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The guidebook devotes three pages to the cathedral, a page to the castle, and a paragraph to the town's other church, which it describes as 'of no particular interest'. The other church is the one the townspeople actually use, and the one they would show a visitor first.

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The guidebook's judgements of interest seem to reflect a visitor's priorities rather than the town's own.Correct
  2. B. The townspeople never visit the cathedral.
  3. C. The guidebook was written by a townsperson.
  4. D. The other church is the largest building in the town.

Answer: A. The guidebook's judgements of interest seem to reflect a visitor's priorities rather than the town's own.

The book dismisses what the town values: two different scales of interest.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The townspeople never visit the cathedral.
Not stated.
C. The guidebook was written by a townsperson.
Its priorities differ from the town's.
D. The other church is the largest building in the town.
Not stated.

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