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Information and Ideas practice question
Every gravestone on the west side of the churchyard is worn smooth, while those on the east side, of the same stone and age, are still legible. The prevailing wind is from the west. This suggests that ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. wind-driven rain has eroded the west-facing stones far more than the sheltered eastern ones.Correct
- B. the west-side stones are older.
- C. the east-side stones were recut recently.
- D. the churchyard has been vandalised.
Answer: A. wind-driven rain has eroded the west-facing stones far more than the sheltered eastern ones.
Same stone, same age, different exposure to the weather.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. the west-side stones are older.
- The text says the same age.
- C. the east-side stones were recut recently.
- Nothing suggests recutting.
- D. the churchyard has been vandalised.
- A pattern following the wind points to weather, not vandals.
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