Information and IdeasVery hardInference from a natural experiment
Information and Ideas practice question
Two identical greenhouses grew the same tomato variety. In one, the ventilation fans failed for a fortnight in June; in the other they ran normally. The greenhouse with failed fans produced fruit two weeks earlier, but a third of it was split. The most reasonable interpretation is that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the extra heat from the failed ventilation hurried the fruit along but at a cost to its quality.Correct
- B. ventilation fans harm tomato plants.
- C. the tomato variety was different in the two greenhouses.
- D. the fans in the second greenhouse also failed.
Answer: A. the extra heat from the failed ventilation hurried the fruit along but at a cost to its quality.
One difference — heat from failed fans — gave earlier but split fruit.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. ventilation fans harm tomato plants.
- The ventilated greenhouse had better-quality fruit.
- C. the tomato variety was different in the two greenhouses.
- The text says the same variety.
- D. the fans in the second greenhouse also failed.
- The second greenhouse's fans 'ran normally'.
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