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The thatcher fixes each course of reed with hazel spars rather than wire. Wire lasts longer, but it rusts and stains the thatch, and when the roof is stripped in fifty years the spars will rot away with the old reed while wire would have to be picked out by hand.
According to the text, why does the thatcher prefer hazel spars to wire?
- A. Spars do not stain the thatch and need not be removed when the roof is stripped.Correct
- B. Spars last longer than wire.
- C. Wire is more expensive.
- D. Spars are easier to find.
Answer: A. Spars do not stain the thatch and need not be removed when the roof is stripped.
No rust stains; no picking out later.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Spars last longer than wire.
- Wire lasts longer.
- C. Wire is more expensive.
- Cost is not mentioned.
- D. Spars are easier to find.
- Not mentioned.
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