Information and IdeasHardInference about a cause from timing
Information and Ideas practice question
The clock on the church tower loses a minute a week in summer and gains a minute a week in winter. The clockmaker, asked to fix it, said there was nothing to fix. ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. The clockmaker presumably regards the seasonal drift as a normal effect of temperature on the mechanism rather than a fault.Correct
- B. The clockmaker was unable to find the tower.
- C. The clock keeps perfect time.
- D. The clockmaker believes the clock should be replaced.
Answer: A. The clockmaker presumably regards the seasonal drift as a normal effect of temperature on the mechanism rather than a fault.
Opposite drifts in summer and winter, and 'nothing to fix': the cause is the seasons, not a defect.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The clockmaker was unable to find the tower.
- Not suggested.
- C. The clock keeps perfect time.
- It drifts a minute a week.
- D. The clockmaker believes the clock should be replaced.
- 'Nothing to fix' says otherwise.
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