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The stream's trout vanished in 2021, and the anglers blamed the heron. In 2022 the water company admitted that a sewage overflow had run into the stream for most of 2021. The heron had fished the stream, without emptying it, since anyone could remember. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The overflow, not the heron, is the more likely cause of the trout's disappearance.Correct
  2. B. The heron ate all the trout.
  3. C. The trout will not return.
  4. D. The anglers were right.

Answer: A. The overflow, not the heron, is the more likely cause of the trout's disappearance.

A heron for decades without harm; a year of sewage.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The heron ate all the trout.
It never emptied the stream before.
C. The trout will not return.
Not stated.
D. The anglers were right.
The evidence points elsewhere.

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