Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference from a shop's stock changes
Information and Ideas practice question
The village shop stocked six kinds of bread until spring, when a bakery opened next door; it now stocks one. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. the shop lost most of its bread trade to the bakery.Correct
- B. the bakery buys its bread from the shop.
- C. villagers stopped eating bread.
- D. the shop is about to close.
Answer: A. the shop lost most of its bread trade to the bakery.
Six kinds to one as soon as a bakery opened next door: the bread trade moved.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the bakery buys its bread from the shop.
- Nothing suggests that.
- C. villagers stopped eating bread.
- The bakery's presence suggests bread is still eaten.
- D. the shop is about to close.
- Cutting one line isn't closure.
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