Information and IdeasEasy–MediumInference
Information and Ideas practice question
The bakery sells out of its sourdough loaves within an hour every morning, while its plain white bread often remains on the shelves until closing.
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. The sourdough is more popular with customers than the white bread.Correct
- B. The bakery bakes more white bread than it can store.
- C. The white bread is more expensive than the sourdough.
- D. The bakery plans to stop selling sourdough.
Answer: A. The sourdough is more popular with customers than the white bread.
Selling out quickly while the other bread lingers points to greater demand for the sourdough (A). The text gives no information about baking amounts, prices, or future plans.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The bakery bakes more white bread than it can store.
- The passage tells you nothing about how much bread is baked or stored — only about how fast each kind sells once it's on the shelf.
- C. The white bread is more expensive than the sourdough.
- Price is never mentioned; you're supplying an explanation for the sales difference rather than drawing the conclusion the sentence actually supports.
- D. The bakery plans to stop selling sourdough.
- Sourdough is the item selling out in an hour, so this reverses the logic — strong sales would be a reason to keep it, and the text says nothing about future plans anyway.
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