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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?

  1. A. the shop lost most of its bread trade to the bakery.Correct
  2. B. the bakery buys its bread from the shop.
  3. C. villagers stopped eating bread.
  4. 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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