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Information and Ideas practice question
The stream below the mill ran clear for a century. Since the new houses were built on the hill above it, it turns brown after every heavy rain and clears again within a day. ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. The building work has most likely left soil on the hill exposed to be washed into the stream by rain.Correct
- B. The mill is polluting the stream.
- C. The stream has dried up.
- D. The rain has become heavier since the houses were built.
Answer: A. The building work has most likely left soil on the hill exposed to be washed into the stream by rain.
New houses on the hill, brown after rain: runoff from disturbed ground.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The mill is polluting the stream.
- The mill is below the stream and has been there a century.
- C. The stream has dried up.
- It runs and clears.
- D. The rain has become heavier since the houses were built.
- Not suggested.
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