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When the old cinema's closure was announced, the town's newspaper ran a page of letters mourning it. In its last month, its average audience was eleven. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The people who valued the cinema's existence were evidently not, for the most part, the people who went to it.Correct
  2. B. The letters were forged.
  3. C. The cinema closed because of the letters.
  4. D. The cinema's audience was large.

Answer: A. The people who valued the cinema's existence were evidently not, for the most part, the people who went to it.

A page of mourning, eleven seats filled: sentiment without attendance.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The letters were forged.
Not suggested.
C. The cinema closed because of the letters.
The letters followed the announcement.
D. The cinema's audience was large.
Eleven.

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