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Information and Ideas practice question
The dry-stone wallers leave a small gap at the base of each field wall every fifty metres, not by accident but so that hares and hedgehogs can pass from field to field without the wall being climbed and loosened.
According to the text, why do the wallers leave gaps in the walls?
- A. So that small animals can pass through without climbing and loosening the wall.Correct
- B. To save stone.
- C. Because the ground is uneven.
- D. To let water drain through.
Answer: A. So that small animals can pass through without climbing and loosening the wall.
The reason is stated.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. To save stone.
- Saving stone is not mentioned.
- C. Because the ground is uneven.
- Uneven ground is not mentioned.
- D. To let water drain through.
- Drainage is not mentioned.
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