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Information and Ideas practice question

The company's annual report describes its record profits on page one and its record fine for pollution on page forty-seven, in a footnote, in a smaller typeface than the rest of the page. ____

Which choice most logically completes the text?

  1. A. The report's layout suggests the company wishes the fine to be noticed as little as the law allows.Correct
  2. B. The fine was smaller than the profits.
  3. C. The company is proud of the fine.
  4. D. The report has only forty-seven pages.

Answer: A. The report's layout suggests the company wishes the fine to be noticed as little as the law allows.

Page one against a small footnote on page forty-seven.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. The fine was smaller than the profits.
Sizes are not compared.
C. The company is proud of the fine.
The reverse.
D. The report has only forty-seven pages.
Not stated.

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