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Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a shop's opening pattern

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The chemist on the harbour opens at 6 a.m. on the days the fishing boats land and at 9 a.m. on other days. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. the chemist gets a good deal of its early trade from the fishing crews.Correct
  2. B. the chemist's owner is a fisherman.
  3. C. the fishing boats land every day.
  4. D. the chemist closes on landing days.

Answer: A. the chemist gets a good deal of its early trade from the fishing crews.

Early opening only on landing days: the crews are the early custom.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the chemist's owner is a fisherman.
Nothing about the owner's job.
C. the fishing boats land every day.
There are 'other days'.
D. the chemist closes on landing days.
It opens earlier, not closes.

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