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The bakery's window displays a loaf that is never for sale. It is the same loaf every day, glazed and varnished, and the baker says it has been in the window for nine years. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The loaf is evidently a display model, not fresh bread.Correct
  2. B. The baker has not baked for nine years.
  3. C. The loaf is sold each evening.
  4. D. The bakery is closed.

Answer: A. The loaf is evidently a display model, not fresh bread.

Glazed, varnished, nine years old: a prop.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The baker has not baked for nine years.
Only the display loaf is old.
C. The loaf is sold each evening.
It is never for sale.
D. The bakery is closed.
Not suggested.

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