everywhere are falling.
Prices near the park rose.

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