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A row of white stones along the crest of the moor road marks not the road's edge but the line of the snow poles that once stood there. When the poles rotted, the parish set stones in their sockets, so that the road could still be found under drifts.

According to the text, what do the white stones mark?

  1. A. The line of the old snow poles, which showed the road under snow.Correct
  2. B. The edge of the road.
  3. C. The parish boundary.
  4. D. The site of a wall.

Answer: A. The line of the old snow poles, which showed the road under snow.

Stones in the poles' sockets.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The edge of the road.
'Not the road's edge.'
C. The parish boundary.
Not mentioned.
D. The site of a wall.
Not mentioned.

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