Information and IdeasHardInference from what a record omits
Information and Ideas practice question
The ship's log records the weather, the course, and the rations for every day of the voyage except three in August, for which the entries read only 'as before'. The log is otherwise meticulous, and the ship was in the ice at the time. ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. Something the master preferred not to record probably happened during those three days.Correct
- B. The weather was calm in August.
- C. The log was written by a child.
- D. The ship was in port in August.
Answer: A. Something the master preferred not to record probably happened during those three days.
A meticulous log going blank in the ice: an omission, not an oversight.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The weather was calm in August.
- Nothing is recorded.
- C. The log was written by a child.
- Not suggested.
- D. The ship was in port in August.
- It was in the ice.
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