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The library's atlases are shelved by the window, and the window seat's cushion is worn through, while the chairs by the atlases are like new. This suggests that ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. readers prefer to take the atlases to the window seat rather than sit at the chairs.Correct
  2. B. the atlases are never used.
  3. C. the chairs are uncomfortable.
  4. D. the cushion was cheaply made.

Answer: A. readers prefer to take the atlases to the window seat rather than sit at the chairs.

A worn seat by the window, unused chairs: that is where readers go.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. the atlases are never used.
Wear near the atlases suggests use.
C. the chairs are uncomfortable.
Possible, but the text gives no evidence about the chairs beyond their newness.
D. the cushion was cheaply made.
Wear-through from use is the simpler reading.

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